The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-04

a loTu tHdt WOuiu De acceptable to him. He then handed the mayor a copy of the proposed franchise as rewritten by him. The mayor re- quested the clerk to read MT. Leet's second proposed franchise. The Leet franchise was then compared with the tentative franchise which had been drawn along lines accept able to the Council. The compari- son disclosed several vital changes. The rates had been raised: the word exclusive" had been inserted in front of the word "franchise'. the penalty had been removed from Section '. as we'll as other changes.
 This was a polite and proper way of informing the council that he was not willing to agree to the rates nor to some of the provisions of the tentative franchise which had been submitted to him by the council1
 lThe mayor then turned to Mir. Leet and said: Well. Mir. Leet, you
 will hear from us later".l
 MT. Leet then retired.
 One of the Councilmen called at tention to the fact that while Mr. Gartley had stated that the Willsn X Sylvester Mill Company was still an applicant for the franchise he had not stated whether he would be willing to assume the responsibility of acting without further delay for the Wilson & Sylvester Mill Com pany in the matter of accepting or rejecting the terms of the tentative franchise. A messenger was sent for MT. Gartley summoning him to return to the Council meeting. Up- on his arrival Mir. Gartley was ques- tioned regarding his attitude to- ward the tentative franchise MT. Gartley stated that the light rates in the tentative franchise were somewhat lower than he had con- templated. and that he should have preferred to have had more time to go into the matter more fully with his associates, but with the town threatened with the danger of being left in darkness he felt Justified in acting for his company in the prem ises. He then stated that the Will son & Sylvester Mill Company was an applicant for franchise to sup ply the Town of Wrangell and the inhabitants thereof with electric light and power at the rates stipu- lated in the tentative franchise which had been drawn for the pur- pose of setting forth the concessions the Council was willing to grant, subject to ratification by the voters at a special election.
 MT. Gartley was asked how soon his company could furnish light In the event it should be granted the franchise. He replied that if his company were granted franchise he would immediately make an ef- fort to buy the Palmer plant in or der to meet the exigencies of the present situation, and that If he were unsuccessful in getting pos session of the Palmer plant he would cable to Seattle for electrical equipment and begin the installa- tion of same immediately upon It's arrival
 MT. Gartley stated that If there were no further questions he was ready to be excused. There were no further questions. Mir Gartley re- tired.l
 A motion then prevailed that the Council decide by roll call vote whether 1t would grant to O. D. Leet the second proposed franchise by him, or grant to the & Sylvester Mill Company a franchise providing for the same rates that were stipulated in the tentative franchise
 The roll of the Council was then called and their votes recorded as 
 E. M Campbell, Wilson & Syl- NFur