The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-27

~ '"' H'HoSIb OF INC city COun-
ell there will be little unoccupled
time till the matter of the telephone
franchise is definitely settled. Yes
terday afternoon in accordance vita
the call OF the mayor the board met
In SPECIAL session. BY agreement.
however, the telephone matter was
postponed for an evening meeting
last night.
Trolley Pole Agreement.
After a discussion over the ques-
tion Of trolley poles, II. A. Mobiles
stated that the street railway COM
pany would be willing to make an
agreement with the city to replace
the wooden trolley poles being put in
now with steel poles OF an approved
pattern on all streets as soon as the
city paves the streets. This agree
ment was perfectly satisfactory to
he council and the ordinance COM
mttee was Instructed to draw M an
ordinance embodying conditions of
the agreement.
Mr.. Mobiles explained that the COM
pany's failure to close all grading
was on account of the company's in
ability to get shipments Of material
In time, On Jackson street the ex-
aavation has been made for some
time but owing to the lack OF steel
the company cannot complete the
track and close the grade. To over
come the difficulties presented by
these conditions, Mr. Mobiles accepted
the recommendation OF the council
that on streets which had been exca-
waited, that at least every other street
crossing be filled so as to allow a
safe crossing for all vehicles.
To Appoint New Employees.
The designations of J. Harrison
Taylor. city engineer, and Hurt
Moore, driver Of the hose wagon,
were offered and accepted by the
council. Hurt Moore will continue
as driver OF the hose wagon till n
new man is put on the work. J. II.
Taylor has moved his office away
from the city building and the city
will be without an Official engineer
till the appointment OF another man.
Yesterday the applications Of How
ard Trigg and II, o. Whyman were
presented to the scouncil Each ap-
plicant offered credentials, For the
present and until the details govern
ing the office of city engineer the
council decided to take no action on
the appointment and on motion by
w. L. Thompson, the applications
were tabled.
Street fakirs, street musicians and
street speakers came up for discus
sion and several members Of the
council voiced the complaint OF citi-
Gems against some of the street OBJ
structions OF this kind.
On motion the meeting adjourned
TIL 8 o'clock when the board agreed
to hear a discussion Of the telephone
question,
A Wordy Night Meeting.
A meeting fairly swapping in its
intensity was the session of the board |
last night, at which Manager Taylor. |
OF Davenport & Co., and Messrs. |
Num- and Gooch of the Amarillo |
company presented the |
claims of their companies for the .
right to supply the city of Amarillo
with a telephone service for the next .
thirty years.
Mr.. Taylor first took the floor and
gave tersely worded statement Of
his proposition and its status before
the council. He reviewed the facts
that on a former occasion repre-
sentative of his company had, in ac-
,ordance with the invitation of the
council, submitted a franchise in
for the coveted right.
This model franchise, he reminded
hem, had been brought before the
council in a special meeting as he
understood had been the case with
Ill other applicants, and had been
discussed and changed to the shape
I was now In Furthermore the
drawn up by his company
md submitted In that meeting had
lot only met the approval of the
council but had been favorably re-
,orted by the ordinance committee
md signed as such by the three mem
'ers OF that committee. On such
Mr.. Davenport claimed that
he franchise had been fairly earned
y his company.
DiscIaims Obligation of Council.
J. u. Num-, president of the Anna ]
lilo Telephone company asked tho ;
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