Show M U t N I C IP 1 P A L LOW OW 0 N f E A S H I Negotiations for Purchase ls of Chi Cal cage cago Street Railways Halh Have Been ec Formally Begun I JOINT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD Mayor Maor McClellan has Been lleen to Get a Plant for lor New ew York Chicago for forthe or orthe the of the Silo railways were vie ele opened today between I Ion traction trio Ct ion r I es und to iou t ht city elty of or Chicago A 4 Slots It is pending lug under ui which ho tim at Hi once to their linen lilies anti lint veil cell to the city elty at ott u it 1 fair hut thus thull riot ild of f all legal begot complicatIons and securIng oil loot o ails n Iii pu I I p TIme The approach to 10 re me C unit soil is obtained elite I neil from noon the lie t Coils Wit us S SIt It II t heal t on a U joint con colt to 10 be held hehl noon by h the tho mayor he thin till interests Interest anti tin the city council on Oil trall N NE W YOH Now New York YOlk April 10 The committee I t too which Is U Iii t I ng I ht t Ilig 1111 UK In III Now New York City called Mayor litti and City Comptroller to tho Iho witness 1 aland stand today ant and thy hoy testified ns nM to til their notion actIon on the tho lighting contracts that been icon made during d ii it mg the S Ii a terms Scrolls they hilly t have een In Ito The committee Into the contracts outdo made e by Iy bythe he thu Consolidated flan OnH company with Itlo he tIme New Now York Contracting and Truck I UK o og 10 ny In III I I which o ho Aldermen A I d luff laff ha Vt boy tout and Murphy oI to n II brother I er of Charles hUlles Ii mitis I 1 Murphy oI a lender of or Tammany a y hull hall hallur Iff ur a It I t developed oh evel I I ii tog tho the testimony I es t I thuS that contract amounting to md load boen beo 1 to the till lur pIn loisO hy firm without competition It was I 1 that Shoot the contracts wore were ere RO so let because the name of or Murphy urphy 1 was ns as with the tho concern It wan that the tile gas company did not know now the Murphy In III It the tho contracting Wits was n a brother of Mur ihy Comptroller Grout Crout testified at nt some seine oil 1111 to hits action on Oil I I t hag contracts tots t and U isol declined tool that hot softer a II thorough of or the whole ho he was WIlK convinced that the only remedy was woos to build ItH I H own 00 lighting I t In g plant Ii t Mayor told tol 1 of or tile the odium to secure legislation for tor or n II municipal I gb I till t In g A und said Bald lie ho 10 his lis successor In would see nee such luch n a plant III In operation Ho lie II did not doubt Hint th city had hail authority to o erect stud and operate HH 1111 own OWlS gas gots plant I limit hut legislation hood had been h en sought bought as IIA tile the means of or avoiding delays duo due to lItIgatIon |