The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-14
Ten-cent Gas Ordinance Again
on a Snag.
City Attorney Drenning Advises
Further Delay in Action.
WOULD SEE SCHEDULES
Hagan and Holiday Agree to
Visit Other Towns.
Special Meeting of the Council
to Be Held June is.

Action on the passage of the ten cent
gas ordinance will be postponed until a
special adjourned meeting of the eoun-
Gil which viii be held Monday evening,
June IS.
Schedules Of the rates in adoption in
other cities in this district using natural
gas will be secured in the meantime by
C. K. Holiday Of the gas company and
Eugene Hagan, attorney for the manu-
facturers making the complaint against
the high charge Of Is cents for natural
gas.
Eugene Hagam appeared before the
ways and means committee last night
and urged the committee to recon-
mend the passage of the ordinance last
night. The committee however demur-
red upon the advice of F. G. Dreaming,
city attorney, who said that he believed
that the ordinance as drawn up did not
conform with the statutes and caution
ed delay. C. K. Holiday. though not a
member Of the committee, was present
and also asked that the committee de-
fer action until schedules of rates at
Kansas City, Kansas. L.eavenworth.
Lawrence and AtehisOn We're procured.
II am very sorry that we haven't the
letters here this evening showing these
yates. We wrote for them but have
failed to receive but two, said HOlli-
day You should get the schedules in
effect in these towns and follow it
pretty straight in drawing up an ordi-
nance. If you don't there is going to
he trouble. The schedules provide for
various things. They provide for a GER
tain rate for gas engines and all of these
things should be considered in drawing
UP an ordinance for ten cent gas here.
The manufa cturers' committee has been
very kind and courteous They have
waited patiently in this matter"
MT. Holiday attempted to go into the
old explanation that there was a differ
Gnce Of opinion existing between the
Kansas Natural Gas company and A n
Brady of the gas company and that the
former was attempting to exact more
profit from Brady than he was getting
in the other towns. Mr. Hagan wouldn't
listen to IT, What have we got to dc
with the Kansas Natural Gas company, -
said Hagan I'VE don't know them
Mr. Brady and the Kansas Natural Gas
company have got to fight their OWL
differences out between themselves. Mt
Brady is under contract to furnish this
city with ten cent gas. L was in thC
room with Mr.. Holiday in New York
when Mr.. Brady promised US that he
would give Topeka ten cent gas
know from the early history of this
thing that Mr. Brady was for this.
81 don't believe that there is any
question about natural gas at ter
cents being tory. They woult
be glad to furnish it at this price +
they could not get any customers ana
had more gas than they knew what Il
do with"
stI think we should get the sch edule.
of rates in these other towns before W.
90 anything. said Mayor Davis.
well If the committee agrees to &c
the council to meet WondaE night
an willing to 60 dow - a Mr.. Holi
Sqv and get those -edules." sal,
III gan.
~ ara correctly villing only 7 mr.
getting mighty tired Of tsis delay,
aaid r. +. Hodgins. one OF the manu-