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st,. the recessed meeting Of the city
essneil Last Monday night WAS the
question Of the money which should
cope back to the city through costs
that have beea paid into the higher
courts in the litigation between the
city and the Glenwood Light and Wa
~ company, but which either has been
or .wiil be paid to the city's attorney
John A. Rush, in accordance with the
usaal custom Of the court.
hstssd Of playing fair with the city
and remitting this money to his client,
Rush is trying to keep it and recently
prepared resolution which he asked
ths board to pass which provided that
he be allowed to keep for his own US 2
as additional compensation for his
services these returned costs. 1t was
stated Monday night that the sum due
the city amounts to little over $4OO,
ss1 It seems almost unbelievable that
the city authorities would not order
Rush to remit the money to the city
treasurer instanter, but at the meeting
of Monday evening thsy decided, avsR
tie protest of Aldermen DAVIS anI
Kirwan, to lay the matter On IL tabls
until the next meeting.
City Attorney Bell, when asked his
opinion on the matter, said that NJ.
Rush had been paid the fee agreed
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be had no slAin aeaisst A.ything fur
ther and that he considered it unpro.
fsssional on the part Of Mr.. Rush 70
ask to keep this money which now
comes into his hands as trusted EN-
ploye of the city. Mr.. Rush agreed ia
the beginning that his services should
not cost the city more than $1,000 and
r this ne had been paid and there seems
to be no excuse for paying him u
greater sum than he originally asked.
II it were true, as some have claimed.
that the company paid its attorneys
$4,000, that was NO affair Of Mr. Rusa
nor the city snd Mr.. Rush should keep
his agreement with the city regardless
Of what anyone else might or might not
have. been paid.
Nevertheless, the council lacked the
backbone to tell Mr.. Rush very plainly
that he must rush that money back to
GIsawood where IL beloags aad whore
it can be used to very good advantage,
aaa the final disposition Of the matter
was allowed to 60 over, notwithstani-
ing the city's recent determination to
make the best use of every dollar pos
sible in the effort to acquire a fund
to take up as much as possible of the
outstanding warrant Indebtedness.
The question Of an equitable schel-
ule of charges to the companies for
water for the Hotel Colorado and for
power for the light plant was taken up
and letters and kilograms were read
from other cities as to the charges
they made similar companies. City
Engineer Rosenberg gave the results
of a series of measurements he has re-
Gently made as to the amount Of water
used by the companies and said if the
city adopted the charge in vogue in
tho places heard from the maximum
charge would be about 81 800 per year.
The information thus far received WAS
considered too meager and NO actio,
Wa taken.
There was considerable discussion as
to the propriety of charging = license
to nonresident liverymen and keepers
Of saddle horses and the city attorney
presented an ordinance which he had
bssa requested to draft which pro-
vided for such license, but the alder
men were Of the opinion that the mat
ter should be very carefully considered
before taking any definite action aud
nothing was done beyond = general
discussion of the question.
Some discussion arose as to whethe-
the license committee or the city clerk
has authority to pass on who shouI
pay certain licenses. The city attor-
ney advised the board that since Glen
wood is now = city of the second class
and the clerk elected by the people it
becomes his duty to collect the licenses
but - questions not definitely pro-