South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-25
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CITIZENS AND ELECTRIC
MEN CLASH ON FIGURES

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to pay for lighting figured down to
trifle less than SIC, 000-a saving of
$26, 900, as. he sees it, out of the $42,
900 annual lighting expense for which
the ordinance provides
Councilman Rice grew very costic
on several occasions, in the course of
his remarks, early in the address TAX
ing a considerable fall out of the
Tribune, organ of the citizens party
during the recent campaign, for the
manner in which it has recently gone
back on this feature of what the party
stood for. AT another time he took
Fred A Bryan, general manager of
the Indiana & Michigan, severely to
task for his smiles. asserting that
South Bend should not be required to
pay more for them as a city than pri-
vate consumers do. nor any more than
our neighboring city of Mishawaka.
Wakes Real Eloquent.
Speaking of the Tribunes attitude
toward the lighting contract, Coun-
Gilman Rice grew real eloquent at one
time and depicted ii as what he term
ed the humorous side.
ut seems rather humorous to me, y
he said, that only a little while ago
the management of that paper was
using its mightiest efforts to dethrone
from power the present mayor OF our
city, and now when this question of
spending so much of the taxpayers
money is before US, it invites that
gentlemen whose plumes II would
pluck, to share its little trundle bed
where folded serenely in each others
arms they ask the taxpayers Of South
Bend to pay for the music that would
lull them off to sleep"
But despite all this. and TIE ap-
plause il drew from the gallery where
the citizen delegation and some so
high school pupils OF civil government
were seated, Councilman Rice was not
TO get away without at least one jolt.
1t came with the suggestion from
Pres. Howard that while the council
man might be long on figures and
theory. he apparently was not so very
well Informed on the law Of the sub
ject. and referring TO the language Of
the motion, asserted that its passage
would merely serve to deprive the
commission of anything to consider.
Howard scores Legal Point.
Il DO not care to debate the ques-
ton" said the president. after listen
ing TO a further address from Council
man Fink. but until there is a con-
tract between the city and the Indi-
ana * Michigan, in order TO confer
jurisdiction. and a working basis. the
commission has nothing TO pass
upon"
on this point seven of the coun-
cilmen, Howard, Mccullough, Paddle.
Kreuger, Hagarty.. Haas and Witucki.
voted not 90 table the ordinance but
TO give il further consideration, pre-
paratory for passage TO third reading.
and thus confer upon the utilities
commission that Jurisdiction. which
IL is asserted, the petitioners TO that
body. and demonstrators TO the cOun-
Gil. have overlooked.
The council also passed by first and
second reading, and referred TO com
mittee of the whole. an ordinance
transferring S2,765 from the general
fund TO the park fund, and three 9TH
er ordinances proposed by the board
OF public works, giving the park COM
mission jurisdiction over North St.
Louis street from South Bend avenue
10 Corby street, Riverside drive from
Marion street 10 Angela avenue and
Lafayette street. from Riverside
drive 10 Monroe street for a part OF
the boulevard system.