Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1907 — PASSED TO SECOND READING, [ARTICLE]

PASSED TO SECOND READING,

Is Ordinance Granting Franchise for Electric Road.—Amended Somewhat. At the regular meeting of the common council Monday night nothing was done of importance, outside of allowing the regular batch of claims except in the matter of granting a franchise to the proposed Lafayette-Chicago electric road, which was passed to second reading, with the understanding that the ordinance will be amended according to the recommendations of the ordinance committee, which was adopted. The original ordinance asked for a franchise fora period of fifty years, but the council seemed to favor making it 75 years, and it is probable this will be done, we are told. In other words, it believed like Judy, in “doing more than it agreed.’’ Fifty years is a mighty long time, and The Democrat believes it voices the sentiment of nine-tenths of the tax-payers of Rensselaer in saying that the time should be shortened if anything instead of increasing it one-third more than is asked for. There is also a question about what street or streets shall be used. Cullen was asked for. but some want Weston street used. Trains must be running within three years or the ordinance is to be void. The following claims were allowed:

CORPORATION FUND. Indiana Audit Co., auditing city books ..$350 00 Lyman Zea, night watch 25 00 W. S. Parks, marshal 30 00 Charles Mor lan. clerk 25 00 M. D. Gwin, expense nurses fever cases 40 50 A. L. Branch, coal and oats 19 65 ROAD FUND. John Alberson, shoveling coal $ 875 Will Critser. same 3 50 Al Fletcher, cleaning walks 6 00 Chester Zea. labor for city 25 00 WATER FUND. Mel Abbott, salary to Feb. 15 $ 30 00 John Hordeman, work on main 2 25 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlain, salary to Feb. 15..$ 50 00 Lem Huston, same 30 00 Ed Hopkins, same 30 00 Shirley Hill Coal Co., coal 53 10 M. Leopold, freight 93 25