The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-23
|NFV GAS FRANCHISE ORDINANCE 4
PISSED BY The CITY COUNCIL
ACCEPTED OF THIRD READING
lLDEPHEH VOTE UNANIMOUSLY
pRoposlTloll WILL NOW BE SUB
mlTrEp TO REFERENDUM
VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AT
ELECTION FEBRUARY ~.

The. prop osed new ordinance
gransang tn Dchise for the erection
ana operatsOa OF gas plant in the
civ 81 DayIo IA to the Schanfz Ehec-
frSs. Ice 6 Water company was
nassed By the Daytona city council
Iast night by uuaAim00s y0le, Alder
nan Il. 4. ca lrad mot beng present.
sBy resoluth a of the coiincA passed
! 40 minute batter a special election
all fe eafaa for February q to
eive the cltiz sns OF the city an op-
n0sur5ty to vote whether the ac-
ton Of the co mca shall be ratified or
rejected.
q,he ordlna bce as passed by the
city council st might was signed by
Mayor THUS his mornblg.
The new o rdhnamce as passed On
third readmg at the regular meeting
of the counc is changed in several
respsas froH the one originally pre-
semled and N jected by the council at
fhe last regs -ar meeting. The rate
10 be Chargel for gas is lower and
placed on slbdhlg scale. the COM
paay le CONF elaed TO put up q bond
to have the lAaHt completed and in
operation by October /. 1913. the
eompany is compelled to keep hhe
plant Ia ope atiCn at al times dur
ing the veal, and revision IS IN
serted which requires that the com
pamg shall n AXE extension OF 1ts
mains and Ippdy pipes when one
bona fide a nsumer 10 shown foI
every 100 fe 4 OF extension required
One chang in the ordinance was
made after the third reading and
Il has, xHrkf w
permits a gas consumer to have his
house discon GecVed at any time
This Is to lenefbt the winter resi-
dents who are away from the city
during the Immer moaths, aud who
wiz not be compelled to pay the
minimum cI arge of so cents pea
month If the house is disconnected.
A petition from residents a1ont
L Cypress stre ct asking that th'
street be ma de public thoroughfar'
was referred to the street committee
A commun caticn from the civic de
partmeut of the Paine to club ask
ing that Be pch street be made
one-way str set during the carniva
next month and that the city polio
force be In ,reaSed sufficiently t
guarantee ample protection while tn
carnival is n the city, was referre'
10 the mayer, who Will have chang
Of the strees and parkage during tn
carnival.
A Detitbon from number of cit
zans asking that the use OF sort coo
whthm ceEAa I'M aiRnits i'm the heart Q
the city be either prohibited or res
usated ives referred to the ord.nanc
committee.
The city attorney was authorize
10 work with the city engineer !
preparing corrected map of hh
city to be filed at DeLaDd for tn
purpose of assisting in the Work
making tax assessments.
A report from Geo. A. Main of tn
city water plagd showing the pre-
ent faaane al standing and COZ
disiohs was read and placed on file.
reso.ut ion calling for Secou
avenue to he paved with mari wa
adopted.
A resolut son calling ON the stai
drs ernal i'm provement board not
give the dt eds to state lands to I'll
Coast Line Canal and Trans pOGtAtll
company N il the canal is fully col
pleted and the approach to the can
dug throug the Tomoka basin
the Halifax river to the moD~h
Smith creelt was adopted.
After the business of the meetm
had been completed, Mr.. Whltne
represeIain the SchaItz compan
thanked the members of the cou
cid for the careful consideration
the propos d ordinance and aSsurr
the alderm N the company is acoE
IN good ia ith with the people
Daytola. Mr.. Whitney WEI lea
this week for the north and will
Qace arraI ge for engineers to col
here to make surveys and get
ecythCsg ia readiness for actl
work on the construction or |
plant and the laying of pipes to
stadted ca riy in the summer.
Whitney ftabed he hopes to ma
Il the plant Ia operation by the
ginning O the winter season ns
e year. pro1 idbng the action OF
council Is ratified by the people.
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