Show 40 ING water rates farnish top ics acs for discussion opposition TO THEIR PAYMENT A petition will 1 bo be drafted dratted Asi ciric the city council lell for aid and relief several veral 1 law S it son tap ens citizens aro are becoming thoroughly aroused over ale he refusal of the water company to make the 10 per cent re demanded by tile city council under the contract made with john R bothwell and a meeting was held lat last night in the city hall liall for the purpose of considering the question the meeting was as not as largely attended atti as th the e importance ance of the matt matter er war warranted rante d but what the ga thenus lacked in numbers it made up in enthusiasm it was as decided after a good deal of discussion to make an appeal to the city cita council tor for aid ald before proceeding to the court for relief A committee will draft a petition winch which will be presented at next blon monday monlay nights session councilman john it recall war wap chosen chairman and ili in a few W word stated that the tile mealing meting had been called aus for c the 0 purpose ta of olow deciding upon us some a action tion regarding the coller collection tion of water rates by the tile bear lake and river water ater works and irrigation company under the contract made between the city and john R bothwell the ater water works com pany should have made a 10 per cent reduction but instead of doing this tile 0 company is is charging the tile old rates and declines to make the reduction de banded by the city council under the contract E EG G woolley jr was elected secre ta br oita div attorney kimball was wag asked fo for a legal opinion on the case under the contract entered into bet the city ity nd the water works v yok company pa on october 3 1892 i the 1 citizens of tins this city were entitled to a reduction of 10 per cent and if they have not taken addan tage of it ogden city or its officials are not in any manner responsible I 1 have repeatedly advised the taxpayers to tore re fuse to pay the excessive tai tax but they do not seem to have accepted my advice continuing sir kimball advised concerted action on the port part of the citizens and was of the opinion that if a combined effort was made the collection could ba knocked out through tile courts 11 II t grifiin a member of the committee of the city council winch which made the tile contract with bothwell addressed the meeting and in in a short speech said it was well understood that at tile end of six years from 0 the signing of the bond vie citizens should be furnished water for SO ZO per cent of the price formerly paid to the city ten per cent was to be cropped from the old rates as soon as RS tile company began to furnish water 10 per cent more at the tile end of three 3 aarsand ear sand an additional 10 per cent at llie the end of six six ars going into de tills 11 r irillia ir illin gae gave ins ilia idea of the contract and clofed with the statement that lie had never thought for a ma moment ment that it would ever be necessary 10 for r any citizen to fight a battle with tile wa water ter works compan company the uty city should take up the matter at once and make a test case ease ilis idea of the tile best methods to pursue was for each citizen to tender the tile company the proper amount of the taxes and should it be do refused then a petition to the council praying for a aid i d would be 10 in in order attorney kimball said the contract bad been so adroitly draw drawn it threw the responsibility upon the citizens or consumers so far jar is as the contract applies to the tile city taking water it must mus protect itself but as to tile citizens they they were abe parties in interest and must fight their awn ou n battles As a private citizen eaid said mr kimball 41 1 I hav that the entire bothwell deai deal was n i fraud and tile city had no right whatever to enter into it but city attorney I 1 say tilo city lias no complaint to make the contract is being car earned out between it and the water works company if the citizens are not being treated according to the contract then they must fight their fight alone or combine and fight together the reduction of 10 per cent should be made and co consumers should not pay more than that amount in regard to that dechee in in the tile caes cases of the steam laundries against tile water works dom company which the officials of the 1 latter atter shoved under tinder the nose ofir of mr I 1 want to say that it liag no connection with the tile matter in hand han d and was the result of a compromise io no evidence was talin in in the case and should a fight be made against the tile present rates the citizens have ft a sure ca case se several gentlemen expressed themselves as f favoring ft a fight tor for their rights and advocated a union of the citizens with the view of testing the matter in in the courts in response to a que stion from joseph hall mr kimball stated that tho thia contract altered into betm between en ogden city city and J it bothwell was illegal and could b be e forfeited at agy any time but the city has no system for d str water ana and no money to purchase one on anao onao ac count mint of thie thill state of affairs the tile waier water works or ks people have the tile consumers on the hip enforcement of the contract for tile ferise fer consumers is a private nothing to do has and tile city dut wit r it tile city itself does not care is the water yater works 11 company not overcharging the ci it bevens I 1 I 1 al tion of sidney 6 I 1 on m 0 p 31 cDowell jongh griffin ga charles welch and richard I 1 ill were committee to draft a peti ted a ap titan tile city council asking it to pro and tile te ct the interests of tile citizen a meeting adjourned IR baeier batier one of garzas revolutionists dubuque who is ill prison here en against habeas proceedings berei was that his sentence alleging the warden for ili imprison void bee astl e it provided aKau he was uT outside of tile district where sentence ben tence d today dp posited chica 0 joan athletic club 1 w ich t 1 columbian featherweight in tile world t 0 e e t it n y a side anci for troll y smith preferred purse farm le emphasized reasonable woula accept ny wass the offer to i by belill in at i pounds po |