Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 26, 1912, Page 2

o — pos PAGE TWO. THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA. APRIL 26, 1912. feet until the consumption of its gas, willli tue LiIly Ul saaciaud, lcacucs thirty-five miliion cubic teet per an- uum; and tonereafter it shall pay <o the City of Lakeland rour cents (4 cents) per thousand cubic feet until the consumption of its gas reaches ufty million cubic feet per annum. it being expressly understood and agreed that after the consumption of the gas of the Lakeland Gas Com- pany, within the City of Lakeland, reaches fifteen million cubic feet per annum and up to twenty million ubic feet per annum, the Lakeland s Company shall pay two cents (2 cents) per thousand cubic feet on its entire product to the City of Lake- HOLLINGSWORTH NEWS. ORDINANCE NUMBER 139, L E-E-N-E-E-R-E-K-X-E-B-E-K-§-} An ordinance granting a franchise to Willlam R. Peters, his associates, successors and assigns as individuals or as a body corporate or to becom« corporate, under the name of the ing for Sanford, where she will visit |Lakeland Gas Company, and to es- i A while before returning to her tablish and operate a gas plant with- o & = in the City of Lakeland for a period home in Columbus, Ind., after having| . thirty (30) years, and to regulate spent the winter here with her sis-|and fix the provisions and forfeitures ter, Mrs. Wilson, We are very sorry thcln;eor, a‘;ul nr:_sqribinfg th:fn powlers f St Adv rights and conditions for the esta to lose this estimable lady from our Il:hment 200 Sheraticn ot wid o neighborhood, but hope to have her : plant. return to spend another winter with About twenty of the young people o o .Ine Profcssu’ns @ |of this vicinity attended Caddin chap- o -] FOR SALE o] Monday evening. Mrs. Tinsley left Thursday morn- DVVOLVVVVVVDLRD DR. SAMUEL F. SMITH. SPECIALIST Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Glasses Scientifically Prescribed 'Phone: Office 141, Residence 22. Bryant Bidg, Lakeland, Fla. City, Suburban and Country Propertis Homes, Groves, Farms at Real Values’ Be it ordained by the Council of i . P and. That when the amount of gas - e iy oF Lekalind ‘ Flood & Hendrix, Ow DR. W. 8. IRVIN Mg ek : i . |onsumed goes above twenty mil- DENTIST Mr. E. . Elder, Mr. George Phil- hi:e:n::())'éi;:l.e: mfi; L\(\eflimx Rinl;ete;:: lions of cubic feet per annum, the b ner N ! Iip, Mr. Alex. Polk and son, Morris, Mack have returned aid Lakeland Gas Company shall pay to the City of Lakeland, three cents (3 cents) per thousand cubic signs, as individuals or as a body cor- porate or to become corporate, under Established in July, 1900 ; £ Rooms 14 and 15 Kentucky Building [and Robinson = Phones: Office 180; Residence 84 Dr. Sarah E. Wheeler OSTEOPATH PHYSICIA Rooms 5, 6 and 17, Bryant Building Lakeland, Fla. DR R R SULLIVAN, —PHYSICIAN— Bpecial attentiou given to Surgery and Gynecology Kentucky Building 'Pone 132 LAKELAND, FLA. LR. W. R. GROOVER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rooms 3 and 4 Keatucky Building LaxzLaND, FLoRriDA, C. M. TRAMMELL, Attorney-at-Law. Offices, Bryant Bullding Lakeland, Fla. ROGERS & BLANTON Lawyers. Bryant Block, ‘'Phone 319 Lakeland, Fla. TUCKER & TUCKER, —Lawyers— Raymondo Bldg. Florida ~Attorney-at-Law— Roor 7 Stuart Bldg. Bartow, Fla. JNO. 8. EDWARDS Attorney-at-Law. Office in Munn Building. LAKELAND, FLORIDA. J. B. Streater C. F. Kenned) STREATER & KENNEDY Contractors and Builders, Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. Let ug talk with you about your building large or small Telephone 16Y, or 104 Blue. —GEORGE T. HOLDER— Master of Dancing. =4 Private Lessous, o ORANGE HALL. 'PHONE 330-RED. G. D. & H. D. MENDENHALL Civil Engineers and Architects Rooms 212-215 Drane Bldg. LAKELAND, FLA. Phosphate land examination. veys, examination, reports. Blueprinting. Sur- DR. N. L. BRYAN, DENTIST. Rooms 12 and 14 Raymondo Building. Office Phone 390; Residence Phone 246 Green. LAKELAND, FLA. MERTIE 1. GRACY, SPIRELLA CORSETIERE. Residence 401 South Tennessee ave- nue. Phone 23 Black. