Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-11-05
|I[L NOT REDUCE l, THE WATER RATE avor Jordan Votes "No" then Tie Vote Results Ali l ter Veil Urges Delay. kpERTS IG U R E $
 ,,as nf Company Are Shown
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rn,uos of Company Are Shown Alderman Veil and Fox
 in Warm Debate.

uav.F Joraan's vote in the city ancjl last n ght again put "crimp' Alderman Ben Wedl's fight for 10. wafer raj eas. It came when AL man Well moved to hold the iority repor.: of the two other nbcrs of the Investigating com ttea Alde.men Fred Fox and E. A. onosd over until the next meet af inc city council in order to Q the ordinance committee an op- rt,nity to bring in an ordinance |ahl,shing rates. als' suggested by ,ar,nan Veil in his m nofity report. sm aldermen, Fox, Wolff, Shep- Fa and Hsiwell, vo,ed "No" and Al men Veil, Joanson, Hul.t and esnutt vel ed Aye With four fo.r vote, Mayor Jordan cast a ns vote and the motion of Alder m well was lost.
 Then the majority reper. Of Alder n FIX ard Sheppard was submit- fer approval and s2Een aldermen ea "Ayen, Alderman Veil being
 cnly one to vote No on the bposltion.
 Alderman Veil Speaks.
 When the report of the spec al ccnn- ttee was asked for Alderman Well
 the consent of the council to eak on the subject of water rates. Alderman Fox in errupted him long pugA to inqaire if would not be ter fir him to discuss .he subject Ter the reports had been read. AL Iman Veil sail that he preferred talk first and as he had go ten the psent of the council to speak no let oh to his having slhe floor at bt time could be made.
 He criticised Mayor Jordan fer naming him a,:l chairman of the Gessgating committeee, afI CT he, had ent much time andi money i'll in fgatig the water rates in other iaa and when il was through him It the question was being aired by council. He sand he was surprised hear Alderman Fox say at meet
 of the spec al committee las's turday night That mo matter what ormatcn you bring up here, Ben, woat change my opinion. I have de up my mind." Alderman Well Id message he had received from yoc Bnurland, of Fort Smith. in dh he said the gross earnings of
 municipal water and light plant one year was S115,S27; expenses, s,3i4 and net earnings, ss6.4S2. plant, according 10 the message, s6oO,O00, and the city gets it's ter free. Alderman Veil said r he ter rates here are exorbitanTl. He uid not place the cause ief tine al ed small earnings of the Pine Bluff maany unless it waEs from bad man easht' The people, he sa d, ought
 to De made iol pay for misman- ement of a public service corpora n' He argue.5 for the pocr peo-
 and said tle rich people could ss care of themselves. He pleaded 'M ms colleagues to vO.e for the iprsIy aha not vol e for the majority pcl,l.
 AMerman Fox said that although hdv' been named as chairman of committee aga nst his wishes, Mir. ~ could not complain about any Sosrtesy on the par of himself e. Saeppard. They had not tried to apress any facts Mir. Well cared fo u,e or In any way check Elis inves- a'.n, , lie admitted that he did ;Aiaerman Well That his infor- ssl would hsWe no effect on him, ss1 ne had seen th'elAcepcrr of the pt.. nta accoun ant and the report of p'a.A Galeraith on The valuation of
 eoupsny's properties. He said