Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1913-12-31
Boyd County Franchise.


chlse be used a. basis for an agree
ment on a similar contract which
the company il seeking IN Ceredo.
Members of the special council com
mlttee will be urged not to forget
when they come To decide this moot
ed question that the Boyd county
franchise contains among Others
the following provisions: That the
street railway company be required
to pay TO Boyd county l per cent of
the gross earnings for the first ten
years, II per cent for the second
ZEN years and 2 per cent thereafter
Bv some of tie citizens IT is be-
lieved that in return for the>privil-
eye of placing an additional track
on Is street. the principal thorough
fare Of the town, the council ought
TO insist not only that a tive-cent
fare To Huntington and Ashland be
embodied in the proposed franchise,
but that also there should be in
cluded some stipulation yielding To
the town per centage OF the earn
ings OF the petitionIng corporation.
None of those who are taking All
active interest in the franchise ques
uon but realize that a double track
would mean much To the progress
OF the town, yet many feel that
hve-cent fare To Huntington and
Ashland IL almost a commercial ne
cesslty and that this matter should
not be decided without the most ma
ture consideration. - Cercdo cor.
Huntington Herald.D Dispatch.
The council should act deliberate
ly and with justice to not only the
interests of the citizens and tax
payers of the town, but to the bet
termeut of the service. Ceredo
would be a poor town, back mum.
Der, as II were, without street car
service in these modern times: but
at the same time the street car com.
pany gets splendid trade from the
people of our town and a double
track would take practically all of
b street, the main thoroughfare. 1t
is righS and proper that the town
should receive something in return
for the use Of almost the entire
street. While the company may not
think 1t can now afford to pave the
street 1t desires to use and give the
people OF our town five-cent fare
TO Huntington and Ashland. it's
business Ia increasing rapidly and it
will be only few years until it will
be threbled and as the years 90 by
the business of this corporation will
steadily increase and it's stock as
we'll increase In value. 1t can well
afford To be liberal with the towns
through which it passes. When its
officials and directors seriously con-
slider this matter we do not think
they will hesitate to give our citl-
zens hve-cent fare as stipulated
above and pave b street-should
the council agree not to exact a per
cen'sge of the earnings, as do other
towns.
AT the next meeting of the coun
Gil the question of granting the Com
solidated Light, Heat 81 Power Co.
thirty-year franchise to furnish
light and power TO the citizens of
town, will also come up for action.
Nearly every citizen with whom we
have talked on the subject land we
have interviewed quite a number)
are opposed to granting long.term
franchises, as we cannot tell what
the near future may have in store
for US, so rapidly Is this section OF
the country being developed and
Increasing in business enterprises.
ana property IN value. Many citizens
look forward to the time when the
town can buy the holdings of the
local water works company and then
furnish both water and lights to the
inhabitants of the town.
Special Union Meeting.