The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-02


his place. Very little routine bust
ness was transacted at the meeting
as all the claims against the city and
those on the regular pay roll were all
paid at the call meetings that was
held last week when all other bus
mess fer the month Of December was
finished.
Amount Collected.
The city collector reported the fol-
lowing amounts collected on taxes
during the month:
White property ..-..-... $50 IL
Colored property .......... "a 10
Colored tithes ...... s %
Deposited with the City Treas
urer 30 ~
Deposited with the Treasury
of the school board 49,. 50 81
Commission deducted ..... s OF
The Treasurer's report showed a
balance of $2,O22.33 in the bank and
$4,000 in the sinking fund. The City
Clerk reported 5000 collected on Ii
cense during the month.
Sale of Franchise.
The most important matter of bus
mess that came before the Council,
and which drew large crowd to the
meeting, was the sale of a telephone
franchise which was bought by the
East Tennessee Telephone Company
for $1,000. This was the franchise
that was offered for sale at the re-
quest of the East Tennessee Com
pany. 1t was strongly protested
against by the citizens generally and
the business men because of its pro-
vision to allow the purchaser to
charge more for the services than Is
being paid now and more than the
Old Kentucky Company is allowed to
charge in its franchise. The sale was
conducted by J. r. Bush and the bid
ding was done by Mr.. ]. NJ. Steven
son, who represented the East Ten
nessee Company.
Home Company Opposes.
Ever since the franchise was first
offered for Gale, the Old Kentucky
Company has been fighting against
the sale because it allowed the East
Tennessee Company to charge more
than it could. Mr.. Stevenson said,
after he had made his bid Of $1,000
that he would withdraw it and let the
Old Kentucky Company have the
franchise and he would stand the
chances of getting the Council to
grant him another just like it for his
company, but the Old Kentucky re-
fused the offer.
At the meeting a petition was pre-
scented by the Merchants Protective
Association, which is given in full
below, asking that franchise be not
granted, providing for an increase in
rates. The petition was read to the
CoSncif after which Mr.. Stevenson
claimcrs thet it was dictated by Mr..
D. L. PendletoM who is the president
Of the Home Company, and who Mr..
Stevenson claimed Mas the attorney
for the Merchants Protective Asso-
citation.
Mr.. Pendleton was not present but
his partner, Mr.. V. W. Bush was.
Mr.. Bush said that if the petition
was prepared in their office by Mr..
Pendleton, he knew nothing of it and
denied the charge that Mr. Pendletor
was the attorney for the Merchants
Association.
Vote is Unanimous.
After a wrangle between Mr.. Stew
enson, Mr.. Bush, and a few of the
Councilmen, that took up nearly all
of the session, the question was ask
ed for and the vote was unanimous
for the sale of the franchise.
Against Street Car Company
A motion was made asking that
the Council direct City Attorney F.
H. Haggard to file suit against the
Central Kentucky Traction Company
fora forfeiture of their franchise on
account of their failure to comply
with their franchise to run the street
car on regular schedule. The mo-
tion was postponed until the next
meeting so as to give the company
one more chance to make good.
Discharging Employees.
1t was ordered that the city dis