Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-28
CITY COUNCIL.

Feb. 90, $3.50 a. m, 1906.
The special meeting of the city coun-
Gil was called to order by Mayor Daub-
ney for the purpose of considering Pc
tition from the Upper Iowa Power Com
pany. Members of the council present,
Croft, Hovden, Baker, Adams, Curtin,
Vance, Couse, Sayre and Gillett. Mr..
Harmon absent.
The following petition was read
PETITION.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Coun-
ell of the City of DEBORAH, Iowa.
Gentlemen:
The undersigned asks and hereby Pc
titions your honorable body to submit to
the legal voters of the City of DEBORAH,
Winneshiek Co., Iowa, at the general,
animal, municipal election for March,
1906, this question, namely: Shall the
city council of the City of DEBORAH,
Winneshiek county, Iowa, grant to the
Upper Iowa Power Company for itself,
it's associates or assigns, permission,
privilege and the right, power and
authority to erect, maintain and oper-
ate in the said City of DEBORAH, Iowa,
for period of twenty. FIVE years an cleo
Uric light and power plant, and for that
purpose the privilege, right power and
Authority to use the streets, avenues,
alleys, bridges and other public places
OF the said city of DEBORAH, including such
as may hereafter be laid out or acquired
and the privilege, right, power and au-
thQrity to erect and maintain In, through,
--over and upon the streets, avenues,
alleys, bridges and other public places
of the said city of DEBORAH, including
such as may hereafter be laid out or ac-
quired, all necessary poles, wires and
other appliances and apparatus for the
purpose of producing and distributing
electricity for light, heat and power for
,aunicipal, commercial, domestic and
manufacturing uses, and to bring cleo
trio current from without the limits of
said city into said city to said plant or
for distribution for the purposes afore-
said.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, Feb. 26, 1906.
UPPER Iowa POWER Co.
Motion by Sayre, seconded by Couse,
the petition of the Upper Iowa Power
Co., be received and filed and recorded
by the clerk. Roll call vote, Croft, yea;
ilovden, yea; Baker, yea; Adams, yea;
Curtin, yea; Vance, yea; Couse, yea;
Sayre, yea; Gellett, yea; yeas, no nays.
Motion was carried.
The following resolution was read:
RESOLUTION.
Be IT RESOLVED, By the City Council
al the City OF DEBORAH, Winneshiek Co.,
iowa, that whereas, the Upper Iowa
Power Company has petitioned said city
council for submission to the legal vot-
ers of the said City of DEBORAH, iowa, at
the general, annual, municipal election
in March, 1906, of the said City of De-
corah, Iowa, this question, namely:
shall the city council of the City of
DEBORAH, Winneshiek County, Iowa,
grant to the Upper Iowa Power Company
for itself, its associates or assigns, per-
mission, privilege, and the right, power
and authority to erect, maintain and OPP
crate in the said City of DEBORAH, Iowa,
for period of twenty-five years, an cleo
trio light and power plant and for that
purpose the privilege, right, power and
authority to use the streets, avenues, al
legs, bridges and other public places of
the said City of DEBORAH, including such
rs may hereafter be laid out or acquired
and the privilege, right, power and au-
thority to erect and maintain in, through
aver and upon the streets, avenues,
alleys, bridges and other public places
of the said City OF DEBORAH, including
such as may hereafter be laid out,
or acquired, all necessary poles,
wires and other appliances and
apparatus for the purpose of pro-
ducing and distributing electricity
for light, heat and power for municipal,
commercial, domestic and manufacturing
uses, and to bring electric current from
without the limits of said city into said
city to said plant or for distribution for
the purposes aforesaid"
Now THEREFORE, II Is HEREBY ORDERED,
That there shall be submitted to
the legal voters of the said City
az DEBORAH, Iowa, at tho gem
eral, annual, municipal election i'm
March, 1906, of the said City of DEBORAH
Iowa, the following question and public
measure, namely: Shall the city coun-
ell of the City Of DEBORAH, Winncshiek
County, Iowa, grant to the Upper Iowa
Power Company for itself, it's associates
or assigns, permission, privilege and the
right, power and authority to erect,
maintain and operate i'm the said city of
DEBORAH, Iowa, for period of twenty-five
years an electric light and power plant,
aud for that purpose the privilege, right,
power and authority to use the streets,
avenues, alleys, bridges and other public
places of the said City of DEBORAH, in
Guiding such as may hereafter be laid
out or acquired, and the privilege, right,
power and authority to erect and main
tain in, through, over and upon the
streets, avenues, alleys, bridges and
other public places OF the said city OF
DEBORAH, including such as may here
after be laid out or acquired, all neces-
sary poles, wires and other appliances
and apparatus for the purpose of pro-
ducing and distributing electricity for
light, heat and power, for municipal,
commercial, domestic and manufacture
ing uses and to bring electric current
from without the limits of said city into
said city to said plant or for distribu-
ton for the purposes aforesaid"
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED, That notice
of the submission of the said public
measure and question to the said legal
n. III n.