Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-21


x25, 900, beginning June / 1924. To this
sinking fund will he added the interest on
bonds retired thereby. Secured by first
lien on entire property. Listed ON Phil.
adclphin Stock Exchange. Interest paid
without deduction for normal income tax.
No income account or general balance
sheet published.
kCRIMoNy AGAIN.
Then came statements of views from
Nessrs Kane and Robertson and Bacher
and President Lyon, who was late getting
to the meeting and the rrnl acrlmony
OF the night set in
James Dale voiced n protest against
action on the petition until the gas sltua-
tion was thoroughly investigated. More
over, he thought the salaries of the oil
iicers Of ihe company should be known
Commissioner Garetson promptly NOV
e,l that The company be asked To submit
detailed statement ne to the salaries of
its officers and office help His fellow
mctnlers q X d and the statement will
be forthcoming
Then the opposition wanted Ia know
how much of the company output went
ou,side the city Mr. Schutt obliged
with the figures : pcr cent And the
commission asked the company 10 furnish
a statement of the cost Of its equipment
outside the CITY lien Mr. Dale got bnck
to salaries again. with questions as 70
officers grtting dual pay envelopes Tor
dual iohs 100000 here and s25, 900
there. etc. but the commission seemed To
think all this covered in the request fer a
detailed statement
rnr nall orENs
Mr. Bachrr little later brought up tho
matter nf examining experts He had IN
mind man up III New Y Yorl Finally
Mr. Garrctpou wondered as this ~
animation of the property would coat
about sl5 n0n. hat Council would say
From thcn ON things were somewhat high
in atmospheric pressure
Mr. Robertson pot fo his feet from his
long silence and declared that the com
rnlsslnncrs had the right and - was their
duty. tn demand that the company pro
duce before the commissioners every item
of its business. and the company ought
tn pat FOR Il II wasn't the first time
tnunril had been accused Of standing ~
tho ROAD of information getting But u
was Tire boarda fault he soid, and thrY
should make the corporation pav. not
the city
Submit the thing to u referendum of
the citva voters he went un. III effect
where thpv got nf
Mr. C,arrptqon retortef that the com
many had submitted unn valuation based
on The work ~ experts and on tho reports
of ono of the biggest firms nf certified
accountants in the country II the com
miss,nnrrg nsk for another doubling IT.
II seemed to him that II was aquareiy up
IT, the city ~ disprovo the CuinranYs
statement and therefore "a pav for 1t
Next MIR Lyon. 10 the effect that II
would he no gas company hgnres ter
him Likewise to htn II "lookcd as II
the utilities commission was protecting
the utilities and not the people
He had some gas figures locked up IN
the clerk of Councils office. he sald. and
cnildnt got thcn. hut he Il like to ser all
the cards on the table
Mr. carrptHon asked him 10 submit
thoac figures
That's not compnlaory SAID fresi-
dent Lyon
No it's q request averrcd Mr.
"That'e different, sad the chicf Of
the city dads.
Nh o. KANE A0ArN RrEAEe
Mr. Nearv told something about the
source of the company expert and
financial statements whlch acted NJ
pacify,nr oil for n hit and then MIR.
0'kane rose M and declared that the
hoard lacked the confidence of the
peonIc wha called II the futi,tiea
commission. but that none the less II was
grand chance TO du the square thinpl
He also wanted To know what MAS the
reason why the company couldnt come
back in sly months and ask for more
| with another expert. etc lh,a was fol-
| lowed by Mr. Bachcr asking again for an
outside expert offering the thought that
| Il might he we'll To spend $4,000 to
! settle something for 1T least ten years
Here CITY Solicitor RayaTd arose aud
/ sent she'll INTO the afiray- nothing less
| indeed than that IN the fortv-odd volumes
OF reports he has looked over concerning
] such matters. the public invariably has
| pad the bills for such examinations as
suggested
| Then MIR Robertson arose again Il
was again an lntimation, he said IN eff
! feet. IN the city solicitors words, that
| Council stands IN the way. and he WIS
| there Ia defend Council II the com
mlssioners Thought IT WAS the city's duty
la paw the bills for an examination IT also
was their duty 10 tell Council and have
Council put the item in the budget, and
arrange taxes etc, IN accordance.
And" he perorated, with emphasis.
'they have the first word to say to that
effect
RE-ENTER MIR. GARRE'rS ON.
This brought Mr. Garretson into the
arena with big stick but calmness
Council will find said he, on its
file for 1913 letter from the board
| asking for an appropriation wherewith to
make certain Investigations And Coun-
ell turned it down
There was some talk about ancient
| history and the present Council, the
gISt of which was that they weren't on
| speaking terms but both Mr.. Garretson
| and the Councilmanic leaders stuck fast
| to their artillery neither budging foot
| or u gun
And so II went back and forth for
| while but the hour was growing late. IT
was raining hard outside the weather was
| depressing anyway and the case for and
/ the case against were in, and II was tune
! TO go home Mr. Bavard Int another
smoke and yawned and a spectator
| iidgeted
A motion to adjourn being in order, It
was made and seconded "to meet at the
| call of the chair But the roar of battle
rose again, because that old roar just
simply wont stop until all the ammuni-
tion's gone, you know, or some other
roar rises up to drown IT
The oblectors wanted to know whether