Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-22
CONTRACT FOR PUMPING
STATION NOT ACTED
ON LAST MIGHT
TO STUDY PROPOSAL
COMMISSIONERS oUGHER
AND PALMER DESIRE TO STUDY
ELECTRiFlCATlON PROPOSAL
MORE FULLY BEFORE VOTING
ON OFFER.

On the claim of two of its members
that they desired moro time to investi
gate and study the offer, the council
at its special meeting last night,
voted to defer action on the Northern
Illinois Light and Traction company s
proposal to electrify the pumping sta.
ton
Acceptance or rejection Of the con.
tract, plans for which we're submitted
at the regular meeting Wednesday
night, was scheduled to take place last
night, but when Commissioners Pal.
mer and DOugherty asked that thoy
bC given opportunity to look into The
matter mere fully to enable them to
vote intelligcntly on the issues it be
Camo imperative to he remainder Of
the council to postpone taking a de
cisive step until later.
No definite time was set for a vote
on the proposal.
The decision to defer was accom-
plished without record vote of any
kind, the only formal motion made and
adopted during the meeting being that
I'm adiourn The sessiou was accnm.
panied by talks from all the commits
sioners and Attorney V + Duncan
who made tha traction comnonv,s
proffer on "Wednesday night
The Offer in Brief.
The offer aside from guarantying
to install all the machinery necessary
to electrify the pumping station, in
stall a Ventura meter the purpose of
which is to measure all water pumped
TO he checked against that used NV the
consumer. dismiss all petitions 20
tear ND North side tracks now before
the state commerce commission. dis
miss objections to tho North Side
having. renew tonstracts for street
lights at the rates in effect in 1917 |
and furnish uowor for tha numninp
station at bed rock nrices and at the
end Of tan.year prriod All the elec-
trical devices inet9llod at thp water. |
works hecome thn citv's nronertv IN. |
petber with the meteor Tho nrcnasi. |
tion, roughly estimated means an ok
penditure Of about $50 600 to the n
/, & r. comnnny from which thev
must derive tbcir revonue from the
mower and current sold the citv
side from these phases the electril;.
cation promises to save Ottawa about
500 600 which will have To he oynard
ed for now boilnrs numns and other
machinery IN ranlocn those ot tha sta
tion now rnnortcd bcvond renair
Duncan Addreeeec MANNERS
Mr. Duncan wac first to address tho
connciI uo Iet II hc known thot the
traction comnanv fn,t II bed zone a.
Far nc u could in ne offore and the citv
could lcavo them or take them nc II
row az
ue enoko cf tbo nogotiotiore for tbo
oncninr Iaet Narch and
op down tn tbo nrooont
with NJ Iooet ton ar = do1e, confer
orco, ottondo5 hr tho noyor ro,nn,is.
eioror cticL1en Citv tttornov Pirhol.
con and ronroeen+ativee of tbe NIT
% ~ oon,norv Cunorintondonte or
y,rotor WnrI, nnTv ana onntnaore ON.
,ained Nv NJ stickIen no eoid wcre
~ eon,o of tho conforoncoe
"p,t ;f thi- council 600, AZ to do1or
. vnto IN ordor ,bot somo of Ire NOW.
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