The daily sentinel., 1907-03-28
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the matter should be settled at once
but did not recommend any special
amount that it would fix as a salts
thought it would be cheaper to set
tie than to fight the matter out any
further in the courts.
Mr.. Coles Positive.
At this jucture City Attorney Coles
took the floor and declared that he
| had not been consulted about the
matter. I should have been con-
| suited, | am the elected city attorney
of Grand Junction and my opinion
/ should have weight ir the council, /"
! declared Mr.. Coles. He then re-iter-
ated the stand he took Mt the previous
council meeting, that under no con-
| ditions should settlement with the
| Andersons be made. One of the cases
| had been fought through the lower
court and judgment rendered in
favor of Mrs. Anderson. It had been
| appealed to the supreme court and in
his opinion the lower court was GER
tain to be reversed. The fees of the
special attorney had already been
paid. He declared that it would be
the sheerest folly and poor Judgment
for the council to agree to settle at
this time
Mayor Bunting in speaking of the
matter declared the suits to be a
heritage from the previous council.
| While he favored settlements in
cases when such a procedure was best
he did not believe that settlement
| of these cases should be made at
this time with the one case so far
advanced in the courts.
| Mrs. Ida L. Anderson secured a
! Judgment of 1850 in the district
court for damages alleged to have
been sustained through injuries sus-
tanned by falling on a defective side
walk The case is now in the supreme
court appealed by the city. Charles
w. Anderson, the husband, has filed
suit in the district court growing out
of the same case. Attorney S. N
Wheeler, for these plaintiffs, offered
to settle both cases for $4,000 and
costs paid.
After continued discussion last
night the matter was Indefinitely de-
ferred.
The Kettle Case.
Attorney j. s. Carnahan then ad-
dressed council in behalf of Frank NJ
Kettle, the man who alleges that he
was seriously hurt on a defective side
walk on January 18th and he was be
fore the council two weeks ago ask
ing that he be reimbursed for doc
tors bills and loss of time. He Of
fered to settle at that time for 5000
Attorney Carnahan explained the
status of the case as he saw it and
ed that his clients offer to settle for
5000 was very reasonable indeed,
declaring that Kettle was confined to
his bed for several weeks and is not
yet able to work, that his Doctors
bills were about $50 and that he is
in poor circumstances. a notice was
served on the council as to the time,
place and cause of Kettles injury.
Evidently Kettle is preparing to bring
suit against the city unless a settle
ment is made City Attorney Coles
stated that the committee appointed
to investigate the case was not yet
ready to report and action was there
fore deferred.
The ordinance granting George
Smith an eight months extension of
the electric railway franchise was
given its first reading and passed.
Renting the Water.
The question of renting 100 in
ches of water from the ditch com
many for the coming fiscal year for
the street bitches and parks was
brought up. Alderman o'Boyle did
not see why the present council should
make an annual rental of this water
as it is not needed now and he
thought should be passed over to the
new council. He called attention to
the fact that the present council had
the annual water rental passed up
. In n
tbe preyious council. A motion pre-
vailed deferring this matter The
water this year will rent at S3,f0 an
inch.
For Normal School Cause.
Mayor Bunting then communicat-
ed to council the desire of the Cham
her of Commerce to have the approp-
Ration made two years ago by prev
ions council to defray expenses OF
committee work for a normal school
and amounting to 500, granted at
This time Mayor Bunting told of
the extensive work done by the COM
mittee during the past few months,
involving trips to Denver and Glen
wood Springs, and Delta. This ap-
propriation, which, as it turned out
was not needed at the time asked TOT,
was needed now and he thought the
council could never hlloN @iVV Ioi 1"
better purpose. The money would be
nsed for absolutely necessary expens-
es only. A motion appropriating the
500 from the general fund to the
credit of the Chamber of Commerce,
unanimously carried,
From the Light Companies
Alderman O'Boyle asked the city
clerk If he could inform the council
as to the amount due the city from
the Grand Junction Electric and Gas
company, as it was entitled to Ger.
tain per cent of the gross receipts of
tbe company as provided by the fran
cbise city Clerk Conley announced
that the company had informed him
tbat a settlement for the quarter end
ing April /. 1907, would be made
on that date.
Devote to City Parks.
Mayor Bunting suggested to coun-
ell that a resolution be passed before
this council adjourned sine die pro
yiding that the per cent of the gross
receipts of the electric light company
IN he maid to the city each year shall
,t.a+od 70 the care of the city