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in the streets and other places afore-
said, or if said wires are placed I'M
foreground, to place and maintain in
the conduits of said grantee any and
all wires which said City may re-
Quire for fire alarm and police tele-
graph purposes, free of charge to
said city.
Section 6. At all times during the
term and continuance of this fran
chise, If the City Council shall so re-
quest, the said grantee shall furnish,
equip and install and during the ex-
istence and continuance of this fran
chise, shall maintain and keep in
first-class working order 80. tele-
phones free of charge, to be placed
where designated by the Council for
the use of the city.
Section Z. The rights, privileges
and franchise herein granted shall
continue and be in force for the per-
iod of twenty-five (25) years from
and after the date of the passage of
this ordinance.
Section 8. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from an
after its passage.
Passed this. ..... day of. 80.
Approved this. -. day of. $3.50.
Attest:
......'. .......... ....
City Clerk.
A careful perusal of the above pro-
posed ordinance will convince the av-
erage citizen that it is all in favor
of the telephone company, and that
radical changes and additions must
be made before it will be satisfactory
to the people of the city. The Her
aid will gladly give space to any
signed communication bearing on the
subject, either supporting or sug-
costing changes or additions to the
ordinance.
j. G. Lawrence, member of the
state Public Service Commission, met
with the council Saturday evening
and talked at length with the city
dads on the telephone franchise pro-
position. While his visit was unof-
fetal, he dispensed much informa-
ton which will greatly assist the
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conclusion in the matter. In regard
to the rates charged by the telephone
companies in different towns, MIR
Lawrence stated that the matter
would in future be entirely in the
hands of the commissi on That
body will carefully investigate the
conditions in each town, taking into
consideration the capital invested
the cost of operating and the re-
eeipts. After this investigation is
made, the com mission will fix the
rate to be charged for the service,
which will be unalterable, either by
the company or the city. While he
would not commit himself as to
whether or not the rates in Pullman
would be lowered, he intimated that
they are certainly high enough at the
present time.
The Herald man has conferred
with five members of the council in
regard to the franchise, and all are
very much opposed to the ordinance
presented by the telephone company
The following statement by City At
torney D. c. Dow also expresses the
opinion of the councilmen, the only
point on which the city dads differ
being in the matter of charging the
company for the privilege of operat-
ing, some contending that in case a
clause to that effect is inserted in the
ordinance granting the franchise, the
company would Immediately raise
the rates to offset that expense,
thereby forcing the patrons of the
system to pay the bonus to the city.
That item would also be considered
by the members of the public service
commission at the time they make
their investigation, so that the point
Is good one to consi der thoroughly
before action is taken.
THE ordinance as proposed by the
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
company does not meet with favor at
the hands of the City Council, and
without a doubt it will be an entire
ly new ordinance, emhodying numer-
GUS phases of the proposition not
dealt with in the company's proposed
ordinance, and changing several oil
the details of their proposition
which will be finally passed by the
Council The matter will be giver
thorough consideration before any
definite action is taken and the city
officials welcome any well considered
expression of the opinions and de
sires of the citizens along that line