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Home My WebLink About1913-01-17 Minutesl�H 111.-__ _ _____ _Sectio,n-3_ of_the-ordina.nc--e-pro-v_ides_f-or making_ and_ furnishing_grades_,-maps_. and_ profiles only " on request of the said grantee ". The City should certainly reserve the right to require a map and profile wheti-ir the grantee.request it or not,.this map and profile showi Ithe location of -the rOAd aridite grade should be-furnie7iel and filed yvitli the -City Clerk, -sub_- " - ject to the approval by the City, before the railroad is finally located. The only other refer —�' --- -Vnce-a'o-the--fifiing-of-such plot -or -profile -i -s -found -in -Section 13-;-and-while-this-section-is--- I ndefinite it seems to give the railroad Company the right to withold and not file it until ----4the!' -end-of--one-year-fr-om-the-day-of-commencing-wort`".-In-other-words,-the-Ci•t-y-au.t;lor-i-ties---- �` have no legal right to know where the company proposes to .locate itssroad until its one mile _,. - _ of road is c_Omplet-ed. IV. Instead of accepting a bond to be-forefe_ited only in case the city can show in a suit at law that the acts and conduct of the Company have worked a forfeiture, ' theordinance should have required a money deposit with the power in the City Council to give a specified notioe-and-by resolution declare a forfeiture in gess of default.—Then the railroad --- q' Company would have the burden of showing their performance of the contract. -- U.--- -- --If-the-foregoing-obj-ect-ions-be-consid— ered-or-of-minor--importance1 come -now -to----- the consideration of a provision recently incorporated in the ordinance, which in my judgment, ar- .---- -enders-it so pr-ej.udicial-to--the-public--good.,.-.as--to-imperatively--demand_its--r-econsidera.tion ...---- By the original ordinance introduced in the Council, by which this franchise in behalf of W.S. erkleand others, it was expresely_stipulat_e_d_that_the street_car_line should connect the public square with ALL railroad stations located within the corporate limits of the City. T,is was a wise provision, as connection with the different depots would accomodate a much larger 1 _ - per �-cent-OTtYTe tray-liri oub].io-than bet.veen an other Dints in the 3"t This ordinance sto ;? d— P that attitude until shortly before its passage, when it was so amended as to omit the mention -----bf-a depot or -railroad --station. It-is-generally-understood--that-if-any-street-railroad-is--con= -- structed and operated in Fayetteville the electric porter for such purpose will be furnished by - ------------ -:the-Fayetteville-Elec-tr-ic-Company-.-It-is-likewise-known--that--the-Fayette-vi3le-Elect-ric-Company- has recently passed into the hands of parties closely connected with the new railroad now enter __-4 ng the_C.ity. If this-new-railroad-does-no_t take -over -and -operate the-pr_opo.sed-street-caritine- at is morally certain that it will control its construction and operation. If this transpires the new railroad is a competitor of the Frisco and locates its station South 'West of the - _— —la.,nd --.t•Ublic Square; it can run the streetiailway from that point io fts station and thence -to the Uriverstty and return by the same route, and by so doing it will have fully complied with the - jterms-of-the-ordinance: The -great -volume -of -travel in -and -out -of -Fayetteville -is -over -the --main--- - !line and branches of the Frisco system. The street railroad under this amended ordinance is _- _____AZnder .no-.o.bliga.tion-to-accomodate-this-travel-;-and_if-dominated-by_a__compe.ti-tor of the-Rr.isco. — would not likely do so. Such a power in the hands of a corporation or individual should not be toiberated by the City.do not know with whom Mr. Connolly is associated: but if he secures -hr ----. -_ ,.r _I - - --- --- - hi — - his franchise he would 'nave full authority under the ordinance to transfer his franchise to -- parties dominating the electric power, and a competiting line of railroad. Whether he will do - - 11th1's or not-isyet-to-b-e determined,—but-no ordinance-sriould-U'o ad"opt-ed-by the-Council-wll ch----- would render such a situation possible. -- --------Respecti'ully-submitted,- -- --- ----- - ------ W.H.Rollins, Mayor. " RrGULAR SEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD JAN._ 17, 1913____________,_ Present;_ 4ayor_and_Clerk, Aldermen, Cornwell-, Price, Sour,+Suttle and `right, Ald..