Evening journal., 1911-10-07
NO MOVE In
TICKET FIGHT
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leave that to the Utility Board.
Resolutions Adopted.
After City Solicitor Hastings and
the members of the Utility Board had
conferred at length yesterday after
noon. the Board adopted the follow
ing resolution, which was made
public:
Whereas, On the first day Of
September. A. D., 1911, the commits
sion made an order on the Whining
ton and Philadelphia Traction Com
panySto renew the sale of Six tickets
for twenty-five cents within the limits
Of the city of Wilmington, with the
starting of its cars on Wednesday, the
twentieth day of September, A. D..
1911. and
Whereas, In default of compliance
with the said order the Traction Com
pany is-subject to penalty for viola
tion thereof, and
Whereas, The commission is in
formed by its secretary that the order
was served upon Oscar T. Crosby, the
president of the said company on the
twelfth day of September. A. D., 1911,
and
Whereas, Under the statute the
said company has thirty days from
the date of service of such order to
appeal to the Superior Court of the
State of Delaware, and
Whereas, No appeal has been
taken from the said order by the said
traction company, now therefore, be
It
Resolved, BY the Board of Public
Utilities Commission for the city of
Wilmington, that the city solicitor be
and hereby is instructed, at the ex-
piration of the 30 days within which
the said traction company may take
an appeal, to notify the president of
the commission, whether or not such
appeal has been taken, and be 1t
further
Resolved, That the president Of the
commission be and is hereby request
ed, upon receipt of notice from the
city solicitor, as aforesaid, to forth
with call a special meeting OF the
commission for the purpose OF further
considering what action shall be taken
by the commission"
Talk Of Franchise.
Secretary Bothum, Of the Utility
Commission, also announced that the
Board had talked over the prospec-
tive application of the Public Utilities
Light, Heat and Power Company for
an electric lighting franchise, which
is TO be presented to the Street and
Sewer Department. Should such O
franchise be granted, it would REQUIRE
the approval of the Public Utility
Board before it would become effec-
tive About thirty letters have been
received by the Utility Board from VIII
mingtonians favoring the franchise.
Most Of these letters were written to
the Street and Sewer Directors and
tire Utility Board Representatives
of the Public Utilities Company are
conducting a campaign to stir up sen
'iment favorable to the new COM
pany.
Letters advocating a franchise for
tie Public Utilities Company were re-
ceived from the Rev. John A Clancy,
! of st. Joseph's r. G. Church; H. r.
Loose, Of the Auto Sales Company; H.
r Valentine, Edward K Thompson,
T.. d. Davis, of Fifteenth and French; {;
Turner Brothers Laundry, John II
Short, of No. 2 West Third street; B.
Beste. ]. A. Biermann, James G.
ONeal, G. H. Hayden, Ludwig Piano
Company. F. L. Mettler, A. G. Lay
man. c. w. Gooding, DR.. S. G. Ebert,
w. r. Carver, ]. NJ Webb, l. Barsky,
J. R. Kilmer. John S. Thompson. r.
w. Karschner, John Hand and Sons
and Edgar B. Fell.
These LISTERS were filed for future
reference by the Board