| Show PUBLIC OWNERSHIP that cities muel must own ati public alic utilities Ulues Ul denver ool oct 7 mayor ray returned yesterday morning attar an of 0 ten daya days in the east daring which time he attended the annual national conference coo coa ference of mayors and cour cout wilmea at columbus ohio in conversation with a reporter for the news t tie L e mayor eald that he wai was surat hed at the fonder tal growth of nt in favor avor of the municipal ownership of public utilities almost without exception the mayors of various cities agreed that the foght of the future ou on the part of the people was to be against corporation control of utilities this subject was the main one considered and mayor mcmurray took part in the discussion that follow hollowed loll owed Zd the reading ot of one ot of the able papers presented municipal ownership of utilities anch such ae as gas electric light water system and street railways was the keynote ol 01 the convention and the election of secretary turned on that question questioner Mr of city government and a warm champion of municipal government beidl almost unanimously chosen tor for the dosi lion tion the noble stand that detroit michigan has taken in regard to muni pal ownership gave the city of the straits the next convention as the members wished to go where they could eve see the otilit utilities es being actually operated by the people themselves it is more than probable that the convention of 1699 will be held beld in denver mayor mckimson Alc Mc Kisson Kieson of cleveland is ii regarded by De delvera Deh hirers vera mayor as one of the tle brightest youba men he hae has ever met and Me mckisson McKi Kisson seon although only 32 years of aee aze has dared to beard the ohio lion mark hanna in his den hanna lives in the same town and among bis his other large corporate possession possessions is a controlling interest in the street railway system of cleveland Naturally Senator hanna desires to maintain hie his standing as boss and to run the politics of bis his vinc inage to this ambition mayor mc me kison kieson has promulgated a veto and ie is carrying on the fight against Bos sHanna suanna within the republican party the issue is a bed hot one in cleveland and ie ic figuring to some extent in the election of members ot of the legislature legi lature this fall yo young dg mayor mckimson Mc Me Kieson who wants the people to own senator hannas railway appears fully equipped to bold hold his own in the pending struggle of the people vs ibe tcp corporation J the general sentiment of the conference was not dot only strongly in favor of the municipal ownership of 0 gas electra elect rc light and water plants but was absolutely opposed to granting corporations any more franchises franchisee for those utilities on the ground that allowing such rights to new corporations only delayed municipal ownership there was more division in respect to the people owning street railways but a majority of those present favored that they all told the tame same old story ea ad d mayor mcmurray Mel lorray that there is no relief Is for the people in ro o called competition th the e barof war of rates goes on for few months then there is a consolidation or a sellout sell out that bad had been the experience of all these cities and that the people had bad to pay all taw more when they came to take possession of these franchises franchisee themselves some valuable information was obtained by the executive in regard to asphalt paving it was demonstrated by the papers read that alcatraz paving bad had been admitted in almost all the cities and broken the paving trust reducing v fifty per cent detroit detro it has lot a contract for paving with a 6 inch foundation and arid two and one hall inches asphalt for per square yard denver is now paying tor for this same class of work per square yard the sentiment was in tavor laver of a ten year guarantee kitbing claimed that where there was a five year guarantee the property owners goi go a five year payment nathan strauss of new Y rk a philanthropist anthro plat who has studied end and acita agitated ted the at bis his own expense read an important paper paver on the sterilization of milk asserting that infante infants were being murdered by wholesale in all the larger cities by impure milk |
