Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-01
RESCINDS ACTION TO SUBMIT
THEM TO VOTERS At CITY
ELECTION.
FIND SECTION MISSING
IN ELECTRIC ORDINANCE
Missing Section Was an Amendment
Made BY the Council to Prevent the
Iowa Railway and Light Company
From Taking Advantage Of the
Bailey Ordinance.

The council jerked the Bailey fran
chise ordinances up short Friday after
noon when. at special meeting. hastily
called, il TttsciGdcd tia resolution
passed the day before to submit the
! franchise ordinances to the people at
the city election, March 81 Bailey was
notified of the councils action and also
notified that at a special meeting to be
held this forenoon certain additional
I amendments to the fracnhises would be
passed.
This forenoon Bailey's attorney noti-
fed the council that he could not meet
with them today. so the meeting was
not held The ordinances and amend
ments will come up at the Monday
NEE ting.
Section is Missing.
One of the principal reasons why the
council recalled the ordinances and
rescinded the resolution ordering the
franchises submitted at the coming
election was because it was discovered
by the councilmen Thursday night that
one section of the electric light ordi-
nance was missing. This section, No.
10, was inserted in this ordinance by
the council at the time when the ordi-
nances were changed by various
amendments the council insisted on.
The ordinances and amendments We're
then submitted to Bailey. TO have new
draft made of them. This new draft.
the one the council ordered submitted
at the election, did not contain section
No IS, bat the omission was not dis
covered until after the council had
ordered the ordinances submitted to
vote of the people.
Think Section Important.
The counciimen think section Is is
important. 1t was added 20 the electric
light ordinance to prevent the grantees,
to whom the ordinance was voted, from
selling out to the Iowa Railway and
Light Company, and transferring the
franchise to the purchaser which would
allow the purchasing company to oper-
ate under the Bailey ordinance instead |
of the ordinances voted to the Iowa
Railway and Light Company.
Section No. Is reads as follows: at
is further provided that the rights and
privileges granted under this ordinance
shall not extend TO permit grantee to
transfer this franchise so as to avoid
the rates herein fixed or injuriously
affect any car line extension or service
of any other public service utility in
said city"
This section was inserted to prevent
any negotiating under the Bailey ordi-
nances to undo anything that had been
secured TO the advantage of the city !
under the franchises voted to the Iowa |
Railway and Light Company.
In reviewing the ordinances Friday |
the council prepared several new !
amendments that will probably be put !
into the ordinances Monday forenoon. i
These aue ndments Mayor Jones said |
this morning. were additional safe
guards to protect the rights OF the city. |
Order Contract Submitted.
The council passed a resolution Fri |
day afternoon ordering the contract for |
the new south side fire station. that the |
city has entered into with Con Jacob !
son. submitted to the voters at the
March election. This ratification is
necessary to make the contract bind
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