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Show the trouble complained of would be overcome over-come if the telephone company used a proper system of induction. He also believed be-lieved that the telephone lines were neither properly balanced or grounded. HA.ND30MB DAVE APPEARS. Dave Murray of the telephone company then took the floor and combatted several assertions, with more or less success, made by Mr. Critc'Llow, although he inodeUy stated in opening that lie could only state facts without the embellishmeut of oratory. HEED PL A If 3 HIS LUTE. Superintendent Reed of the railroad company com-pany took a shy at Murray's statement and tore several of them to shreds. He was of the opinion that his company was not to b'ame for the buzzing sound which now bothers "hello" users, and invited the council coun-cil to visit the power house and make a per-Bonal per-Bonal test. Murray and Reed then indulged in a linguistic lin-guistic tilt until called down by Horn, who declared that he did not care to listen to outside talk. "Let 'em go on!" cried the devil-may-care Rich, but his desire was not gratified. A SENSIBLE PLAV. Horn then, after saying that in his opinion opin-ion both companies had rights on Second East street, astonished all by declaring that the council should not interfere iu the matter, mat-ter, but that the companies should fight it out among themselves. Believing that way, he moved that the subject matter be tabled. This move caused vigorous protests from several members who objected to the debate being shut oil in such a summary manner. IT MEANT THE SAME THING. Horn disclaimed any such intention, and changed his motion so as to indefinitely postpone consideration. PLAIN TALK FROM HOGE. The city attorney was then given the floor and created a sensation by asserting that the railway company had no rights whatever on the street. There was no franchise in existence ex-istence giving them that right. "Isn't there a resolution to that eSect?" he was asked. "Yes," he replied, "but no resolution passed by the council can give that right unless un-less U is adopted in the same manner that an ordinance is and receives the approval and signature of the mayor." IN ILLEGAL POSSESSION. In his opinion the company had acquired WEAK-KNKfflT G0JJNC1LMEN. Sloran Makes an Unsuccessful Fiht for Paving- AT THE COUNCIL'S SPECIAL SESSION LAST NIGHT. The Telephone-Railway Squabble Disposed Dis-posed of. CITY ATTORNEY HOGE RELATES SOME PLAIN FACTS And In Sharply Criticised by Uw-con Uw-con The Legal Kxpert Hays that the City Railway lias o Iexal Kieht to Occupy Heeoud Cast Street The Combination Pole System Sys-tem Referred to trie City Engineer for a J!epurt Thereon. "Then, if you are afraid to take up the paving contract," 6houted Moran last evening even-ing in the city council, after the exciting debate recorded below, "take up the appropriation ap-propriation list of the board of public works, for tomorrow is payday and the men need their money!" He was thoroughly in earnest; and, although al-though he had not sulv-cted any member as an object for his attack, WautlauJ proceeded pro-ceeded to wear the cap. "I do not propose to be insulted," he exclaimed. ex-claimed. "I want it understood that I am not afraid of the pavinc contract, but I " "I did not mention your name!" thundered thun-dered the redoubtable Pat. A motion to adjourn cut off further exchange ex-change of courtesies, so an expectant people will have to depend on their imaginations for what might have been the probable finale. A motion to adjourn had been made, but Moran, with dogged persistence, had buc-( buc-( ceeded In defeating it and .then moved to take up the reports of the board of public works, among them its award of the paving contract to the Culmer-Jennengs Paving company. It was defeated and almost simultaneously with the announcement Moran waa on his feet fighting for the rights of his constitutents the workingmen. He , was mad clear through and his taunt that those who favored adjournment were afiaid of the paving contract was evidently a center Shot. After adjournment Moran criticized Wantland loudly and boldly. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself!" he shouted in "Wanty's" ear. "You have always advocated the paving of Main street this year and now you work to delay it." "No such thing," exclaimed Wantland with a broad grin. "The question had no business to be discussed dis-cussed at this meeting." By this time they were descending the tulrs. Moran was firing shot quick and fast, and finally exclaimed: "Nice crowd! Here we adjourn at 10:30 and accomplish nothing. I give you a fair warning, I'll spring this on you whenever I get the chance." "What have I dons?" asked Wantland. "You've delayed paving," exclaimed Pat rrathfully. "That's what you've done!" The debate was kept up until the street was reached, when catching sight of Bell, Wantland exclaimed, as he pointed his index finger at him, "There's your man! jump him!" possession of the street illegally and that was all there was to it. He further stated that he and the city engineer had investigated investi-gated the case without consulting the interests in-terests of cither company and with the sole idea of protecting and establishing the rights of the city. THE COUNCIL TOO PREVIOUS. Another point he made was that while the resolution granted the company the right to string wires for the furnishing of power to private machinery, etc., the wires were used for propelling the cars. The council had in that particular exceeded- its rights. That the railroad company was using the wires in that street unlawfully was a self-apparent self-apparent learal fact. They had no franchise at all. He had digested the subject well and he informed the council that there was a third interest involved that of the people which they should protect. HE FLEW THE TRACK. Lawson