Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-02-24
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Complaints Against Telephone Com
pany are Aired.
The city council met in adjourn
ed session last Monday evening and
several A important matters were
brought before that honorable body
for their consideration.
Il AS stated in last weeka News the
imuttertngs of discomfort against the
telephone company which seems 20
have been growing of late was
brought to the attention OF the coun-5
Gil in the form of a petition which was
presented by attorney J. ID. Nc Kay
and who represented the petitioners.
In this petition the South Dakota
Telephone Company was charged with
their franchise in various
ways. Some of the contentious were
that the telephone company would
present bill for fifty cents more.
than they are allowed according to
the franchise and then instruct that
if the bill was paid before the tenth
of the current month, in advance, a
discount OF 25 cents would be al
lowed, thereby leaving the amount
charged 25 cents in excess of the
amount stipulated in the franchise.
c, Filing alleged that he was com
PEELED to. pay a SO deposit in order to
have a phone installed and further
more that he had to pay one months
rent in advance which he claimed
was in direct opposition to the articles
found In. the franchise. j. o. John
son was present and informed the
council that he could very easily ex.
plain these misunderstanding, but
the matter was carried over to the
next meeting of the council and the
petitioners We're instructed to be pre-
sent and present the petition ct that
time. The mayor also suggested that
the attorney for the petitioners, the
City Attorney and manager johnson.
get together and see I the differences
could not be adjusted. ....
j s. H. Addison Of the j. i. CastS
company gave the council an address
on good roads and advised them Of
the fact that there was In the city
a large steam roller which he would
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be glad for them to come down ami
inspect and said if the occasion pre-.
sented itsa,f he would be more than
glad to give them practical demon
stration. The matter was referred to,
the committee on streets and alleys.
"A bill was presented in which irwin
n. Myers asked to be reimbursed for
money paid out for expenses on trip
to Pierre. The defect in the inde-
pendent school district law governing
the transfer of bonds was the cause
of his trip. The judge framed bill
to do away with the defect and it.
was sent to Pierre, but was lost and
could not be found and he in COM
pany with delegate sent by the.
school board went 10 the state capi-
tai and were instrumental in having
the bill introduced.
The matter of the expense was re-.
ferred to committee, who were in.
structed to confer with the school
board and il possible reach a settle.
ment with them.
A letter was read which was in the
form of petition with forty sigma
lures, asking for i special ballot on
the liquor question at the next cleo.
tioll. a=r
A letter from the city engineer stat
cd that the big sewer on the nortn
side was completed as was also the
sewer on Kemp avenue, with the ex-
ception of some finishing work on the
Mrs: Paul Schmidt, who received
a warrant from the city for $50, lost
the same and asked The city to re-
ISSUE. El' IuS an y 5liilStiiiiitSs Doil} MS
security in the instance CT the war.
rant being found and cashed, The
warrant was re-issued,
A letter was read from the officials
of the Great Northern Railway. in
which it was explained III d very flow
cry manner that the walk leading TO
the Great Northern depot was high
and dry and Of cinders, also that the
expense would be too great for them
TO consider the putting in of cement
walk as was ordered by the city, and
that Furthermore the crossing and
street on which they had beer ask
ed to build The galk had been vacat-
ed way back in the eighties. thus giv-
ing the council no jurisdiction unless
the street was reopened. The matter
was not settled All this meeting but
several Of the council were in favor
Of taking the proper steps to open the
street and compel the building Of the