The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-09-16
For Gas Pant n Chickasha-
Co11essious Made b. The
lo1zE11T-
WILL BEGIN IN SIXTY DAYS.


81 a-t-l-- cAlAlelNt-t - me con
siieration oi a gas franrhise Il
was a long session and Al times 4
lively oue lasting from 2 O'Clock
tii 6,sg- An q The memfers ex-
cept Mr Wells Here present. A. 3.
Cochran the nev ueutsr sal fer
tie FIRST lime Wifh the council.
The application f9r 2 gas fran
chi was p4t nfed by Attorney
Hayes fn iehalf # Lawrence Mar
tom. d Nobprn Mas and A 4.
Humphrey of Guthrie SIR. Hum
phTey was here tao weeks ago ard
the matter vas informally present.
ed to the councif A special meet
ing was called 2 few days latter
to consider il. but no qucrum
being present. il was placed IN the
hands of the ordinance committee,
- be reported with recommends
tions a. the next regular meeting.
The committee went over the or
dinance carefully and after sealing
down the price from 81 20 per
thousand 10 sr.7o. reported il with
few other changes and recommend
ed that il Be passed Immediately.
Tis franchise IS published in
fall in another column. It's solieut
features are
CD Il extends over period Of
So years and IS not an exclusive
franchise
~ Work is 10 begin in So days
after the acceptance Of the fran
chise. -Four miles Of mains are to
Be laid within 70 months and s
miles within 20 months. The com
pany puts up forfeit Of $1,000 that
il viii carry ont this part Of the
the contract
fs) The city has the option Of
purchasing the plant after FIVE years
at valuation 10 be fixed by ar
bisrators.
"a The price Of gas is fixed At
$3.50 per 1000 cubic feet or 81 20
if bills are paid on or before the
tenth Of each month.
The ordinance was read the first
time and with bat one dissenting
vote that Of Kline. was passed to
its second reading. The first hitch
came when Mr Donovan objected
to the feature Of the franchise
which provided that the
company should guarantee 10 lay
only four miles Of mains during
the first ten months. He made
strong argument that this limit be
extended 30 as 10 guarantee that /
oeople in any part Of town could
rave gas if they desired ik. Mr. 1
stated that his COM I
1any expected 10 have from ten to
wenty miles Of mains laid in ten
but preferred that the
init be allowed TO stand at four
miles. Several times that number /
# miles would Be required to
make the gas business a paying /
proposition and he promised that
he mains should Be extended as
apidly A. possible. This feature
f the ordinance was finally amend
d to require the company TO put
n an additional four miles during
he second ten months.
The second hitch came when
Attorney Melton made a statement
o the council that certain parties
lad employed him to prepare an
rdinance for a franchise and
7hile they had not stated precise
= the terms they would offer, they
ad said that they would offer more
beral terms than any other com
any. lie could not say definitely
/ what time they would be ready
b submit their proposition.
Alderman Scoaern. Donovan and
lime were IN favor Of delaying
ciion till these parties were heard
rom. Dir. Dawson and Mr. O'Brien
oih thought that the council had
rated long enough to give any
ody an opportunity to submit a
as proposition. They considered