The Bourbon news., 1913-03-14
Council Again Orders Franchise
Sold.

S0Id.
By a vote nf five to one the City
Council at it's meeting last night
passed and ordered published an ordi-
nance for the sale of a natural gas
franchise after the matter had been
the board at two previous meetings.
the last time the order being set aside
by reason of technical error. The
vote stood: Aye-Baldwin. Hinton,
Kenney, Parrish and Speakes, Nay
Walker.
The matter OF passing this ordinance
was taken up towards the close of the
meeting, Councilman Hinton present
ing the franchise which was read and
duly adopted. but not until two sub
stitutes had been offered by Council
man Walker, both of which were lost
through the absence of second.
Mr.. Hinton before offering the Ordl-
nance stated that he had been in con-
ference with Capt. John Tonkin. man
ager of the Central Keptuckky Nat
ural Gas Co.. who was>ih Paris yester-
day for short time and that he had
the franchise that Would be acceptable
to the company (which, in substance
was the same as that presented at the
previous meetings.
Mr.. Hinton stated that he was salts
fed the company was in good faith and
the only objection made by Capt. Ton
kin was against that part of the fran
chise which would not give the COM
pany the privilege to lay the mains in
the city until the pipe line were with
in a certain distance of the corporate
limits. According to his statement
| and in event the company acquires the
| franchise it will begin the construction
at both ends of the line,
When Mr.. Hinton made the motion
to order the sale OF the franchise, Mr..
Walker offered a substitute which pro-
vided that the number of heat units to
be in each cubic foot of gas be en-
bodied in the franchise and this failing
second he offered another providing
for the erection of retainer by the
company purchasing the franchise. to
hold enough gas to supply the city s
demand for a period of at least seven.
| ty-tWo hours, which he said, would
eliminate the possibility of shortage
during cold weather. This. too, lacked
second, and the original motion be-
fore the beard passed.
Councilman Walker was on the ag.
gressive during the entire session and
registered another strong objection to
the payment of the city hands weekly
without the claims being allowed by
the Council in regular session and
cited that it was a violation of the law
contrary to the established rule that
has been in effect for several years.
and under an ordinance of resolution
passed by the board to pay the city
hands each week. The minutes of he
last meeting were adopted after few
minor changes which were made al
the INSTANCE of Mr.. Walker.
Councilman Parrish, of the improve
ment committee, reported the boiler o1
the engine at the city quarry to be il
very had condition and asked thai
more time be granted that committee
to investigate and determine the cos
of repairing the machine before tax
ing steps to install electric power O.
purchase anothe engine.
The report of Police Judge E. 3
January for the month of Februar.
was presented to the Council as fol
lows: Amount of fines assessed
$l72; replevined, $40; collected S52
suspended $64. so; worked out, $4.
Stephen Moore was refused per
NIT to erect stable on his property.
The Council ordered the fire engin
put in proper condition at cost whic
will be in the neighborhood of 5000.
Building premits were granted a
follows: Mrs. Matte B. Hibler, tw
one story frame dwellings CIifto
street, ST. 200 each: j, w. Muir. tw
frame dwellings between Walker Av
enue and Eighth, $1,000 each; o. 7
Tapp, one story frame dwelling, Breu
street, $500; F. l.. Walker. one stor
frame dwelling, Harmon Avenue
$500; j. A. Gilkey. stable and garage
$500. The permit of VIM. Hughes wa
referred to the building committee.
Three members of the Board IF Trus
tees of the w. w. Massie Memori;
Hospital, Mesrss. c. M. Thomas, M
j. LAWN and N. F. Brent. recently al
pointed by Mayor Hinton, received til
oath of their Office At the conclusio
of the meeting Councilman Wake
offered a motion to have the improv,
ment committee investigate the COS
of constructing a number of crossing
in the city which was carried by
unanimous vote. @}f