The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-02-15

sweeping aside the ullatOfy moClonS
of a minority which sought on various
pretexts to postpone action, the citi
zens and taxpayers last night, by q
vote of 81 to 80, accepted the report OF
the Citizens Committee appointed to
draft a water franchise and directed
the Board of County Commissioners, at
the adjourned meeting to be held on
Saturday to grant to the Ely Water
Company the franchise recommended
by the committee.
It was remarked by several of the
speakers that no more representative
gathering had ever assembled in the
Courthouse than that which passed
upon this important question. At times
storm signals were hoisted, SO intense
was the interest, but i'll the end person
alities were d;sre ssrled, and when it
came dowu to gu ,stion Of water OF
watt" the inte ligence of the commu-
nifty asserted itse'f emphatically, and
the action of the Citizens Committee,
taken after lorg and diligent effort,
was approved.
The franchise agreed upon, and which
will now come before the County Com
misioners for ratification, is reasonable
in its provisions, and received the sup
port at the mass-meeting last night of
men who had previously opposed the
granting of any franchise whatsoever.
Free use of the Murry Greek water
for fire purposes, and in the schools
and public buildings, is an essential
feature of the committee franchise.
The Ely Water Company is to install
twelve fire hydrants free and also fur
nish water for sprinkling the streets.
Additional hydrants are to be put III as
the town grows at a rental of S5 per
month. The water rates offered by the
company for domestic consumption
were shaded down by the Citizers'
Committee to basis which will enable
residents of Ely to have running water
for less money than it costs in seventy
cities and towns whose rates We're con-
suited.
When the citizens had assembled in
the Courthouse last night John Weber
called the meeting to order, and a per-
manent organization was effected with
A. R. Whitehead as Chairman and An
thony Zurich I. Secretary. Mr. White
LaI no 1-il n + .
questions hurled at him during the
evening, but he set out to be fair and
square in his rulings, and the efforts OF
the parliamentary sharps to confuse
him didn't wotk. Everybody that
wanted to talk was heard, and some OF
the gentlemen talked out of order until
Mr.. Whitehead headed them off. The
Chairman voted with the majority on
the final question, which was to accept
or reject the report of the Citizens
Committee as q whole
After Mr.. Whitehead had stated the
purpose of the meeting, Anthony Ju-
rich for the Citizens Committee re-
VleW6u LIle WOIh VI lLdC OOty, tClliiisS
of the concessions which had been
obtained from the Ely Water Compeny,
and giving it as his opinion that mis-
take would be made if the franchise as
agreed upon should be rejected. Mr..
Zurich stated that failure to reach an
agreement would mean protracted liti-
cation, and meanwhile the town>would
be no better off than it was before.
MIR. Zurich read the franchise through,
and repeated some parts of it to please
MIR. D. w. Ellis.
After motion to adopt, made by
Robert Mel, had been seconded, Chair
man Whitehead invited discussion.
G. F. Boreman responded with for
esnic effort that woke the echoes, ir
which he opposed the committee fran
chise and attacked Mr.. Zurich. Then
Mr.. Boreman produced one of his own
which he succeeded in getting before
the meeting by incorporating it as par
Of his argument, after H. M. Fuimel