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Show A WIRY SUBJECT The Council's Wrangle on Combination Poles. ELrCTIUCAIi 1)ISTUKAXCS. . Hoe Denconcts tba City Railway Cotnraay its a Trespasser. ixnruM1''1'' immtimiii 11 !. "eeree !- llr Allnlnsy lor UrlDflxir Innn alleieil "One Killed llepurl." J An adjourned tension of t!io City v Council ntet In nn adjourned eeaelon l!t night. Tlio (uUowliiK members vrtro ctoienll Hick, rulUnJ, Hardy, K-rtlclt, ltoru, Jit 11, Lawson, Blinon-dl, Blinon-dl, lleardslej , Wanllaud, lie las, Kelt) , Mono, Kvana 14. Absent Mono. l.UI.V U.VAI.11. 1 It). A comniiiiilciillaii u read from tlio recorder announcing tbu ciuallllc tlun of Albeit II. ICclty u counclltnou from thu Bicoail treclnct, vice B.C. Lvlng, resigned, Received anil IlleJ. COItl-OIIAIION 1)IUIC'IIITir.. President Lonfbourow ufinouncel that the minting bad been iiclally called to com der anil If poislble adjudicate adju-dicate tho diltereucea existing beta ten Iho Rocky Mountain ljell Telephone od tboBtrtetOir comionlts. lt reseutatlvci of nil the- com) inles wern prcsor.t attended by III I r Irgtl advisers. They llitnucd can fully tu the rtadliiR; of n number of lengthy document! by tho recorder which had been presented tu thu City Council ut different times' during tho tact few months, and which ham been ri ft rrod to frequently In tho account! of the council proceeding! us tubllibtd lo Hit to colurana. Uu motion of Oouncllmati Horn tho reprn-eutatlvts of the rival Interrata irere allowed to apeak. Mr. Wallace, of thu Tekrhono com paoy laid tils company lint beuu am ly reinsented before lliu Couocll lorn miltee. All fie now asked wai for the council to nustalu the report of that committee. ". Attorney Mki- Ilrllchlow, kgsl ad. tliir for luii Bull Lkn street cur com. I sny, sal I Ills tontaiiy hnd n'ot letu liritd I atom thu cummltlei, nt least notln full. When tbu street tnrcom j-anlti weru glvou fraucliUwt uvcr numerous streets It wm wtllMiowu fact that Ihu telephone coiupan) ftlt and comilalned Inst their Held una being Impasted Ukiu. The latter corapntij's comilalnt wan that Ita builiitia was Interned tilth by thn tsralltl Hues of tbu street car com janlealy nloiinf current which cnui- ad an nlleged luislng on the tele bono wires. Tlio Halt Jaau coint uny had a irlorrlght. It wlrre weru laid laus before the telephone corojariy had come Into tho llelj. Tho luli-j nnnu conquu) had occcptcd fiUundnry rigbtofway and ahoulil lo tbu hat tncomi Islnotany electrical or other disturbance. i.liclriclau Hmlth ofthoHalt Lsko tltteit car cnuy, raid lie liail ruado leTerul aclvntillo treta of the. allied trouble. The atroet car onijauy' rjtcoml l.afttlrtit fted wlru wna the one comlalnrd of. Howuvtr, he did not belleVD tbu cauia wan Villi tbu mitt car ooniiunlm. Uu believed that It orlglnutud with the teknboi o comriuj'iown lluv which wore un eTeuly balao,red. " Darld Murray of the tele) Iioiih com lanyataled that thulr attiirne wnnout of town and they would therefore Juvo ttalr tide of tho ijuiatlou In tln, lmilo facta without uny altunpt at oratory. He, too, made tiuta with lilt eliclriilau when corlaln current! weru cut oil and In to doing ilcmouttratod tliat from aoveuty-tlTu to ilghty per cent of thn troublo waa thua ilnno , away with. A to Hcioud i:ait tm.t the rlult J.fiko C'oraiany u tbo trcipairen. It now had four fin I vlru on that thoroughfaru ui.d lliu Induction waa bo great aa to very Ujaterlally Imiialr tne tilepbono eef vice. Mr. Head ilenloil llili, and anld that If til" council or any port of It would join with him In luakine