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Lakeland, Fla. 4-20-6. Why Not s;oke the BEST Goes o the Club, ! Ecript. Ip m, of May from Winter Haven where they have bcen working for Mr. and Mrs. Ste- phens in the fruit business. They be- gan work at once at Sparling Station finishing up what fruit Mr. Stephens has around this part of the country. Mr. 8. T. Phillip was a business caller at Kathleen Wednesday. Col. Clifford and Miss Sallie were calling on friends and taking in the encampment at Selner Saturday. Mr. Murrell, son and wife, came Sunday for a short visit with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy and daugh- ter, Emma, left Tampa Friday for New Orleans, by way of the Mallery line. We were sorry to lose this fam- ily, but hope to see them return to Florida in the near future. t looks awful good to see the men clearing up the ground for that new road we have been so anxious about. They have finished from Haskell to the Club house and are working this way and are also working from Holts’ place east to Davis’ corner. R. B. HUFFAKER FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. The people have need of such a man as Huffaker in the prosecuting attorney's office. Do not let insinu. ation and inuendo prejudice yon against him, VOTE FOR HUFFAKER. Are not Polk county’s boys good enough to hold our own oflices or do we have to look to the North to fur- nish men? EPPES TUCKER, JR. I offer my continuous re-election as city attorney for Lakeland, Fort Meade and Aubarndale as evidence of my faithfulness and ability as a lawyer, EPPES TUCKER, JR. BRAXTON BEACHAM ENDORSED BY LAKELAND CITIZEN. To the Public: Having lived a neighbor to Hon, Braxton Beacham in Orlando for sixteen years, and knowing his many splendid qualifi- cations, I want to most heartily en- dorse his candidacy for the office of Congressman at Large, and call on all citizens of Polk county to give him their support on next Tuesday. Mr. Beacham is a loyal Democrat, a man of high standing in his home county, and a man who would rep- resent the people of Florida with credit to himself and to his State. 1 personally know ‘that the charges made that he is a railroad candidate are absolutely false and absurd. Vote for Beacham, and you will make no mistake. Respectfully, W. P. PILLANS. PROPOSALS FOR MUNICI- PAL BUILDING LAKELAND, FLA. Sealed proposals will be received by the undersizned until 3 o'clock, 20, 1912, for the con- struction of a municipal building for the town of Lakeland. Details, plans and specifications may seen at the office of t cr, Lake- iont en Fused Alumina, “Alundum” It is exten. anufacture of 1 hich © name given to & | the name of the Lakeland Gas Com- yony, are hereby granted the rights anu privileges to erect gas works, and u:c the streets, avenues, lanes, sidewalks, public places, squares, bridges, viaducts and streams of the City of Lakeland, for the purpose of laying down in the said streets, avenues, lanes, sidewalks, public places, squares, bridges, viaducts and streams, pipes for the purpose of conveying gas in and through said city, for the use of said city and its inhabitants; and said rights and privileges shall continue and be en- forced for the term of thirty (30) years from this date. The above franchise and privileges are granted upon the following condi- tions, to be kept and performed by the Lakeland Gas Company, to-wit: Sec, 2. That the Lakeland Gas (‘ompany shall within a reasonable period from this date begin the con- struction of a first class gas plant, with the best modern devices and im- provements for generating gas of the capacity to equal 150,000 cubic feet each twenty-four (24) hours, and more if the needs of the city and its inhabitants require; and to provide suitable conductors and mains in size and quantity for the equipment of the city with a first-class gas plant, and that the same shall be built, constructed and erected com- plete within twelve (12) months from this date. Sec, 3 That the Lakeland Gas Company shall furnish gas for fuel, power or lighting purposes to the citizens of the City of Lakeland at the rate of One Dollar and Eighty Cents ($1.80) per thousand cubic feet, with a discount of ten cents (10 cents) per thousand cubic feet it paid on or before the tenth (10th) day of ecach and every month following that month for which bili has been rendered, which rate shall apply to gas