Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-11-24

Several weeks ago, ". J.. Cnarl-
ton, who represented himself as the
manager of the Home Telephone
company appeared before the coun-
ell asking that body 10 grant fran :
chise to his corporation, and Mr..
Charlton presented a proposed orct-
nance for the councllmen to peruse
at their leisure. The paper was re-
ferred to City Attorney Clements.
In the proposed ordinance, however,
Charlton individually was named as
the one to whom the franchise was
to be granted. When the city coun-
cllmen discovered this, they looked
at the document with cross eyes and
tongues In cheeks.
81 do not like the looks Nv ye,"
said one.
"Me, too" said another
"Me, too" said third, and the
"me toos" went the rounds.
In the meantime, the city attorney
referred the document back to the
council, the attorney asking the
council what was wanted, that the
ordinance was referred to him, but
for what he did not know.
No answer.
Then the judiciary committee fell
heir to It. The judiciary committee
is composed of Stricken and VOL
fersberger. Then DOC" Stricken
and Mine Herr Wolfersberger sat in
state together and looked long at
the franchise document. Finally,
Wolfersberger quit smoking dot
pipe long enough to pick up the
paper and smell It. Don't schmell
CUTE" said the Knlck orbocker states
man. Doc ran probe into 1t to see
II he could make any pisen squirt
out. He thought some did; so
thought Wolfersberger Then they
sharpened goose Quill and drew up
the following
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council
Your Judiciary committee tc
whom was referred an ordinance
granting to e. r. Charlton tele.
phone franchise beg to make the
following report:
We would recommend that the
franchise be not granted unless the
following are complied with:
I. The ordinance should stats
the system proposed.
g That Ave thousand dollar
bond he deposited with the city al
q guarantee Of good faith and pro
lection to the city.
3 That the franchise be no
transferable without the consent o
the council
4. II should be ascertained Il
the majority Of the people concerned
wish this franchise 20 be granted.
F. D. sTRICKER,
]. f. WOLFERSBERGER,
Judiciary Committee.
The report was adopted
Mavnp Mvars gtntad Iat,r thnt al,
city administration did not favor fur
ther franchises TO individuals VIII,
would hawk them over the countr,
for sale and meet with failure
neither grant them to men who ooul,
successfully transfer them to peopl
who would carry out the enterprise
whatever lt might be. In the firs
instance, Il hurt the town, argue
the mayor, and in the second In
stance the han who sold the fran
chlse TO others and who would pock
ct $1,000 N $l600 or more woul
put money In his nurse that the cit
should have had, In other words,
a corporation will pay an lndlvldua
for franchise Il got for nothing
the city was out that much, becaus
the corporation could have paid IN
municipality the money for the fran
chse.
Thus, Il will he seen that until tn
Home Telephone company applies 4
the first person, puts up a cash bon
and does some other things, its re
quest for franchise will meet wit
scant respect with the present ad
ministratlon at least And accord
Ink TO tho report OF the judlclar
committee as adopted by the councI
the franchise stlll will not be grant
cd unless on favorable vote Of IN
people
And there are people in the cit
who want a dual telephone system
and There arc pcoplo In the city VIII,
do not want dual system
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