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Application
By PAT LESTER
Eagle Staff Writer
Don A. Adam officially, with-
drew the Community Cablevis-
ion Corporation application for
a franchise as a second com-
munity antenna television sys-
tem at the Bryan City Commis-
sion meeting Tuesday night.
, Adam said that he would for-
, mally withdraw the application
with the stipulation that Com-
munity Cablevision resubmit its
application at a later date.
Adam withdrew the applica-
tion aft e r John M. Lawrence
III, representing Midwest Video
Corp., requested that the Com- I
~i~sion deny ~ommunity Cabl~-
VISIon a franchise. ,'"
'~-Lawrence said "We feel that ·
I it is nOLeconomicallyfeasible to
1 have .duplicates in this. A sec-
ond system in Bryan would lose
the i n V estors?a consilIerable
. sum of money and be disadvan- I
tageous to the city."
, ,Lawrence argued, "Midwest,
VIdeo has made a diligent effort 1
to expand. Midwest Video has
the lowest charge anywhere in
t~e, state. Bryan has more tele-
VISIOn selection than Houston or
~ac~. The quality of the service :
IS beIng ~pgraded, as well as
the quantity of ' the service. Mid- '
west Video has adced 20 miles I
1 of. cab I e, since mid-summer.
MIdwest VIdeo intends to go into
the inhabited areas of Bryan
and College Station."
May 0 r J. D. (Jack) Conlee
sa!d,. "W\~ haye always felt that
this IS a public utility and would
h3;ve to serve everybody. The
thIng that this commission is
concerned ahout is every house-
holder being able to hook up
"Since I have been on this
commission, every expansion of
Midwest Video has been over a
hassle. If expansion is economi-
cally feasible, why hasn't Mid-
w~st Video, expanded before
t~IS? I respectfully submit the
CIty has the right under the
f~anchise to review its opera-
tIon," he added. '
Morrell, president of Midwest
Yideo, said, "We are now serv-
Ing almost 90 per cent of the ar-
ea. ~t is very definitely our in-
tentio~ to serve every populated
3;rea In Bryan and College Sta-
tion wh~re the people request
the serVIce.
"We have accepted gladly the
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over our operation and have at- In other business, the City
tempted to, fUlfill any commit- Commission awarded contracts
ment which I have made to this for the additions to Henderson
commission," he-concluded. School; for the power plant pav-
Speaking in behalf of Com- ing, ~scellaneous foundations
munity CableviSion, Judge W. and boiler ~rum e~closure;, and
C. (Bill) Davis said, "I person- for the dI'~mage unproveme~ts
ally have be~n greatly disturb- on Old ~liance Road.
ed and distressed by the recep- The bIds for the Henderson
tion. They (Mldwest Video School project were referred'to
Corp.) have had 14 years to in- the school building committee.
stall a system that at least Bidders included Vance and
works part of the time. What Thurmond General Contractors,
could be wrong with giving the $131,548; P. W. Construction
people of Bryan a choice be- Co., $131,890; and R. B. Butler,
I tween a 1959 and a 1968 model? Inc., $136,973.
II I believe the people of this com- The contract for the power
U munity are entitled to a better plant paving, miscellaneous
ldeal with their ownJresources foundations and boiler drum en-
I I closure was let to R. B. Butler,
Inc. who bid $36,416 for the en-I
tire project.
The contract for the drainage
improvements on Old Reliance:
,Road was awarded to Young i
Brothers. Bids for the contract
were as follows: Young Broth-.
ers, $24,441.50 with 60 working!
.days; and R. B. Butler, Inc.,'
$33,899,50 with 60 working days.
In other action, the commis-
sion adopted an amendment to
the telephone franchise.
According to Mayor Conlee,
,the amendment would add Tun-
is and Snook to the extended
area service.
In a report to the com-
mission, Bill Irwin, division
manager ot General Telephone:
Co. of the Southwest, said that
since last year the telephone
company has added 12" operator
~sitions, two information posi-
tIons, 50 toll trunks out of Bry-
an toward Houston, Dallas,
J\ustin, Waco and San Antonio
and has completed the down-
town building which will house.
the direct distance dialing
equipment.
Irwin also said that direct
distance dialing would be ini.
tiated in August 1969.
According to Irwin, "We are
attempting to meet the chal.
lenge ,which this dynamic com.
munity is placing on us." :
In other business, the com- i
mission set the date for the
straw vote to deterdilne whe-
:~her or not the cltizens ot Bry-
an want zoning. The election will be held Dec. 6.,
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