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Show COUNCIL AFTER TWO RAILROADS - i Resolution Scoring Oregon Short Line and D. IL G. - Is Adopted, and OGclals Cited to Attend Inquiry. ' Railroads enterlnr this city have In-" In-" curred the enmity of the City Council. As expressed In a resolution, unanimously . passed laaf trtxbt. the Oregon Short Line ' and the Denver & Rio Grande have refused re-fused upon more than one occasion to - live strictly up .to their franchise, and ' have In more ways than one carried affair af-fair Jn a very high-handed manner. For these reason, and particularly because both' road have persistently refused to build a spur to the' city sewage farm, representative of tbe railroads have been cited to appear before the City Council Thursday night and show cause why their franchise should not be revoked. This anti-railroad sentiment grows out - of a controversy between them and the , Board of Health, the sanitary committee of the City Council. Health Commissioner ' m. n. btewart and Mayor Thompson resulting- from the request by the city some time ago asking both roads to build a spur to the sewage farm and to assist the city In disposing of waste matter. Both roads. It is said, peremptorily refused to comply. Present city dumping , ground have outlived their usefulness and the City Council decided to transport all sewage to the farm, located in m- rU county. Just across the line. No move n the part of the railroads was made to id the city In disposing of waste matter, 'though tracks of both roads run wtthli , 00 feet of the grounds. 1 Councilman E. O. O'Donnell, who Introduced Intro-duced the resolution last night, spoke bitterly bit-terly against the roads, and said that although the city had continually favored the systems, no reciprocal spirit had been shown. Councilman Martin. Holley. Mul-vey, Mul-vey, Fernstrom and Carter followed in speeches of similar strain. ' |