The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-13

| FRANK Nj. JONES.
| ]. o. BOYD
There being no further business,
: Council upon motion adjourned:
T. A. CRAIG,
Attest: Mayor.
O. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
| December 2, 1920, 9 a m.
Council met in regular session with
! all members present, Mayor Craig
presiding. Minutes of meetings OF
November 80. 81 and December l.,
. 1920. were read and approved. There
being no further business. Council
took a recess until December 4, 1920,
T. A. CRAIG,
Attest: Mayor.
O. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
December 4, 1920. 9 a. m.
! Council convened after recess with
ali members present, Mayor Craig
presiding.
! Resolution No 173.
| Whereas, On the first day OF No
vember, 1920, a board composed OF
three former members of the Board
of Cancellation of Iowa, selected
Jointly by the City Of Keokuk and the
Keokrk Electric Company, but with
out contractural obligation on the
part of the City of Keokuk, for the
purpose Of investigating the afralrs
of the Keokuk Electric Company es-
pecially with reference to gas rates
and street car fares, recommended 10
the Mayor and City Council OF the
City of Keokuk an increase IN gas
rates and in street car fares, and
which report has been received and
filed in this office: and,
Whereas, Said board advised that
the losses that were being suffered
BY the Keokuk Electric Company re-
ouire an immediate increase OF street
car fares; and,
Whereas, There Is now pending be-
fore the Supreme Court of the State
of Iowa the case of the Ottumwa
Railway and Light Company vs.. City
of Ottumwa, in which case the Dues
ton OF the right of a street railway
company to ask for an increase in
fares when fares are fixed in fran
chise or special ordir ance which has
been voted on by the people and
accepted by the public utility com
pany, and which has not yet expired
is being considered; and,
Whereas, Said board has advised
that street car fares Of the keoKuk
Electric Company be increased to
seven cents (7cl and that rebate
checks for the two cents (2c) add
tionaI fare. over and above the maxi
mum fare fixed by Section 2 Of Spe
cial Ordinance 3S2, be issued to each
passenger boarding cars Of the Keo
kuk Electric Company and paying a
fare of seven cents (7c),
Now. therefore, Be 1t Resolved, By
. the City Council of the City of keo
kuk:
That the Keokuk Electric Company
subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter stated, be permitted to
charge a street car fare OF seven
cents (7c) and that a rebate checS
, for two cents (2c), representing the
additional charge to the maximum
rate Of five cents (5c), as fixed by
Special Ordinance 3S2, be issued tc
each passenger who pays said fare
of seven cents (7c). That in the
event the Supreme Court of the State
of Iowa decides in the case OF the
Ottumwa Railway and Light Com
pany VS.. City Of Ottumwa. that q
street car fare fixed in franchise
or special ordinance that has been
voted on by the people and accepted
by the company, is binding during
the life of said franchise or special
ordinance, then in such event said
rebate checks shall be redeemed at
, the office of the Keokuk Electric
Com any. located at Nos. S0O-SO2
Main street, Keokuk. Iowa, upon
to& within cfvfy
(6O) days after the following notice
has been published in the Daily Gate
City OF Keokuk:
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that all
rebate checks of the Keokuk
Electric Company must be pre-
scented at the offices OF the Keo-
+ kuk Electric Company. Nos. 800
802 Main street, Keokuk, Iowa,
: for redemption not later than
sixty 900 days from the
Keokuk Electric Company.
Note: Tho date to be sixty (60)
days later than the last date of publ.
cation.
: Said rebate checks shall be in the
following form:
Upon presentation at the offices
: Of the Keokuk Electric Company, To-
Gated at Nos Se0-3o2 Main street,
Kenkrk Iowa, in accordance with the
provisions Of Resolution No. 173, as
passed by the City Council Of the
City Of Keokuk on the fourth dav Of
December, 1920. we the Keokuk EIec-
trio Company will pay to the passen-
> ger to whom said check was issued
; the sum of two cents (2c) in cash.
, This rebate check must be presented
!. by fro passenger and is not trans
i ferable"
KEOKITK ELECTRIC CO,
BY J. L. Alexander.
II ia one OF the provisions Of this
reso'rtinn that if at any time, whether
by judicial decision Of the Supreme