The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-29
GAS C0MPANYs REQUEST
FOR RATE INCREASE
LEFT TO THOMPSON,
0'STEEN AND bR0ADF|ELD
Lakeland, Fla, Jan. %, 1920.

Lakeland, Fla, Jan. 2S, l9Z0.
Regular session of the City Com
missioners with all members present. |
Minutes of Jan. l4th were read and
approved
Petition Of property owners in
northwestern part of the city to clay
West Quincy street from Lincoln
avenue to Webster avenue, and Jack
avenue from North street to Quincy
street; and for street lights on the
corners of Lincoln avenue and North
and Quincy streets, was referred to
the Street Commissioner for ilvesti-
cation and report, and to the Com
missioner of Municipal Utilities as to
installing lights.
| The petition of the Lakeland Gas
Company for increase in rates to be
charged its customers of rs cents per
thousand feet, was taken up, and up
on motion was referred to a special
committee of Messrs Broadfield and
lO'Steen together with the Chairman
who are directed to investigate the
claims of said Gas Company and to
report to an adjourned session of the
Commissioners to be held at 200 p.
m. Feb. with their recommendation
/ 10 thn Tnn, ,,,ic Cd fcr casI
lpetition.
Information from e. N. Good as to
, condition of the bills of the commit
J tee handling the advertisement of the
| city was presented by him with re-
, lquest that City help as much as pos.
! lsible as other funds had been eX
. lhausted was received; and on mo
! ton the Commissioner of Finance
a was instructed to pay as much from
the funds appropriated as are at pres
ent available.
u Upon motion the City Attorney was
4 instructed to draft ordinance amend
ing the Pool Room Ordinance to al
low minors not less than IS years O
age who file written consent of PAL
rent or guardian with proprietors o
poolrooms to play pool or Billiards
. the Chairman protesting, and voting
mo" on said motion.
The reports from the Street Con
missioner on the following street
and avenues having been pavet
curbed and otherwise improved, an
i'll accepted by him, to-wit:
he East Peachtree street from FloI
n lda Avenue to Kentucky avenue;
nda North Tennessee avenue from Ga
= |street to Peachtree street;
H. East Oak street from Vermont av
NC Inue to Lake Avenue;
Ingraham Avenue from Oran'
~ street to Morton street;
East Lemon street from Lake Aven1
% No Ingraham avenue; and,
Lake avenue from Orange street
Lime street were submitted; and
motion his reports as read were {
cepted and it was ordered that it
:. advertised for ten days according
~ law. and that Feb. 8 A. d. 1920 be S
M, las the time to hear complaints,
III any, from property owners or otht
the interested in lots abutting 81
mn streets and avenues as set fol
ec- above, to show cause why asse
IN merits as set forth in said repo
,me should not be made, and liens plat
70 against abutting lots on said sire
.ho land avenues. On motion it was
dered that Stidham and Hughes
required to furnish bond as per C
tract for paving certain streets
avenues; and that they be motif
TO begin work on said contract wi
IL said bond has been filed and acct
ed by the city.
Ordinance No 25S entitled An
dinance Regulating the running
ANY large of dogs in the City of Lakela
iilo- etc. was put upon it's second and