The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-22
SOLONS HELD A
6-HOUR SESSION
Alderman Cox Wanted The
Question to Be Settled
By the People
TIE VOTE ON RESOLUTION
Mayor symons, However. Voted
Against it and Council Then
Proceeded to Finally Set
tie the Matter

bdSd the Brunswick trolley
r.. o. M. strachan and his assocla.
tes viii turn over to the city as soon
as an arbitrated value can be srriv-
ed at the water plant Of the Mutual
Light and Water Company the city
10 pay for it in five years, with a
payment Of not less than ten thous
and dollars to be made as soon as
the value is established,
The franchise is to cover a period
q forty yars, the contract only to
% last ten years.
Electricity is to be served to pa
irons on a basis Of II cents per xii
Iowatt, with sliding scale.
ror power purposes electricity is
to cost 7 IL cents per kiiicwat
Arc tights are TO cost the city for
the arst hundred lights SIS each per
year, graduated down to s65.
Gas is to be done away with in
the street lamps and iucandeseent
lights are to be used to scale from
ez1 down 10 $ts per year according
to the number of lights used
Tae above is a resume Of last
Gghts ouncil meeting. which last.
ID into the wee sma hours IN
t.et it was just o'clock when the
slacAan ordinance, providing for
I'd construction Of a system Of cleo
s.le lines, was finally adopted, par
aeraph by paragarpa.
Tie meeting was a notable one
r ne reason that It lasted for sew
N and one-half hours and covered
multipli,ity Of subjects.
All was as serene as morning
81 MAY until the head of ordinan-
les was reached Tnen there was
aitle OF muslehy and resolutions.
the fuJl boad twas present All
II the members looked as il they
came co ked and primed for a
ilabcs seance The usual galaxy OF
parties and attorneys were present.
Mr strachan and Capt f D. Aiken
ere accompanied by their attorney,
i. Twtty. while Messrs. Roman
srd Bricseni,k, aside from being on
lhe scene personally. were represen
icy by Attorney r. Colson
As soon as the clerk announced
.hat resolutions. orders and ordnan-
ees were in order. Alderman Cox
lcgan system Of fnlibnstering, that
made Senator Carmack's latest eff
sorts on that line look Ike ten cents
y Honduran money.
He first introauced a resolution
Submitting the entire matter to the
leople, the preamble set forth the
rlct that the present administration
Was elected on q platform committed
- municipal ownership Of public
Utilities. Alderman Robinson NOV
ei 10 second the resolution and
tben Followed long discussion, in
which the aye and nay vote was
allied for. The 5allot resulted in a
ee by the following vote: For the
resolution 10 refer the the matter
H. the people, Aldermen Cox, Mann
obluson and TuDper against the
resolution, Aldermen Cook, Dart
fright and Wood This caused q
'ie vote and the occasion was ratn'
cr dramatic II was up TO Mayor
svmons TO cast the deciding vote
81 the matter and this he did in no
uncertain manner He said that he
Nss not prepared for the resolution
md since he was called upon TO cast
tie deciding vote he would do 80
withiut striking his duty He said
that ae understood that the present
souncil had been elected on . mu'
t,tcipal eruorshfp pIatforu1 but ha