The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1911-09-21
(From Fridays Examiner)

| There was quite an interesting
meeting of the city council last night
and with full quorum present many
propositions of more or less impor.
lance came before that body.
First and foremost of these was the
application of the Yuma Electric com
pany for a franchise, as that company
is now operating simply under an
agreement with the city.
They wish to change the system to
the alternating current, and before
they do this, they wish to secure a
franchise from Yuma.
Superintendent Sam DeCorse ap-
peared before the council last night
and presented a franchise which he
had already drawn up.
Before any action was taken, how.
ever, it was pointed out by City Attor-
ney Molloy that an application must
first be made for a franchise, and this
IOlOlAOQ W liz PAOpOA SO4A
mittee, then the franchise must be
drawn and read to the council in open
session twice, and then after thirty
days notice had been given that the
franchise must be submitted TO the
people to vote on.
This put an entirely different phase
On the matter and Mr.. DeCorse with
drew for a time from the council
chamber and returned later with an
application properly drawn by an at
torney and presented it to the council.
The application was then referred
to the water and light committee, ].
NJ Polhamus, Jack Dunno and A. L.
Verdugo.
This committee held meeting this
afternoon in the office of City Attor-
ney Molloy, but their action will not
be known until the next meeting of
the council.
In any event each and every voter
Will nave d CAouOC " 1OS1OCOA A1O
opinion on the matter at the polls later
on.
Newt Parks was made custodian of
the fire apparatus and was granted a
salary of s25 per month for so doing
Cashier Tobias, of the Yuma Nation
al bank appeared before the council
and brought up the matter of the now
famous $4,000 note, and asked as to
the intention of the council in regard
to the matter, stating that if the
council did not take some action that
he had power of attorney from Mr.
Hampton to sue to recover at the COM
ing term of court.
In the course of the general debate
which followed Mr.. Tobias was in
formed that as the note was clearly il
legal and had been so held, that he
would probably have his trouble for
naught, and here Mr. Tobias evidently
slipped on banana peel, and expos
ed his hand, for he replied that it was
not on the note that they intended to
sue, but on the resolution recently
passed by the council to the effect
that if the bank, or rather Mr.. Hamp-
ton, would put up bond to guarantee
the city against any legal or other
damage that might arise in the future
that the city would do all in it's power
to pay this debt in legal manner.
This resolution was passed in good
faith by the council, and City Attorney
Molloy stated that if Mr.. Tobias wish
ed to fight the council, that the thing
for the council to do at once was to
remove the obstruction, or in other
words, to repeal the resolution.
This was promptly done, and with
the resolution repealed the note mat
ter stands just where it did before.
There seems to be no disposition on
the part of the council to get out of
paying this note, but with no funds
on hand, and no likelihood of any in
the immediate future, they are at a
loss to know what to do On the other
hand Mr.. Hampton loaned the money
to ex-Mayor Shanssey acting for The
old council, in good faith, and it is only
natural that he should want his mon
ey However, the end is not yet, and
it would take a Philadelphia lawyer
some hours and a few minutes to fig
IRE out where it will end.
DR.. J. A. Ketcherside, president of
the Yuma County Automobile Club,
the council and asked for a /
donation of 500 toward the purse of