The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-04

Icommlttee with the mayor added and
given power to act.
street Paving Pay.
The matter OF paying for a strlp
OF paved street six inches wide on
either side of the street railwsy
track on West Main street was tho
subject OF the warmest discussion OF
the evening. J. G. Jarrett. through
his attorney. Tom whipple, made re-
quest that the city pay him s204 %.
balance due on street paving. for the
reason of an incorrect assessment
made against the Southern Traction
company. Alderman williams took
the position that the city was not
bound for the amount and could not
legally pay same. The contention by
the petitioner was that the work had
been done in good faith and should
be paid for either by the city or the
Southern Traction company. and
since the franchise of the Southern
Traction company did not require
them TO pave more than eighteen
inches on either side of the track
the city was wrong in assessing them
for the full twenty-four inches. Aft
err going over the legal and technical
phases of the question IL was evident
that a majority of the eouncilmen
! favored paying the account. but when
Alderman Williams suggested that
there was probably no fund out OF
which the account could be paid
without laying the disbursing officer
liable the matter was held in abey-
ance and referred to the city attor-
ney and co-counsel along with coua-
sel for Mr. Jarrett.
Merger Is Rejected.
The proposed telephone merger
ordinance was very promptly reject
led by the council While the mat
ter was discussed little the full rea-
sons why the merger ordinance was
rejected were not gone into, how
ever. perusal of the proposed or
ldinance shows that in the first place
mo request has come from the COM
lpany desiring the franchise. the ordi-
nance in question being supplied by
| the management of the company
which would retire in event of the
merger. Further the proposed fran
,chise did not fix a maximum to BE
charged for telephone service, Meth
er does it give the city the right To
fix the rates. The proposed fran
chise does not prescribe the number
Iof phones that may be attached 10
party lines. nor does lit guarantee
free rural connections.
| Open IA Street.
The matter for opening Elm street
north of Water street was brought
lbefore the council by request and it
was decided that same should be
opened at once. This dead end of
Elm street is partly closed by sheds
used for storage purposes by the f.
s. Cronk and company and has never
been used. 1t is planned now to open
the street and cut bitches through
TO the branch to give an outlet for
the water that drains off Main street
No Refund of License.
Requests We're made from two in
terested parties for IA refund of pool
| hall license, but after discussion tn :
icouncil decided TO take no actiol
| from the reason that doubt was ex-
Ipressed as to the city's legal right 10
make such refund.
Fee System Discussed.
| The matter of fee system for cleo
! trical wiring under the new ordi
nance was discussed at length The
question was raised is the inspecting
officer allowed to charge a per cent
on fixtures as we'll as wiring. No
definite decision was reached in this
matter
1t was proposed that the city adopt
a new system of bookkeeping and the
water committee was instructed TO
make recommendation of some i'm
proved system.