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Show i I'.vciretniit lu .fc llcliuu Tim n. j Ii in iio:ui i I tlitst it will not bo Ion:; lit.f.irc it fcrtiiin town in IVk-inm j i-t liUtcil l'" eliK'trifity. It nppt'iirs tli;it : tiiirty yi'iirs hv tlm iniiniciiinlity eutcrt'il into a contract wit Ii tlmlocul pus coin-! coin-! jiiiny for tho jinlilir li.rhtin:j of thi; town, i It wtis ,1'i'i'imI iluit tiio price niioiilil be 1'uitl nt $S,000 it miiiuni. tho contruct ! U) cxit for fifly-fivo yeus. Tims tlio i H.reeinent remain. Uuo-i for imollier ' twenty-livB years. The lininicii.iility, i neeintf aronml clieaper g:is anil n moro j desirable li'bt in the form of the tied ric i liplit, have como to tho conclusion that ; they we decidedly at. a disadvantage. ; They Pay that the price which was considered con-sidered just when the? contract wan made thonld now bo reduced, as it is excessive when compared with other towns where ' only $1,(100 per milium is paid for the same amount of light. As the j.;iw company refuses to reduce its price, complaints re;;ardimr defective lijrhtinjf, which had previously been permitted per-mitted to pass unnoticed, are now numerous, nu-merous, the inhabitants enttrinir, heartily hearti-ly into tho spirit of the situation. Ac-cordiiifr Ac-cordiiifr to the latest accounts the gas company had fallen on troublous times. The municipality had made np its mind that if it could not Ket the gas at a reu- 8on,'tblo rate it, would secure it at a low (Hie, and porsibly make a profit on 1 ho j bargain. j The method adopted is decidedly rigor-l rigor-l Otis. For every gas jet below tho cou-! cou-! tract candle power a fine of forty cents is imposed; for each square of glass not i properly cleaned, a line of ten cents: a broken glass, ten cents, and for a lamp extinguished a caution first and a lino afterward. The campaign is affording immense gratification to the inhabitants of that quiet little town, which has seldom sel-dom fallen on such a bonanza in the way of a sensation, and tho gas company seems destined either to make a sjieody change of front or give up its contract. Ti:w York Commercial Advertiser. |