The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-30

udd'e ruire as an Investment ard not for
speculation,
Ex-Mayor and present Fos,m lst-
John T-athen spoke of old davs, ~hen
Seventeer'h avenue was known as First
avenue. He sad it was formerly the
Leading avenne of the city but had long
since been abandoned; that he was vel.
acquainted with Mr.. ZNickev; that he
knew him 70 be a progressive citizen, and
that if he @as htrc ami aelrd the sonI-
men, of the people h. would b. IN favor
of IN ffanch st.
K. c Roney, president ofthe Chamber
Of Commerce stated that hy was IN favor
OF trauwAvs, hut aft-r so-'e apologies,
he ackuowlsd@e tha, he WAS opposed to
The present ordnance lie said it was
very defective. 1t permitted tie tram
way company TO actually run cable
tramway along, across, over and Oh tn.
avenu.. The ordinance discontinued the
use oi tie avenuz as a roadway, as sell
AS the sidew alks and alleys, and granted
the exclusive right to the raawasl COM
pany to assume exclusive jurisdiction
over, under, on and to the avenue and
reserved no rights TO the city. 1t COZ
veyed this right until eternity, for ever
and ever, said the speaker, and the city
car t tear It down. Il am not opposed
to the tranwav," contiuued Mr.. BonneN,
"hut the vague, ind finite and uncer-
tam provisions aye distastsful. Mr..
Tracey i in a position IKE myself. He
might make promises TO-DAY while he il
manager, but he may be fired tomorrow,
and the promises would not be carried
out. There is no provision made as to
the hcighth of the cables, and then there
is the necessity of iuhrication when the
tram is in operation, and this vast quan
tity of oil would naturally drip down on
pedestrians who were obliged to walk
under the thing. " omen who bad oc-
casion to walk along the street would
gather up this shower of oil on their
skirts. l am not opposed to the tram
way and I don't know anything about
law, but have a little common sense.
l did not intend to say anything, but
must mention it. The ordinances are all
illegal and the supreme court would de-
eide them illegal. This being the case,
the city would be at the mercy of the
Taawasa company, and could not enforce
that company to do anything"
| AS Mr.. Bonney hurled this cinchirg
argument, and retired to his seat, say
| ing that he was not opposed to the tram
way, he was invited, asked, implored
coaxed and cajoled to divulge the re-
markable discovery he had made in refer
ence to the ordinances, but he was
obdurate. When asked as to how he
knew IN advance what the decisions of
the supreme court would be in the mat
ter he was re,icent, extremely so.
City Attorney Colon asked several
pointed questions of Mr.. Bonney bu,
he received evasive replies. The city
attorney then said that he thought Mr.
Borney's adjective was well applied,
when he stated that he (Bonney had but
little sense. The city attorney then stated
AhN hto VI INC SitS as ~ pollNS
powers, and as to regulating the opera
ton of trans or other franchises granted
by the board of aldermen
Attorneys Sabin, Haggott aud Graham
stated that in their opinion the city ordi.
nances were perfectly legal and that The
supreme court would hold them to b.
absolutely valid.
Upon motion Of Alderman Hanson,
! seconded by Walker, the council vert
into executive session. What transpired
during the next forty minutes is known
only to the aldermen, and when the
executiveness was over the door was
opened.
Alderman Hanson then moved the
adoption Of the ordinance granting the
right to the Taawasa G. NJ. & c. com.
pany to erect aud operate an aerial tram
way, as published. The vote made by
roll call was as follows:
Walker ShaGer
Lamb Hanson
Trelease Straub
Nicholas Aiken
Iverson
The mayor then declared the motion
lost, and after a discussion of certain
other matters the council adjourned.
William Hopwood, III. l. NJ E., NJ. N.
A. c. NJ, distinguished mining engin-
eer Of Buckley, Chester, England, was
in the city this week for several
days, during which time he visited the
Brighton, Baby Eddie and Cardigan
properties for the purpose of making a