The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-05

.,o Washington Oregon Tractloh
company
,esr the promoters of the company
,-oraed two nights and a day
z5.ovoriug TO have the council pass
n ordinance granting the company d
e..noAise and finally succeeded
a. a,,anance now lies in the city
-. office awaiting that which Will
,rote If Z vital part of the csty's stat-
,+os the mayors signature.
CtY Clerk T. D. S. Hart was asked
III. morning if the mayor had signed
10 franchise. and he replied in the
9stad why the mayor had not signed
.so ordnance. the city clerk replied.
Il don't know .
,ravor Tausick was seen and stated
I that he was not as yet prepared 10
rnoto anv formal announcement as TO
& ,rbo+ ha would do with the ordinance
brt what he did say leaves no room
b - d,ubt that he is strongly opposed
N - ccning the franchise ordinance IN
Il IFS present shape.
II ie known that the mayor thinks
H that tbe ordinance granting the fran
cbisa was loosely drawn and gives the
comnanv maximum of privileges and
81 tba city minimum of protection. 1t
ii is known also that the mayor is both
orad ahout the provision in the iran
cbise which gives the company use OF
Fl All the streets in the city, the mayor
taking the position that under tnls
franchise the company will have the
H right to shut out the building of COM
netting lines even on streets on Wn.cH
tha company does not itself build.
! The mavor has many other objec-
tons to the phraseolOgy of the ordi-
nance and it is almost certain that
he will veto the ordinance, and exert
his influence with the council to have
new ordinance drafted and passed,
one which will give the company the
right to enter the city with their elec-
the road and power lines, but which
will place definite restrictions upon
the corporation.
Under the law unless the mayor
signs the ordinance before the next
meeting Of the council, which will be
week from next Tuesday, it becomes
null and voil unless passed over
his veto, to 90 which it is necessary to
have five councilmen support the or
dnance
The full text OF the ordinance, as
passed by the council, is as follows:
An ordinance granting to the Wash
ngtOA- Oregon Traction company a
franchse to construct, maintain and
operate an electric railway for the
transportation Of freight and passen-
gers for hire on and over certain
Streets in the city of Walla Walla,
washington, and to construct, main
TAIN and operate a system of poles and
wiring for the transmission of electri-
CITY within the city of Walla Walla
ior commercial purposes, and repeating
ordnance No 1927.
Inc city council Of the City of Wal
"aila state of Washington, at a
regular session held by it on this last
udy 0t September, 1908. in the city hall
III ehe said city of Walla Walla. the
s'S'e ol washington, U. S. A., does
hereby grant and ordain as follows:
sec l. That the WasnIngton-O Ore
~" traction company Ca corporation
asail2ed and doing business under the
~"s u the state of Washington). its
o'eSSors and assigns be and it is
10y empowered and authorized to
,'iuc1 maintain and operate a
W. NVfn' standard-guage electric rail-
on win The necessary sidings, turn
49, S''a switches, to be operated by cleo
MY NY OF other power. except steam
sas lor the carrying of passengers
folon''- elsh' Ior hire along and over the
''uoWlng streets:
p.ra- sueet, Alder street west of
Mn, ropiar street, Birch street and
sra. street Fifth street Twelfth
pa' ee'' Chase avenue Chestnut stroat
straa, street, Spokane street, Rose
Conoro Ooi'llle street, Isaacs avenue
Main "'ehue, Idaho street. Fast
gtraa. Sneet Green street. North Main
lenoio flrst street Second street Va
streat street Division street Lincoln
straet. i'oosevelt street, North Sixtb
the cots lu over such other streets as
comnanr washington Oregon Traction
Street may may select. except Palouse
limits iii Alder street to the c;ty
Street ana Alder street east Of pa,; G
atoms ana an do all the necessary alter
Purposes. asa'ing and filling for sncb
two naro,,l' provided, that not more tban
upon - as aliel tracks shall be constrrata |i.,, II
Said onaet street under this franchise
compan,'o oregon Washington oatse, Traat;ss,
Powered - = tur'her authorized and am
string =. % set the necessary noio. u en- en-
manner ;a ana Necessary wires in snch nl.h
and Over ru =" :. IN such places in a1onn
Walk in rho ne ne streets. alleys ard side.
tFansmissioan such @ railway and for the M
Necessary IN o Of electricity and Gr ao 'ae an
structions IN l the premises for 't the 40 ca all
sss saSn railway and for and nd operation of
oDeration tSs of electricity for t6n
Lighting pprnae eseof and for power ans ,ns
purposes within the pJMrf .lIraits and "a