Show PROTESTS AGAINST r F PAYING Councilman Hall Voices Vigorous Vigor Vigor- ous Denunciation of Mountain Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain States Phone Co After a vain endeavor last night to take the telephone merger matter out of ot the hands of ot the municipal laws committee and bring it before the council for tor action the whole matter was laid over until Thursday night when a special meeting is called be between be- be tween the tho committee representatives of ot the telephone company and the city en engineer en- en f t I IThe The action of the two members of ot tho the municipal laws committee who vho met last Thursday night and recommended tho the adoption of oC J J. J W. W McKinneys McKinney's resolutions resolutions resolutions reso reso- declaring the fr franchise of tho the Independent company forfeited and ordering or or- dering doring the merger company to remove all an poles wires and conduits of the de defunct defunct de- de company compan from the tho public streets within thirty days das was pounced upon b by the other members of the committee They declared that they had not been consulted o on n the h matter n and aril tho they did not propose to be overridden in any such manner They The fought a motion to take the matter mattor from the hands of tho the committee and place it before beCore the council and by a majority vote won their point defeating L. L E. E Halls Hall's motion mo mo- tion Hon Hall denounced as an outrage the tho existing condition of affairs b by virtue of which business men and others are aro forced to pa pay for tor two telephone services sert ices when there Is ostensibly one ownership and one company compan He declared de do- dared the tho time had come coma for tor action in inthe inthe the thc matter mattor and that the he protection of oC the tho public interests demanded action immediately A. A G. G MacKenzie of tho the telephone company compan was present and invited the committee and members of ot the council to visit tho the telephone plant before the meeting and see Just what conditions exist there The Invitation was 9 ac accepted accepted ao- ao ted provided the committee can find time to make tho trip |