Arizona sentinel., 1917-06-28
THE SANGUINETTI AND EWING FRANCHISE OR DINANCE TO BE FOUGHT TO A FINISH BY
 THE LOS ANGELES HIGHBINDERS.

AS predicted in these columns last week the Los Ange les owners of the local electric gas and water company in tend to fight the SangunettEwng franchise to stand still.
 The edct has been issued orders have been given to all local supporters of the hghbnders to kill this mertoros measure the fight is on and it remains to be seen whether Yuma citizens conduct their own affairs, or whether they must take their orders from Los Angeles
 Every voter iii Yuma knows by this tiIie why the Los Angeles highbnders fighting the Sanguinetti-Ewing franchise ordinance If granted it the death kne to monopoly in this city It that the octopusike tentacles that warped and about Yuma will be severed tor all time to come means that never again Will
 heartess souless corporation dominated owned ard con- troed by non-residens get death grip this splendid city It means that the backbone of the chief hghbnder will be broken so far the citizens of Yuma con- cerned
 That's why the fight is to be made against permitting Sanguinett and Ewing have the privilege of erecting poles and strngng wires along Ga street from the river to their ice plant For when these poles shall have been erected and the wires strung that in addition to their power generated the ice plant Sangu netti and Ewing will have the power that fur nshes the Juice for the hghbnders operate their old ratrap down the banks of the svery Colorado plant they trying unload the city about four times its actual value When this additional power is ob ained by Sanguinetti and Ewing they will be in position TO SWltCn over 10 me time Clly may COIL cude go the electric light business its hook without the necessity of the city entering into contract with the Sierra High Power company for any given number of years Sangunet and Ewing had to do before they could nluce that big corporation bring its power to the opposite bank of the Colorado
 That's what sticks in the highbinders' craw That's what hurts Had this franchise ordinance been applied for the hghbnders would have offered adjust their rates in the city of Yuma But the very this fran chse annulled for the chief hghbnder made bee line for Yuma and than anxious hold get-togeth err meeting with the City Council and the Commercial Club for the purpose of suggesting NEW for light gas and water He knows his franchises are not worth the paper they written on for he has deliberately violated every contract he entered into with the citizens of Yuma His franchises if they worth anything at all have long since been forfeited for his failure live up the original agreements stipulated in the franchises
 Knowing all things we'll he must have been told by his attorneys he seeks throttle the people by bull dozng methods that the people do take very kindly The recent agreement entered into will be passd by the people on July lo If they want to swallow the dose all well and good If they want pay $OO per for rrgatng water here in the city they will in the forthcoming election If they want to abolish the muddy system and pay ten times much for irrgang the orig nal contract called or they will ratfy the agree ment entered into with the city council But venture the assertion right here and that the hghbnders persist in fighting the SanguinettiEwing ordinance for the sole purpose of perpetuang their graft the people of Yuma they will find that the whole thing will be repudiaed We need the Sangunett and Ewing club hold the hghbin CTS in check ust remember that on election day.