for fuel purposes only; and at the rate of One Dollar and Eighty-five cents ($1.85) per thous- and cubic feet, with a like discount as aforesaid, which rate shall apply to gas for illuminating purposes only. Said gas shall have a candle power of twenty (20) by test at the plant. The Lakeland Gas Company shall reduce said rates from time to time as the increase in the yearly output of gas, considered in conjunc- tion with the cost of material, trans- portation, ete., shall appear to war- rant; provided, that the said Lake- land Gas Company shall not sell {l- luminating gas within the City of| Lakeland, for the first eight (8) years of its operation at a lower price than above authorized, without the consent of the Council. Provid- ed further, that the Lakeland Gas Company shall not at any time sell gas for fuel or power at a higher rate than above authorized, but shall not be restricted in selling it at o lower rate, if they find it reasonable to do so. Sec. 4. That the said TLakeland Gas Company shall lay and extend its mains wherever the number of new | consumers to each contiguous city block shall average one new consum- er for every one hundred (100) feet of main necessary to lay said block. See. 5. It is also further provided that all etcavations made by the Lakeland Gas Company shall be made with the least possible incon- venience to the public, and that the Lakeland Gas Company shall leave the streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, public places and squares, bridges, viaducts and streams in as £ood condition as they were in before the excavation and shall repair at their own expense any settlement over the excavations on any street or public way within one year after laying the said main; and that the Lakeland Gas Company shall main- tain during the night time red lights or signals at all excavations made in the City streets ete.,, and shall be responsible for all damage caused by any excavation made. } Sec. 6. It is expressly ordained ’ that a temporary failure to perform | the conditighs of this contract, should failure be caused by accident, quarantine or other causes not with- in human control or the control of the Lakeland Gas Company, shall not work a forfeiture of the privil- eges herein granted. Provided al- ways, that the work shall be pro- gressed with for a reasonable time, whereof the City Council shall take cognizance, and make such exten- sions of time as may, in its judg- ment, be reasonable and just. ' Sec. 7. As a further cons n‘r:ninn‘ for granting the aforesai it is hereby expre until the consump [Lakeland Gas Con od that of the | | 1City of Lak-land lion cubie feet per Gas ( < ) « (o) 1 Q (2200 00) i nd thereaftor - y O !4"’. “:"i two (O b nts) per thonsand enhi fant the conanmntion of it nroduct reaches twenty million enhi feet per annnm: and <hall theraqfter {pay to the City of Lakeland, threa icents (3 cents) per thousand cubic feet until the entire consumption of its gas reaches cubic feet per annum, and that after the consumption of said gas above thirty-five million cubic feet per annum, the said Lakeland Gas Company shall pay to the City of Lakeland four cents (4 cents) thousand cubic feet on all its gas con- sumed within the City of Lakeland until the amount reaches fifty mil- lions of cubic feet; and that after the amount reaches fifty millions cu- bic feet per annum, that they shall not be required to pay any part of its earnings to the City of Lakeland for the gas consumed within City of Lakeland over and above fifty million of cubic feet per annum. Sec. 8, It is further ordained by the City of Lakeland that this ordi- nance shall extend and apply to all extensions, ments of the City of Lakeland. Sec. 9. dained by the City of Lakeland that no privilege shall at any given to any other gas company by the City of Lakeland, unless upon the same conditions as are herein contained, unless the Lakeland Gas Company shal] privileges. The City of Lakeland expressly re- serves the right to property of the Lakeland Gas Com- pany, in its plant and fixtures at the expiration of this franchise, for its fair market value, to be ascertained by competent engineers in this line |of business. City of Lakeland, and one to bhe chosen by the