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Show Council Will Pass New Speed Ordinance Also Devotes Much Time to Discussion of Telephone Franchise. Tho City Council held a regain" session Saturday evening at which tin mayor and members wore present. Tho session liiRted well Into Sunday morning, most of tho time being do-votcd do-votcd to discussing the proposed telephone tele-phone franchise for tho lndepeii'!i,'. telephone company. Messrs S L. Chlpmnn, A. .1. Kvatis, Dr. C. V. WcM-phnj WcM-phnj mid .lohn K. Clnrk or the telephone tele-phone committer were present, miking mik-ing for modifications In tlm franchise drawn up by Iho clly attorney, so iih lo mako It conform with the ones passed by the Lehl mid 1'lcan.int Grove city councils and published In our last Issue The committee felt that their franchiKi should be cipinlty as liberal as the one under which the present telephone company s operating, operat-ing, while the council seemed determined deter-mined that the franchise should con. tain provisions compelling tho new company to give free service between towns and make the phono rates lower low-er than they are at present. Several other provisions were also In controversy contro-versy Mr, Krausn, of tho Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph com-.paiiyrfuuisaIs(uprcsciiUniiiUetnlMi'tJV com-.paiiyrfuuisaIs(uprcsciiUniiiUetnlMi'tJV company's objection to a dual system being established. The matter was finally deferred until a future Hurling, Hurl-ing, which will be held lunlght, when tho matter will come up tor special consideration The other business transacted was the granting ot the Stake Tabei uncle people the right to conned on tin high pressure, line with a Tour Inch main for sprinkling the Tabernacle lawns. The city attorney was Instiuctcd lo ilran two new city oidlnances one to regulate the speed or auloinolillci-in auloinolillci-in conrorinlly with the state law. and the other lo regulate the licenses ol livery stables so that they will not have lo pay several licenses In order or-der to conform with (he letter or He ell Ordinances, ,Tho Apollo I lull asked (or a rvnill -Caiiru or a pint or ts license, and tin matter was re f erred to the judiciary committee, after which the reports v various city ofllcliils were rend unaccepted. |
