Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-10
COMMISSION PLANS.
To FORCE COMPANY.
To PUT IN PHONES.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT or CITY m.
STRuCTED TO MAKE IN.
NESTIGtTiON.
CAS- CONCERN Gets REFUND.
Money Put Up for Faithful Perform.
ance % Contract IL tO Iie Given
hack tO Concern by Order Of
City aFthers.

At the meeting ~ the city commits.
sion yesterday afternoon II was decided
Ia return 90 the Amarillo Gas Company
the ten thousand dollar deposit which
II made as a guarantee that the terms
~ the gns franchise would be- carried
out: Ia take action toward indusin;
property owners In the vicinity uf the
Catholic school Ia construct suitable
sidewalks In order that the children
may be- enabled 10 walk 10 school dur.
ing the winter months on sidewalks In.
Htend of through SNOW drifts: tn ia.
augurate a cleanup campaign" and
bespeak the cooperation of all citizens
In Kidding the city of accumulated gar.
bage before the dead of winter: Ia cal
upon all property owners who are d.
llnquent In tax paying to pay up ~
once: Ia instruct the city health officer
Ia inspect the Orphans Home and re-
port upon its sanitation Ia the com.
mission. and to notify the public that
legal steps may be- taken Ia compel the
telephone company to live up In its
contract with the city and install telc.
phones In residences where II has been
requested to install them.
To Return Money.
The meeting opened with disrus.
sion Of the request ot the Amarillo Gas
Company that the deposit of tlO.O0g
made upon ratification ~ its franchis"
at the election December ~: last. he
returned on the ground that the terms
of the franchise had been compile
with.
In the discussion II developed that
one of the principal terms of the iran
chlsa was u provision that natural gls
should be- installed In all residences
which had previously used artificial gas
within n period Of six months. II was
stipulated. however that In the event
of strikes or other unavoidable happen
ings. the installation Of the natural gas
should be- rendered impossible In tn"
pix month period. an extension of tim"
might be asked for. ON June such
request was made by the Amarillo Gas
COMPANY. ON the ground that the NJ.
tionnl supply Company of Buffalo. =.
Y, had been delayed In its delivery of
material contracted Tor by the steel
strike: that transportation had lator
been tied up by the switchmen's strik,
that these conditions were unaNoida'
ble by the gas company and the COM
pany requested an extension OF time
until September |, 1920.
II was agreed hy the commission that
the gas had been turned into the mains
before the latter date. and that the
Amarillo Gas COMPANY had IN good
faith made every effort to live M 20
the various terms of its franchise. AMI
having done 30. II was entitled 10 thc
return of the deposit
II was moved and seconded that the
recommendation ~ the city manager
De- approved and that the Amarillo M
tinnal Rank be- instructed to return IN b
deposit to the Amarillo Gas Company.
To Put Down Sidewalks.
After discussion, the city manager
was instructed tO confer with property
owners In the vicinity ~ the Catholic
school and CITY park and Induce them.
N possihlr. - install suitable sidewalk ?
so that children going to and from
school IN that nrighborhood might hav"
suitable sidewalks for their use.
Tn. commission also went on record
ns being prepared to install CROSSING
nj any point IN the city wh"r" IN" prnl'.
.riy owners would construct Sidewalks
for one block on either side ~ the pro
poSed crossing. II was stipulated thai
fIle AltieMNlkN NANNA ~ NNAffA''' " ''.'
hoih sides Property owners wishing
such crossings Installed are requested
10 see tn u II there hc n lot or two
within the one block limit from the
crossing which has no sidewalk. that
the gnn h. filled in before request y
made Tor the crossing
Cicsn.up Campaign.
The uuc-tion ~ cleanup cam
palgn" was brought up hy the CIV
manager n was recommended hv the
commission that such campaign h''
undertaken. and that the cooperation
~ all citizens be- requested io MAX" 4
n success Properly owners with Enrh.
nge ar rubbish ~ any sort on their
premises are requested to clear th"
same away before the winter weather
comes on This viii ~ fnr toward PR.
venting the recurrence of Influenza an
other diseases The city commission re
card. this as ~ great importance" and
intends to conduct this campaign with
yigor
IN. city ~ccrcinrv read n report q
the commission which gave IN" tot1l
taN vanlation ~ the city ~ ts2.5o5N'l
which IL the highest IN its history "
was stated that the tax rate had h'en
lowered bv the commission from 81 ]"
- 90 cents IN the hone ana VNppFt1
iion that delinquent taxpayers would
pay up at once. .
4 r'a'tp, WIS wade ihnt civ Man.
ager Colby be instructed to make
rrrv.v ~ the citv NJ tn the gath"rtr''
of garbage: he IL to report hack ~ i'r'
commission both ~ O. the territory v
he covered aud ~ io the number 81
persons with gnrhago who VIII coon
.rata with him ". viii ,lso report ~
o. the number ~ trucks required inr
the purpos. Rnd their cust. The mo
tion was carried
The proprieinr - W" iVhrh ~
Caf, appcarci before I've c"mnlis-l'i'
and rcauertei that n culv"t q" F.ut"I
hc Installed 80 seventh street In frrti
~ his cafe. Iie agreed to consult WIN
r-oncrty owners on that hock. and ih'
,I,y m,narrr was instructed O. coop