Lakeland Gas Com- pany, and if these shall not be able to arrive at an agreement, they shall call in an umpire, who shall thorough business man, and in the opinion of said arbitrators compes ent to pass upon the questions in- volved, and the three selected authority to fix the price at which the City of Lakeland shall have the right to take over the propertles,if they so desire, provided that nothing in this section, or in this ordinance thirty-five million FOR SAL Timber, Turpentine, Cut.y, | Lands, Choice Colinizatioy Tracts at Low Prices, Florida Homes and Groves on High Rolling Land, Situated on Beautiful Lakes, Paying Stra. beary and Trucking Farms. Weguarantee all Property jusy as represented by us, For reliable information see 5 Oklinger Opposite New Depot, goes per the additions or enlarge- St 18 S0 KBty St Loyuil chilue the ity oF Takatand ot any time to purchase the property of the Lakeland Gas Company unless the City Council, with the approval of the Mayor, shall deem it to the interest of the City of Lakeland to make the said purchase. Provided, further, that if the en- gineers as above stated, are unable to agree upon an umpire, then it shall be their duty to apply to the Judge of the Circuit Court in which the City of Lakeland may then be situated to appoint the umpire, and ' the treasurer to approve when so appointed the three persons! Sec. 11. All ordinances v ... named shall constitute the Board of ordinances in conflict by Arbitration for the above stated pur- hereby repealed, PW:- \ Wl HakataRd & i I hereby certify thar Sec, b he Lakeland Gas (om- ” ance N LR ia pany shall within thirty (30) days h”" ordh'umo _‘\"' i 5 g from this date file with the treasurer PA%8ed by the Council of « f a bond in the sum of One Thousand lakeland on the 4th duv o0 v+ 4 Dollars ($1,000.00) payable to the D 1912, H. 1. S\WATT: treasurer of the City of Lakeland, il and conditioned as follows: It the Gas Plant be completed | APProved by me . within twelve months (12) months April, A. D. 1912 from the adoption and approval of| 8. L. A. CLONTS this ordinance by the Mayor, then| \ the said bond shall be returned to 5 TaeRs i the Lakeland Gas Company. MORRIS G. MUNX, If the sald gas plant be not com-' President of Council pleted within twelve (12, the saild bond for One Ti o lars ($1,000.00) shall become payable to the tros:;: the City of Lakeland ang :. chise hereby granted sjq) become forfeited. The Lak Company shall have sy} « the aforesaid bond as shu factory to the treasurer either by local sureties o time be be granted equal purchase the S0 presented, it shall be One to be chosen by the be a persons thus power and shall have Moderate Means May own his own home and be practically independent, the same as the man of more favored circumstances, it.is not a question of a large outlay of cash, but the right application of the monthly sum you are now paying out for house rent. Our plan is so simple and the terms so easy that you will wonder why vou never thought of it before as a means of cutting off that grinding monthly out-go of hard-earned dollarsdfor which you were getting no returns. Here is our plan: We loan you the money with which to build a home or pay off a mortgage at the rate of FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST on the yearly balances. This loan is paid back in easy monthly installments, just as you now are paying rent. ; On a THOUSAND DOLLAR loan the payments, if equat- ed, would equal $10.48 per month. This amount covering payment on both principal and interest. This loan may also be paid in full or in part at any time, thus stopping further interest. By this plan you are able to build a home after your own ideas; live in it; improve and enjoy all the pleasures of owning your own home, and pay for it just as you now ar paying rent—only, When the pay period is ended—the home is yours, without a string tied to it. *%¥ Honestly now, isn't that more sensible than paying rent? If you are interested, we would be glad to have you call, when we will go over your proposition thoroughly. We can help vou. That's sure. It's up to you. ROLE G0 L [0 FLuG, CURRY BUILDING. TAMPA. e DN s N ———r—— ~ » N - e r—— p— For Information Call on H. L. SWATTS, Local Agent.