The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
he MUST Get OUT
City Attorney Drenning Serves
NOtice.On Holiday.
Can't Represent Light Trust
and City, Too.
SAYS HE'S BEING PAID
Mr.. .Drenning Claims Councilman
Gets 500 Month From Trust.
Holiday Says He Is No Longer
With Company.


81 want to serve official notice upon
G. K. Holiday that if he attempts to
vote in the council upon that Con-
-Sumers' franchise, 1 will commence
legal action to oust him from Office, 3"
said City Attorney Drenning today.
1.-The law specifically says that d
councilman has no right to do such
things as Mr.. Holiday has done, and
1 intend to begin proceedings just as
soon as he again oversteps the boun-
daries. He is paid S1O0 a month to
take care of the affairs of Mr.. Brady
IN Topeka, and he ought to know he is
violating the law"
However, Mr.. Holiday claims that
he has no connection whatever with
the Consumers company or any other
gas company any more. II am no
longer president of the Excelsior
Coke and Gas company. There ism t
any such company any more; 1t has
been absorbed by the Consumers. But
1 am no longer connected with any
gas company. 1 am not nOminaliy
president of the Consumers, and am
simply now private citizen. L don
know who the officers or directors
of the Consumers company are
This is what the Second ward coun-
Gilman says
1t isn't true" said L. E. Myers
vice president of the Topeka street
the reward for working up this arti-
fetal and manufactured gas combina-
tion he would be selected as head and
president of the consolidated COM
panies."
Business Men to Meet.
A business mems meeting will be
called for this evening to consider tn lie
franchise which the business men pro-
pose to recommend to the council for
adoption. The franchise has been
CTifXr. Attorney ITPnnjnpr
and David Overmyer and follows in
some particulars the franchise which
was presented by the Edison company
to the city council for adoption,
though a great deal stronger in every
way.
1t embodies the rates for electric
lighting and steam heating which the
business mems committee adopted and
ratified at their meeting last week,
Friday. In addition it includes a 5
cent rate for all of the city buildings.
The section against discrimination is
strengthened, providing for a forfeit
ure of the franchise. Meter inspection
is provided for completely; the city to
make the inspections.
In addition the business men will
take action on the Consumers Heat,
Light & Power company's proposed
franchise Most of the business men
seemed to be lined up against the
granting Of the franchise by the coun-
ell and definite action placing them
selves on record in connection will be
taken at this time. The meeting will
be held in the parIors of the National
hotel
Sandbag Says Bergundthal.
Ex-Mayor Bergundtbal who was op-
posed to granting the Edison company
a franchise on the basis of the old rates
and who was chairman of the business
mems committee which effected the
granting of concessions on the part OF
the company, said this noon; L take
the stand that most of the business men
take and that is, this second franchise
is simply a sandbag attempt to hold UP
the street railway and the Edison COM
pany. l am against granting any fran
chise to the Consumers whatsoever. ]
have found that there is decided hostili-
ty among the businessmen towards
granting that franchise. and this is the
feeling among the majority of them "
Mr.. Holiday claims that he had un-
derstood that the Edison plant had al
Eeady been disposed of to Mr.. Sunny
and Mr.. Myers Of the street railway
company when he introduced the fran
chise before the city council week age
Monday. He said he understood thai
the statement of the sale of the plan
had been made in a telegram which
Mr.. Wilder sent to Mr.. Brady and that
in consequence he felt that it would b
all right to introduce the franchise
especially so when he had had the as
surance oe a number of the councilme1
to the effect that it would be eminentl!
proper. That's another falsehood,
says Mr.. Myers, "he told me in the pres
ence of Mr Doran that the reason tina
he introduced the franchise was tina
he had no idea that there was anythine
really back of our purpose to buy tn,
plant
Would Tear Down Edison Plant.
Mr.. Holiday made brief resume @
the complication of the natural an
manufactured gas companies whic
sprang up so thickly with propose
franchises. In coming to the Ediso
light matter and its contemplated pur
chase by Mr.. Brady, he said: when
showed Mr.. Brady the location of tn
start. He said- That's no location fo
an electric light plant. Away from cos
and water supply, where everything ha
to be hauled to it He said he woul
tear it down right away if he got con
troll of it, and rebuild somewhere els
where it would not belch up smoke i
the face of the residence districts.
There is plenty of room here for ar
other electric light plant. Look at a
these districts over the city where the1
isn't wire. Look at these small powe
users. They say that they haven't gC
power enough by 1000 horse power t
supply these would be users"
'Imph'' said Mr.. Myers when
heard this statement Tear down til
plant and leave it torn down. That
what. What would he want to tes
down the plant for and remove it Whel
he could easier haul the coal if he is gC
ing to bring in natural gas?"
Have you taken control of the Ediso
plant -yet?p was asked of Mr.. Myers.
mo. How could we? We haven
made all the payments on it yet and NJ
Brady has got things scared out so tn;
It is hard to get any more money
make the payments