Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-12
|C!N C0yIG!L meeting
Resolution Employing Counsel to Rep
resent City In water and Light
Matter, Rseonsidered.

WIN Mdyor matOuey preSluln8 8n(
Aldermen Covey. Edge, Burger Hen
derson and Bullock present.
Mayor Maloney and Alderman Co
the called meeting to be to take some
action on the resolution that was pass
ed by the council on last Friday. other
wise the three days limit would ex
pire at 6 o'clock and 1t would become
operative and In effect. He stated
he did not think the resolution wise
4 and recommended its appeal Also
stating he would not veto 1t because
Of the distant relationship between
himself and some Of the owners Of the
water and light company. That II
he should veto it. some people would
not accord him common honesty and
would say that he did It to favor his
relatives. For that reason be was
going to let the responsibility of its
becoming operative. rest upon the
council.
! II will be remembered the resolu-
ton referred to provided for employ
ing the firm OF Doremus & Butler at
81 900 and v. B. Hudson at $500 to
defend the city in the injunction suit
recently brought by the water and
light company. and also to file suit
against said company to forfeit its
contract and franchise and throw it
in the hands Of receiver
Mayor Malnney and Aldermen Co
vey and Burger favored the repeal of
the resolution for the reason the city
had no money. the general revenue
fund now being several hundred dol
lars behind. and also because there
was a possibility to compromise the
matter with the company without suit.
Both Aldermen Covey and Burger
pledged themselves that If all efforts
at compromise failed. then they would
vote to re-enact the resolution and
LET the suits proceed.
Alderman Edge opposed repeating
the resolution because it had been
passed by the council and he thought
il up to the mayor to veto it.
Alderman Bullock thought it the
duty of the mayor to act, because it
was passed by the old council and he
did not think it right to ask the new
men on the council to undo what the
old had done. They were familiar
with the question at issue and the new
members were not.
Aldermen Henderson opposed its re-
peal because he thought if anything
were ever accomplished. suit would
have to be brought and it had Just
as well begin now as any time. That
the council had never been able to
geta compromise proposition from the
company and he did not believe they
ever would
Finally motion to reconsider the /
resolution was made and seconded, |
and upon vote carried. Aldermen
covey. Burger and Bullock voting aye. |
and Aldermen Henderson and Edge |
voting no. This destroyed the eff |
fectiveness of the resolution and left /
it pending as IL Just introduced. A
subsequent motion to postpone final
action on the resolution for ten days,
Mr.. Preston of the Water and Light
company was present and was asked
by the mayor If he had any PROPOSE /
ton to make. or If he would Indicate
course to pursue leading to a COM
promise. He stated he had pro-
position to submit and handed the Sec
rotary lengthy typewriter docu-
ment. 1t proved to be a proposition
to sell the water plant and did not
touch the matters at issue. viz: A
for the rates for water
and lights and the providing of penal
lies for the noncompliance of contract
by thecompany The proposition did pro-
pose trial revision Of the light rates
o be in effect one year, provided the
'ity would do certain things, among