Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-09
Alderman Nicho
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pldnt. l believe tHdI every clClZeH IL
 vors a more reasonable contract With
 this company if any concessions are to be made by the city. I move as an
 amendment to Alderman Jordan's mo- tion that this Council make a new con tract with the Light and Water com pany.a The motion was seconded by
 Alderman Dunnigton.
 Alderman William Nichol, who has
 never taken "back water" on the
 said: This Council has spoken on
 this matter and l believe that instead of this company dictating to this Council and the city, that this Coun- cl and our citizens should dictate 10
 this company (applause). don | propose to favor anything that will bring about a delay in bringing this suit. This water company has many times violated it's contract. The Coun- cil ordered that suit be filed to annul the city's contract with the company and have the plant turned into the hands of a receiver. That should bt done. | want to be sighted if this company is going to make all these improvements and spend $200,0O0 @ improve it's plant. What We want $ first class water plant. We are tired of getting promises. (Applause.) Already this city has suffered a loss of half million dollars because We had no water to fight fires Under no consideration will 1 agree to Wita- hold this suit.
 eff this company is not willing to draw new contract with the city, We have no further business with. If the company cannot trust this council, we cannot trust the company. City Attorney Coleman asked me Saturday what should be done with that suit I told him that not one member of the council had instructed him to hold up the legal proceedings and that it was his duty to file the suit
 .sI am ashemed of the past record of this council. (Applause.) l don't believe in compromising this matter every time the city gets in a position to dictate to the water company.
 At the conclusion of his remarks, Alderman Nichol was enthusiasti cally applauded by the spectators.
 It was clearly seen that he ex- pressed the sentiment of the masses.
 Alderman Jordan again took the floor. He said he was not fighting the fight of the water company. but that he did not believe in tying the hands of the company when it was shown that they were trying to do the right thing It is matter of expediency, he said. and the quickest way to get relief from the present conditions. In al recent conversation with the Presi- dent Bridges, the latter assured him that he would be willing to consider demands of the city rela- tive to new contract.
 President Bridges, of the water asked to be heard He said the steps of the council to bring suit against his company was with the wishes of the people of Pine Bluff. We have or dered better and larger machines for our plant, new water mains for the city, compressor, four times as large as anything of it's kind ever in use here; contracts have been let for new wells and our men Ire working day and night to get he plant in first-class condition as soon as possible. The company will give bond for the faithful per formance of these matters. It will hamper us at this time to bring suit against the company. "You would not like to invest your money in an enterprise if you thought it would not be here in six months or a year from now, would you?" As to the rates fixed by the city for water Mir. Bridges said his com pany was not defying the city. There was difference in opinion between he and City Attorney Cole man, he said, as to what was the average rate as fixed in the city's contract. He was anxious that the 1..afc 41,xl ,4-