a thorough t"t It woul J bu tailly i ruvon that Sir. Murray vraimlitakin. lllcliMr. Head, la then any roo. ton why combination olea cannot bo uie d on Hccond I.at itreelJ Mr. Head Vra, air; In cnio of luavy now and tlcit atorma tbu lilfihoue company'! wlru would bo blown down and thu eervlin of lwlh com. panlei would bo thuiRroatly Injured. Mr. Moran Mr. Itead, why do you not move J our wires from Second J'ut itrn.i? a M. Head I do not ion, why wu mould. Wo have a prlotlly and km. lemory tight. touncllman Horn I IkIIoto both ?''; Companloi have, tlghta there, the Council hat nothing to do with the trctjhie. I move that thu subject waiter bt thla ill. cu.. Ion bo laid on thu tallo. Ijoi. V 'n ,,ln moved (t o.tpono action luiedultely, J,mt. lli oily B,ltotmy waa callml upon id fal I theru waa amther tldo to tho lUKtlon. He took the broad itrouud iiiat the atreet jar company had i,o 'Utiti oa Heconif Kbit atreot. it. f."ou '"'l"1"11' of ll' attorney It f toll phono cominny hadauyfrau. ttiln. over that itritt. the attorney uvaded tho InUrroga. tlou by taylng he did not have that I ronoiltlon under i onilderallon. Morau Ihon Uinmndod that thoiiuei. "onboanmered by thu attorny but iiiat Rentlunan only replied by toying mat he wai not couniel for ellhit com- t pnny. Aa to the allegtd right or way ubtaincd by the Bait bate Httitt Cur Company It ramo from a reiolullon Usually patted It had n t Uin read three tlineB. Neither hnd It been (Iten tho ilgnaturo of thu tlilit cxicullvo. Ihoitrcet waa obitructed by the olra there now. 1 ho Council had given Ihti bogua right for inc. benefit or rlvate iMdlvlduala. lltatdiley Could not tho conipmy havo been provented from erecllng l-olti If that reiolullon had not bien pataid? Attorney Huag Well, that la not what I atn now ipeaUng of. Ilinrdtliy Hut I lufltt on an an. iwer. Attorney Hoag Well, then, I aay yif, and 1 will say further that Itcould also liavo dono io afleraids. Tho It gal proposition lath h: lhatllierrio. lutlou was net patsid aa an ordlnanco and lluroforo doci not havu binding forco. Jiawsoniald the matter hid been re. ferrcd to the city tltorney I ut that gentleman Imtcadof golnc down Into tho merit of the tucitlon tin I brought In a one-tided report. He moN eil that tho inatlt r bo refirred back for luvistl. gallon, and prjinr InvcitUatlou ton. The clt) emplojed and aid an attorney attor-ney to do work for it. Ho wauled lilm to earn tils money. Kullind-I t Is evident to me that this allulrhosnoplicu In tbl Council. It Ih purely an ludlvldiul tight, aril should go luck to thu I rlnclpal com butants for ecttlemerit lilwicii tbim-telvei. tbim-telvei. Thu flrtt Ttltlon learlni on tbn matter that Ml priseuted to the Council waa from tbu telirhona poo lo un I ontlitly In their own Interest. Wantland luovtil that the matter go over until tho next meeting of tlio Council. ltlch movud to deny tho petition of thu telephonu company. Tho chair ruled thu motion out of older. Tho original motion to postpone ao Hon InJiflnltily M then carried ou u votoofOto4 OJSIIIINAIIO.H roi 13. Thu mallirof ccmiilllng the cleo trie comi auks louse combination polei was taken up, and thu ot Jeullous tni ru touf thu Halt L,alo l'ower, Light and lIettliigcominy was read by thuru oorder. Ihelilephonocomiiauy was not op. IKtBtd lo Ihu use ol Ibo combination jiote, tut theotbir companies weiu. bomu delate roliowcit and thn mattur went oer to allow moru time to luvis llgatn thu feasibility of the adoption of the plan. Tue Council then adjourned and will met t tonight to continue tho work of revising the ordlusnce. |
