The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-09-23
Committee of Whole Refuses
TO Interfere With Present
Company Franchises.
RAILROAD COMMISSION
HEARS PETITION TOMORROW
Report Says Committee is OPP
posed to Increase for Electric
ity and Water but that Street
Car Company Has Operated at
a Loss For Five Years.

me council committee which ha:
had under consideration the pcti ions
of the City 4 Suburban Street RAN
way Company and the Mutual Light
& Water Company for permission tc
raise their rates MADE report at the
regular meeting of council last Night
in which the matter is placed sqaare
ly up to the Georgia Railroad Com
mission.
After giving the aLdit of the com
.panies books careful consideration
the committee concluded rhat the
franchises between the corporations
and the city should not be changed
at this time and that If the increases
We're allowed they would come f.orl
the railroad commission. The repori
of the committee made 20 council las,
night was as follows:
Brunswick. Ga. Sept. IS, 1918.
Hon. Mayor and Council
Brunswick. Ga.
Gentlemen: In the matter Of
petitions from the City and SD
burban Street Railway Co. to
increase passenger fares and for
certain exemptions in the matter
Of taxes, etc. and OF the Mutual
Light and Water Co. for increase
in water and electricity rates,
| begs to report as follows:
We have received and examined
! the report of the auditors select
/ ed by us; Messrs. Neville. Nc
Iver Barnes & Co. showing the
/ income and expenses of the street
! railway company, and of the
light and water company for the
/ last six years.
This report is complete in de-
tail and is on file at the city hall
for inspection of any tax payer
Based on Figures shown. this
committee is opposed to any IN
crease in the rates for water or
electricity. The report indicates
that the street railway has been
operated at loss. five years out
of six. However, this committee
is unwilling to voluntarily amerd
lHe lIdutLlSc W iillS
company limiting them to cent
fares, or to waive any taxes on
the gross receipts that may now
be due. or to become due there
under.
The railroad commission has
experts who can determine the
truth of the company's contention
for an increase in passenger
fares as being necessary to their
continued operation. which we
regard as matter of vital impor-
tance to the city, and we therefore
recommend that the report of the
auditors be transmitted to the
commission for such action as is
warranted by the facts set forth
in the auditors report.
Respectfully.
J. HUNTER HOPKINS.
Chairman.
Aldermen: LAMBRIGHT,
MCCALL,
ROBERTS.
LEYHOURNE.
The hearing of the petitions be-
fore the state railroad commission
will be held in Atlanta tomorrow and
thus far nothing has been done in the
matter of opposing them and the in
dications are that they will be
granted Attorney Frank M. Scarlet
leaves tonight for Atlanta to represent
the sreet railroad and light c0mpa
nies.
The committee of the whole re-
ported adversely on the petition OF the
city firemen asking for a raise in
salary of SIS per month. 1t was
stated in the report that the amount
of the salaries of the employees of the
city was based on the city's income
and that it was impossible at this
time to grant the raise as requested.
Present at the meeting last night
were Mayor ]. Hunter Hopkins and
Aldermen Mccall. Brown, Lambright,