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Show ; NO MONEY FOR LIGHT il PLIIMHCE iiiwf Commissioner Favors Munici- iftf pal Ownership, but Sees No j jl B Available Cash. i FAVORS BOND ISSUE lilt ' Believes Earnings Would Pay HP I fr Interest; Korns Still IffSi ' Favorable. l! jljjS! 1 With the return of Henry W. il Hnraj I Lawrence, city commissioner, who has '; jlnij jjj boon on a two weeks' vacation, W. H. Ml Korns, commissioner of Avuter supply, I 'I is planning; to bring again before the 12 It commission his plan advocating the s establishment of a municipal power U A week ago the water commiflsioner .3f introduced a resolution pledging the tt'ffi commission to appropriate $50,000 in jigU next 3'car'B budget with which to take ?S the first steps toward the establish- 1ft ment of the plant. The resolution was ijjJI received with doubtful welcome by ijtj' some of the commissioners, and the j jjj water commissioner asked that it go ! jjj over until the return of Mr. Lawrence, a known strong advocate of public lis utilities. I I Tells Attitude. Asked yesterday as to hiB attitude toward Mr. Korns 's plan, the finance commissioner declared that while he favored such undertakings in general, he was not sure that in this particular instance it would prove practical. ' 'Public utilities are fine things all right," said Commissioner Lawrence, "but there must Te money with -which to establish them. There is no way at present b.y which the city can appropriate ap-propriate enough money to build a tiower plant unless a bond issue is resorted to with the idea of having the power plant, through its own earnings, earn-ings, pay off the interest on the bonds. If such action could bo taken I would favor the establishment of the plant as soon as possible. l Another thine that must be considered con-sidered is the question of power sites, "Wo might build a plant in Oi t3r "Creek canyon or in Big Cottonwood canyon, but there always would be danger of the streams freezing to such an extent at certain seasons of the year as to shut off the city's light unless, an auxiliary steam plant were established as well." Tn view of the fact that the city is now spending $65,000 a .year for street lighting alone, however, the finance commissioner declared that he would look welj into the plan advocated by Commissioner Korns. Coming Up Again. ml Commissioner Korns said that he R!i would introduce his resolution again ! within the next few days, ajia "1 am convinced," lie said, "that Hljflj the majority of tho rjcoplo of Salt Lake MjjS favor such a step by tho cit', and T wA have, yet to find a citizen who has ex- m-1 pressed opposition to the plan. By ap- Wm plying as much each year as we now wj !fi pay to the Utah Light & Railway jjilffljl company for lighting our streets alone fflBi we could soon build up a bis plant jjiBjaj suflicient, not only to supply tho city lull's with ample electricity for lighting and lyijl other purposes, but possibly to supply Sljtt'.i the current to local manufacturers at fjjnijl rates less than they now pay." |