-Ea.s.on_-_Iiinutes-of Jan. -2-,-1913_^ vere_read_and-approved. -�- - The reports of the Supt. of the water Company for the quarters ending Se/pt. 30, 19U and-Dec.-30th,-19.12.,._.respe.eti vely--and-the_Annual.-Re.por_t__of _said. C-ompany,:_were-_pr_e.sented.-and___-__ - lead_and_upon.moti.on_aeJtffxxet__6rder_ed to he_eudited__and_published.,_.. _ and. the- r_epo.rts_.o.f the_f_ollowing-c.ity officials --for the_.month-of Beoembe.r.,-1912_w-er-e_renorted_-___ by the -Finance Committee as _examined and found correct,_towit =Police Judge, fines collected, $41.75;_Delinquent street tax collected,_$62.00;__Chief of Police money collected from all s.ources,_$245.80_; Street Commissioner. street tax collected. -X84.00;_Special Disbursing -Agent, money__pxpended_, 6,.00; City Weighmaster, fees collected,_ $17.00 and City Treasurer's report which -is __as__follow.s.:_---_ "Report of City Treasurer for Dec. -1912. 1912. Gen'l. Fund. y— - - -- -- - - -- - ---- 111/30 Bal. on nand, $426564 - Distiureeinents; -$ 665-11a'- - X12/ 5 Rec. from Stirman, 68.00. - --- 12/31 - " - ---"---Gregg; -- -----164.75.-- ------------ — ------_.�__ " " " Allison, 16950a 3849.73_ -=-- --- ---- -- -- 4514...89..E-- --- -- - ----- - - - - - 4514.0.8.9 . �12/3M, Bal. on hand, 21.2 11 _1912._ Fire Fun_d_. _ 411/30, Bal. on hands,. ;p 8.31. Disbursements, none. 8.31. 1 I 8 331. _ Street Fund. i " " " 173.88. " 288.68. 111/30 12/ 5 Recd. from Holland, 22.00. ' —��— .�--U� " 41:60. - Stirman; 11.00. "—Holland, 37.-00. - 12/16 " ". do 14.00. --- 316.88. 316,.88. _ on hands,. 28.20. -- _1231„._Bal. - --- ---- -- - - - _ - Respectfully submitted-, - _ Guy Philips, City Treasurer. ” whereupon Ald. Sour moved that said reports be approved and filed away_, which motion was duly seconded by_Ald..-Su.t.t1e_and-ado.p.ted. _ r Ald.. Cor-nwell_f-r_om the Committee he_r_etofore-aFpo-inted to-i.nve_at.igate the a�atremovin _ .-of-the. oil Tanks_reported that from the objections that had been made to said Commtttee theyas i ras 0_ommittee would recommend that the tanks be removed - whereupon Aid. Suttle moved that the the Committee discharged, which motion was duly seconded by Ald. Sour and -repor_t.b_e_accepted-and _adop.ted.. _ __—C itizens_on_Sou.th College_Avenuse_re-queste.d.-a-light-be_installed_for_ them, which matter___ was referred to the Light Committee for investigation. ^_ Ald. Sour from the Auditing Committee reported the following accounts against the ,- examined-and_f_ourd_c.or.r_e.c t., tout Light Co._,_li.ghts-for �erer�ber,_1912-, 178.50; John Fefferly' evo.rk for Street �o mmissione.r,$4.70; J.H.PhippsLbr. Co., material for St. Comr, $5.64, D.C.Ambrose 4p i nting for City, 08.40; E.J.Hall, putting in crossing and side walk (Hospital), 093.95; W.F. -r -City - ---- Stirman,-office expense., -$2.45., 4G..H.Hayes.,-wood-for-Fire-House.,__06...OD.;-and_ Ge-o.H.Pettigr_ex,-7vork__ _ on Paving Improvement moved that said accounts be allowe•3 and Clerk instructed to _5,00=and draw warrants for same, which motion was duly seconded by Ald. Suttle and adopted by the follow _ ing_vote,!'Ayes",_Cornwell, Price, Sour, Suttle and Wright,, "Nays", none, absent and not voting i _Aid...C..or-nwefil_same_.as_advpted_and Clerk_ instructed to draw said warrants. An ordinance entitled, " An Ordinance granting J.PI.Connelly and associated the right tocons.truc_t_a_StreetRai,lwa+ in the City of Fay ette_v_ille,-Arkansas.,._" was introduced and read _.read-the_f.i.rst_time.. I 4'1 11II `