The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-14
,FSSION OF CITY SOLONS WAS STRENUOUS
aaa+;ng of the Usually Harmonious Local Law
DIVERS Was Breezy Almost from the Start
tu,1 HOT AIR HEATING SYSTEM HEAT THEM HOT
ao+ber Big Bond Issue Proposed and New Depot Move
ment Endorsed. Two-Story Brick Guard House Will
Re Built Other Matters of Importance Considered

rAa usually dull and uninterest-
40 proceedings Of the city law-mak-
- aid not hold good at the Tuesday
biobt session of the solons who
Frard the interests and advance the
2oIf.ra Of this thriving municipal
When Mayor Mercer called the
,odr TO order all of the aldermen
Lrorp in their seats, and there was
Ootbing about their placid features
md pleasant demeanor that gave an
Indication of what was soon to come
It was the breeziest session that
,aa been held in months, if not in
hears. and once the mayor was call
"a IN TO break a tie and cast the de-
biding vote.
THAT HEATER HEATS EN- UP.
The suit of the Atlanta Furnace
h. against the city was responsible,
oerbaps. for the liveliest part of the
sessjon. and that heating system
which. it is claimed, has on more than
Ono occasion failed to heat the public
school building had no trouble in
heating the aldermen to high tenn
perature.
As is we'll known, the system was
bought at a cost of 81, 800 by the com
Bnittee appointed by the council to
ERECT the new school building, and the
committee held back 1864 of the pur-
chase price from the firm who install
I'D it on the ground that it was defect
I've and did not properly warm the
house. The Atlanta Furnace Co.
entered suit against the city, and
recently sent one of their employees
10 Dawson to test the system, every
boom being heated to temperature
B f 68 degrees and above.
The question of the lawsuit and a
settlement of it came up for considera-
ion Tuesday night, with Attorneys
wilkinson and Marlin present and
asking that the city, in addition to the
balance of 1854, pay the furnace COM
bany $40, the difference in the price
bt an engine that had been substitute
ed for the one originally installed.
Alderman Baldwin, who was a mem
per Of the committee that contracted
Tor the system, very vigorously OPP
posed the payment of this extra sum,
Rnd it was during the discussion which
Followed that several sharp passages
occurred between some of the council
Enen.
u IF it was their own money members
Fould not favor paying this $40, !"
paid Alderman Baldwin.
Il certainly would" spoke up both
Mayor Mercer and Alderman Dean.
Il don't believe it, and nobody can
nake me do Sc" retorted Alder
snan Baldwin.
Alderman Baldwin contended that
for $l,820 the Atlanta Furnace Co.
was under contract, and had given a
pond Of 81, 900, to install perfect and
eaVSlactory heating system, and that
Ine city was in no way responsible for
Ene replacing of the original engine
s"I'h new one. 1t was a matter,
ls SAID, with which the city had moth
ing TO do, and that it would not be
F'eaIlng the committee with the prop
F. consideration and respect to pay
ne extra amount asked. The alder
Hsn who voted to pay the full amount
VI winch suit had been brought stated
'n'V Ihey did so because they believed
naV II would be cheaper to pay it than
- oecome involved in litigation.
y motion to pay the company S474
vas carried, the vote being as follows:
Ayes-Aldermen Dean, Jennings,
"hlehard and Hill.
NayS-Aldermen Baldwin and Petty.
ENDORSED THE DEPOT MOVEMENT.
Alderman Whitchard introduced the
o-Io"Ing resolution endorsing the
movement now being made to get bet
'7P railroad depot facilities in Daw-
Whereas, it is apparent to shis
Dooy That our city is very much in
neea OF better depot facilities, on both
-ue oeaooard and Central of Georgia
a-tTays' and that both passenger and
.Ie'ght business is handicapped and
.s'"roed, and our citizens and bust
Ia 'os people are Inconvenience by the
90 90 q good and ample accommoda-
IONS l' therefore be it
!. 'R n That, recognizing as we
-. we entire inadequacy of the pres
1N' Uepot facilities in Davson and the