Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-04
BAILEY FRANCHISE
ORDINANCES PASSED
COUNCIL ORDERS HEAT AND
ELECTRIC FRANCHISES SUB.
MiTTED TO VOTERS.
SECTION MISSING FROM
ORDINANCE IS RETURNED
Claimed 1t Was Left Out by Mistake
and No Resistance Was Made to
Having It, Put Back Into the ordi-
nanee-couneii Accused Of Trying to
Block Ordinances.

The Bailey heating and electric fran
chise ordinances, which the council held
up late last week, were amended and
put on their second reading and ordered
submitted to the voters at the city
election by the council Monday after
noon. Section No. 16, of the electric
ordinance, that was missing, was re-
turned to that ordinance. 1t was de-
cared that the omission of it was an
! oversight, and Bailey or his attorney
had no objection to it being included in
the finished draft Of the ordinance.
| Several amendments were made to
the ordinance. The aim Of all of these
was to make the reading and intent OF
the ordinances more specific and less
general, but none Of them affected the
rate.
Strict Amendment Modified.
| The most important of these amend
ments was a substitute No. 10 for that
section Of the electric ordinance. 1t
provided that if the grantees disre-
garded or broke any of the provisions
of either ordinance or of any ordinances
to be passed in the future governing OF
the business that the franchises were
forfeited automatically, without even
the necessity of the council taking ac
ton.
Bailey and his lawyers entered se-i-
Gus objection to this substituted sec
ton. and a compromise was finally
made with them by modifying the
wording CT the section. Tho principal
change made in it was that the an
M, II Of fro IL,
be accomplished by action of the coun-
Gil The causes for such an action were
left in the section.
Claimed Baik Was, Attempted.
Thaddeus Binford, who with other
lawyers. was representing the Baileys.
accused the council of deliberately try
ing to hold up the Bailey franchise
ordinances. This was denied by Mayor
Jones, who told the lawyer and Bailey
that he did not believe, however, that
Bailey had any ii1tention of operating
the heating or electric plant even if the
franchises were granted. Binford also
charged the council with putting into
the franchise this clause u duplicate of
which could not be found in any other
similar ordinance the city had ever
passed.
The ordinance provides that both the
hea ting and electric plants must be in
operation by April 1, 1914, or the fran
chises will be annulled. It is also pro-
vided that Sept 1, 1915, the council, or
other authorized person or body, may
examine the books and accounts of the
company and adjust the rates for heat
ing. light and power.
Rates M UGH tho Same
The rates in the electric ordinance
are very much the same as these in the
franchise for the Iowa Railway and
Light Company. In fact the Bailey
ordinance was in many cases copied
section for section from the Iowa Rail-
way and Light Company's franchise.
Excepting the rates specified for light
and power for the city. the rates are the
same. The Bailey ordinance rates Of
fered the city are slightly lower and
the discounts for payment of bills for
residence and commercial lighting are
larger in the Bailey franchise than in
the Iowa Railway and Light Company
franchises.
Schedule Of the Rates.
The following is summary Of the
light rates for residences and churches
as set out in the Bailey franchises:
!. Twelve cents per X. W. hour for the
first one-half k. w. hour consumed per
month, per lamp; cents Fer k. W. hour
in excess of one-half k. w. nour up to Y
k. w. hours: cents for all in excess
of " k. W. hour per month per lamp.
A discount of II per cent is allowed for
payment within ten days after the bill
is rendered. These rates; are the same
as the Iowa Railway and Light Com
pany rates. The discount is per cent
greater.
The commercial lighting rates are:
Twelve cents for the first X. w. hour per
lamp for each lamp installed; cents
per k. W. hour per month in excess of
one k. W. hour, and up to 3 k. w. hours
per month for each lamp; cents for
each k W. hour for all corsI1rnntion IN