The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-04-02
GARBAGE FRANCHISE
TURNED DOWN HARD
OPPOSITION TO NEW GAS CON PAny READY TO FIGHT
CORPORATIONS COMMIT &c MEETING

The American Improvement com
panys 81 gas franchise aud ChafloA
seEaies xarbass franchise wera taken
Up ~ the first meeting af the new
corporations COMMITTEES Of the city
council yesterday afternoon. flgura.
tivsiy speaking TIE garbage frahchlss
Was given n baptism q cold waller
and tackled away In the refrlgstaioT to
freexe 10 death.
All that uRs necessary TO chill the
franchise 10 death was 90 mention the
fact that II rescrnbiad the las fran
ehiss. benjamin. stated this fast and
followed II with a motion 10 reject chs
franebiea. Ths committee finally de-
eieed that Il would - fAifsr 70 kiys
tha petitioners a hearing at a future
dale This was done. benjamin
brouxht out the fart THAT under the
present private ecavengsr system che
public could get a much better asrvics
II tbs ordinances already regulating
the work were enforced.
city Comptroller RiplfHwer has not
sesn fIt TO snfsucc an ordinance passed
last April with this object in view. IL
provides for the paying % an annual
license Of g and ths placing Of the
license number on each wagon. 60 that
the sanitary inspectors might BE- able
TO Identify those acavsngern who xi0-
late the law. ny the non-snforce-
nent OF the ordinance this object has
not been attained and the city has ioag
hundreds Of dollars of revenue.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
II became xsrr evident that the gaa
trust II preparing to wage a terrific
fight To prevent the passage Of tbs 81
gas franchise. a steucgrapher. uhc
1. said 20 have been employed BY shs
trust. Eaa present and took dawn
every word the committeeman said
80 that the trust would know just h0v
each one Of them stood. II was also
announced that tho trust had EN-
ployed an attorney, who desired 10 b
present At soSzs time to express views
on tho matter.
An one OF the members Of the com.
ulttes. r. II. Mullen. was alex and
cosid not be present II was decided e
taks up the matter again Mt oiciock
next wednesday afternoon At thai
time an attorney for the trust. Judge
Green. attorney for the American I'm.
provemsnt company. and Judge John
". Miller. Of New York. who repre-.
sents the conpany's bondholdsrs. vii
b. present. and the franchise VIII b,
discussed
Councilman Cole. although not q
member Of the committee. appeared
before u 90 present the matter. III
said hs had studied the franchise care.
fully and had concluded that Il Eavs
absolute protection 10 the city.
This was tho conclusion reached BY
Assistant Corporation Counsel TAFT
who examined IL at tho request OF tn,
last corporations committee. Cole
demonstrated that the matter u sell
Ing out was guarded against BY tbs
fact that no matter who owned this
franchise II could only be used In &C
cordance with its provisions and thai
many other provisions were made e
insure absolute fair play.
Rude put forward most Of the oppo'
sition toward the franchise and KEEP
parryinE 20 give the matter more time
for confederation. Ito said he vas
rather peaalmiatic about II, because
the council had been fooled when Il
granted a franchise to the Citizens
company. which was thought would
insure cheap light thereafter.
at that time ! held out for making
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