The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-06
WITH A LONG RESOLUTION
it Was Promptly Tabled However,
and the soIons Adjourned Until


and the solons Adjourned Until
TsSrrow Nioht-Matter to
cone up Again.
as a very remarkable meet.
council last night 1t was
meeting extending over
edaesday nights session
board was present Tae
Twas held for the express pur-
going into and positively de-
tt3lag the long mooted trolley aan
chise question. F. D. NJ. Strachan and
F. d. Aiken, accompanied by Q b.
Conyers, Of Bepnet ana Conyers. thetl
attorneys, were present
Attorney J. T. Colson and r. E
Briesenick, Of the Roman franchise
were also in attendance.
Council adopted its usual tactics OF
"a Quve session and before 8
e,cIol Norman Wright moved thaf
the III resort be sought again
The an was carried and council
Tor - discussed the matter
0l.ho9s 8 E4yice of any of.the repre-
sentatives present. Finally Messrs.
Briesenlek and Colson We're called in
10 the chamber. They were moi detaiu
ed over thirty minutes and later Mi
Colson stated to News repTcs onta
i've that he had only asked eouneI
10 extend action in the matter pendina
HE arrival in the city OF Mr Iosep
ecman. wno Is asking for the il
chise and who will arrive here this
afternoon. MIR. Colson says th9t he
pointed out TO council the fact tha'
,ir Roman had made hale dozen
visits to Brunswick; that he was slow
10 make the Brunswick proposition uu
terstandng the local people had the
matter in hand Later he came TO
8rq,nswick under advices that the maj
ter would be settled one way or th
other on February ana "a and that
this time Mr. Roman aad his assoc
iates felt ,baC they were entitled 70
a hearing on the proposition.
After Mess. colson and Briesenich
had retired from the executive session
Mess Aisen. strachan and Conyer.
were admitted and for three hours
time were detained by council.
Prohting by last Wednesday night
experience the arguments and discus
siong were not in so loud q fashion
IN fact the matter was handled 50
silently that those IN the council cham
Der could scarcely hear the dehoera
lions In the next room
1t was 1890 when council finally
eled into the council chamber Alder
man Robinson was about to move for
recess. when Alderman Cox threw
hombsbell in the nature Of a reso-
a5tion which seems TO have Let the
cat out OF the bag. Alderman CoGs
resolution provided that before the
massage of the Strachan ordinance
mat Mr. strachan be compelled to
make a special agreement to turn over
ID the city the present water works
plant Of the Mutual Light and #aler
Company at an arbitrated value ana
that these plans be submitted to coua-
ell It also provided that slr stra-
chan put up certified check Tor
$4,000 payable to the city as soon as
the franchise was voted to hin' II
addition TO the $4,000 check provided
for II said franchise. The resolution
was a lengthy one and provided tAal
Mr.. strachan also submit to council
statements and specifications as 70
machinery to be used in his opera
tons: that he fix date for arbitIatlne
value sos the water 1plant ana ~
other words that council be fully ae-
qua.nted with every detail touching
upon the strachan franchise
Il tsek ecaneIi several minutes to