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Show Citizens Will Discuss Tele- , phones- shut out competition." Mayor Hansen was present aud spoke on the subject, stating stat-ing that in his opinion two telephone tele-phone companies were out of place, as they necessitated the expense of two instruments. The ' matter ' was disscused at considerable length, members of the committee expressing the belief be-lief that the terms were equitable. equit-able. It was finally decided to authorize the mayor to call a mass meeting of citizens to consider con-sider the matter and tae a public pub-lic vote on the question, and a resolution to that effect was carried car-ried unanimously. A motion was incorporated in the resolution to the effect that the mass meeting discuss and vote upon the ques- tion of cutting off the street lights entirely, it being claimed the present expense, $240 per And the Cutting Out of Street j Lights. At the regular meeting of the Logan city Council Wednesday evening, the matter of the Home Telephone Co. franchise was discussed at considerable length. The committee to which the matter had been referred made a report, presenting an ordi- nance on the subject covering ' two large closely typewritten month, is more than the city 'ought to afford. S G Spillman and others pe- I titioned to be allowed to lay a J private water pipe to their resi- jdences. Referred j Ezra Obray of Paradise asked the council to pay him for the horse killed, in the recent accident acci-dent on Logan Island, claiming that the animal sprang aside from a water main trench into a deep ditch, thereby breaking its leg. Referred An ordinance was passed reg- . ulating the size and style of water 1 mains and routine business tran- ! sacted pages. The ordinance provides as follows: r That the franchise is granted for a period of 25 years. '.Oat the city may at any time condvnn and take possession of the line upon payment of a fair price. That the company shall fur-1 nish the city ten free telephones: ( That the city may compel the, X company to at any time place its " wires underground. j Rates shall not be higher than , $48 per year for business and $30 j for residence telephones. j The company shall not pool with any other company. , The company, shall file an indemnification in-demnification bond of $10,000 to reimburse the city for any loss or damage caused by the com- pany's operation. The city may use the company's com-pany's poles free. . Tne franchise is non-transier- able. ' , The company must accept tne franchise within 30 days, and be- j gin work within six months. j The company must pay the cUy 300 per year for the first five years; $500 per year for the succeeding ten years; and SJ.00 per year for the final ten yearn Messrs. S F Fenton, Geo. T Odelland S A Langton of the Home Telephone company were present and expressed them- selves strongly as hoping the council would grant the company a franchise on easier terms than those contained in the above document. doc-ument. They gave many reasons for their claims, including the ! benefits of competition, and the - unusually severe conditions contained con-tained therein. ' These gentlemen announced that the Home company was will-, will-, ng to comply with the provisions provis-ions of the above ordinance except ex-cept the cash payment, and were willing to pay in Hen thereof To per cent of their gross re-ceipts. re-ceipts. Councilman Burns pre-1 ' sented a minority report embodying em-bodying this proposition. i A petition signed by a large ! number of business men was presented ashing the council to grant the new company a f ran-chise ran-chise on nominal terms. The petft!on urged that competaion , .Au lines of business is nfenn LanJ Pessary, and that we Should not build an iron wal of monopoly around our city and |