assailed the propositions advanced by the city attorney and demonstrated that he had misconstrued almost every word of the city attorney's very plain 'statement. He did not care to grope longer in the dark, he said, and in order to secure light he moved as a substitute t -Horn's motion that the whole matter be ' referred " back ' to the'' committee. Horn said his opinion was unaltered,, and hs called for the previous question, to the great disgust of Rich and Moran, who were enjoying the oratorical shindy. The proposition propo-sition was voted down. THE ENGINEER TAKES A HAND. Then the city engineer was catechised at length. He said that he had given the railroad rail-road permission to set the poles on the street in question by virtue of the authority given in the resolution granting the blanket franchise, and would do the same again under un-der a similar resolution. Follaud, while believing that the city attorney at-torney was right, was of the opinion that the companies should settle the difficulty outside the council. "WASH" DEFENDS HOGE. Wantland then criticised Horn and Law. son for their attack on the city attorney's opinion. It was, he said, entirely uncalled for. He wanted final action postponed until next week, as it was essential to the best interests in-terests of the city that the question should be duly considered and not acted upon at the present time, when the members were at sixes and sevens. THE SWITCH WAS DISPLACED. Lawson disclaimed any intention of assailing assail-ing the city attorney, but in the same breath he declared that he objected to that official appearing on the floor of the council and pleading only one side of the case. He was there to advise the council and not to advocate or fight the interests of either company. com-pany. KICKED INTO THE STREET. Wantland's motion was. then voted down, but Horn's motion to postpone indefinitely prevailed and the quarrel of the companies was virtually kicked into the street. THE CARDINAL'S GREAT HEAD. During the breathing spell which followed Cardinal Simondi glided gracefully to the reporters' desk and whispered: "Boys, these proceedings remind me of two of Shakespeare's Shake-speare's plays 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Love's Labor Lost.' " With a winsome "Ha. ha!" the cardinal washed his disgust down with a glass of water. A great head has the cardinal. COMBINATION POLES. The matter of combination poles for the use of the electric light works, railway and telenhone wires was taken up, and the representatives rep-resentatives of the several companies aired their views briefly but forcibly. On motion of Mr. Wantland, the city engineer en-gineer was instructed to bring in a report on the advisability of combination poles and the location of the same in the paving districts, dis-tricts, and also to investigate the advisability advisabil-ity of placing all street car, telephone and electric light wires under ground in the same diatrict. Adopted. Then the pyrotechnincal display, recorded in the opening of this article, occurred. "JNot mucn," was Moran s rejoinder. "1 have no fight with BelL It's you I'm after." Then Wantland created a laugh by drawing draw-ing a formidable looking billy from his overcoat pocket and shaking it threateningly threaten-ingly in the face of his tormentor. Pat saw the point, laughed heartily, and the next moment the two Dromios, arm in arm, were walking down the Btreet, laughing laugh-ing gleefully over the ezciting events of an evening in which nothing wss accomplished except to drain the treasury of $), which will at the end of the month find their way into the capacious pockets of the solons. The Proceedings. When President Loofbourow called the rouncil to order Messrs. Rich, Follond, Harriett, Har-riett, Hardy, Moran, Horn, Bell, Lawson, Evans, Sioionui, Beardsley, Wantland and Helss were in their seats. KELLY TAKES HI8 SEAT. The recorder, as soon as the preliminaries pre-liminaries of the session had been passed over, announced that Albert V. Kelley had qualified as councilman from the Second precinct, and that gentleman glided gracefully grace-fully iuto the seat which Bam Ewing was wout to warm. THE ELECTRIC SQUABBLE. The special order for the evening was the equabble between the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company and the City Railway company, which came up on the report of the street committee recommending that steps at once be taken to hare the street railway company remove its poles from Second Sec-ond East street. The cause of the trouble between the companies is that the telephone people claim that the supply wires of the railway interfere with the successful operation opera-tion of their lines to Sandy and Murray as irell as in portions of this city. On motion of Horn an invitation was extended ex-tended to the representatives "of the rival interests," as the chairman termed them, to address tae council. THE BATTLE B COINS.' George T. Wallace for the telephone company com-pany stated that he had nothing more to urge in favor of its claim than was already contained inite petition and which had been favorably acted upon by the council committee com-mittee exeept that he hoped its report would meet with favorable oensideration. THB RAILWAY'S ADVOCATE. C. B. Critchlow addressed the council as the adYocata of the railway company, and presented his case in his usual clear, convincing con-vincing and logical manner. His strongest point was that tils company was the first ia the field, and What if any street had to be vacated by one of the companies and the wires, poles, etc. removed, it should be at the expanse of the telephone company. Electrician Smith of the same company eaid thai there was as much rumbling and disturbance over the wires when the railway rail-way company's circuit was cut out as when they were in full operation. In his opinion i :' i |