Show ELECTRIC FOR bovo aloag the many things provo has got 0 o have in her onward march of progress la in electric light system for illuminating tho sity this is a conceded fact and we know of no better time to digest the advisability of purchasing a plant for this purpose than right now we cannot do it by micawber like folding our hands and waiting for something to turn up was ever a rich and prosperous community built in that way can we build up our town by discouraging and promptly sitting down upon every effort that is made towards better things the electric light enterprise is one of the things that go far towards making up a good live wideawake wide awake enterprising town and it is in the grand march of improvement consequently if we can get the electric light by any reasonable aid we can lend to it let us have it an electric light company can be composed of our own citizens tha parent company gianta a license to this local company and the purchase of a plant would be but a small matter for a number of our prominent men in the construction and operation of this central station there are two elements which must be insisted upon as absolutely essential to the successful development of the business we refer to reliability and economy both of these characteristics are prominent in our business men A central station plant and equipment consists of a lot building boiler engines dynamos regulating apparatus meters street conductors and a full complement of the tools instruments and apparatus required for the proper operation of the system it is ble to estimate the cost of such an equipment complete without making a survey and canvass of the city the unknown quantity is the cost of the street conductor which varies in every locality and depends upon the distribution of the lamps and their distance from the central station from a general description of a town its population area etc a comparison may be made with other towns already lighted and by such a comparison a general idea may be forsted of the approximate cost of the plant which will serve as a guide in the formation of a company before executing a contract however an accurate map and determination is made and the bub company ia furnished with a detailed statement of the cost of the plant at which price it can be installed and operated for a sufficient length of time to instruct the local employees in its use when it ia turned over to tho sab company in complete running order very dollar put into an electric light company will bs by people who live here it will be a home enterprise and should receive the hearty endorsement and encouragement of every citizen who really has the future interest of the town at heart let our city fathers give this matter their attention at their next session |