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Show I IN INTEREST OF ELECTRIC LIHGHTS J. W. Clark of Milford Looks Over the Ground. IS TLEASED WITH THE OUTLOOK. Lang Franchise Requires a Little Alteration Al-teration Which Council has Promised to Make. Mr. J. W. Clark of Milford, proprietor pro-prietor and manager of tho Milford Electric Light plant, mot with tho city council last Monday night to confer with thorn on tho practicability practica-bility of installing electric lights iu our city. In tho matter of tho franchise fran-chise tho gentleman was sat Is lied with ctio provisions oi tuoirnnouiso grnmou to Charles Lang somo months since, excepting that ho wants tho soiling out to tho olty provision oxtoudod from a ilvo year limit to eight years, a ohango which tho council promised to make. Tho price of lights will depend somo on tho oxtont of tho patronago which tho businoss rocolves, but for a siuglo light of tho ordinary strength 'tho prico will not exceed 75 conts oaoh por month. Mr. Clark spent part of tho day Tuesday looking over tho city and inoidontly intorviowing somo of our ciltizens on tho subject of patronago, and in tho ovoning oxprossed him-solf him-solf as woll plonsod with tho outlook, and aunouucod his intontion of bringing bring-ing his partuor down soon to look farther into tho situation boforo decid ing doilniitoly what his courso will bo. Tho question of what powor to use, whothor steam or wator will bo ono of tho llrst things to decide, and on this subject Mr. Clark was not sottlod whon bo loft, alhough ho is roportod to iucliuo toward tho nso of water powor if it can bo mado available It is probablo thut a decision will bo reached iu a Short timo, and work will bo commenced very soon thoro-nftor. thoro-nftor. Mr. Clark bus tho nppoarauco of a man who knows, what ho is doing, nnd If ho says ho will oatalibtsh ajjght jUnnt'oro light and powor plant, ho will do so. If tho prospocts horo undor. present conditions appear at nil encouraging it may bo takon for granted that undor ordinary conditions con-ditions our city will furnish a fino field for tho lighting enterprise, as times aro abnormally dull and do-pressing do-pressing horo nt prosont. |