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Show Shall we Have Lights? The pnoplo of Cedar Olty are gen orally reocgolred ns a picgresalveand rather euterprlalng oommuuity. We hnvo succeeded In ceouring a number of modern Improvements and oonveu-ienoes oonveu-ienoes which mark a olty tho size of oura as progressive, such aa wntor-sys-torn, clcctrio lights, telephone ox-change, ox-change, good school, nowapapor, bank. eto. And tbero Ib nouo of tho abovo that hae u mom marked effect upon I ho temper aud oheorfuluoeB of tho Inhabitants tbau our electric light system. Aud this, -vo nro Borry to fnv, has not proved o success in a flonno'nl wny, though pb a convenience conveni-ence It la well-nlsh indesponslblo. Tho cnun) as an expensive ono to construct, con-struct, and baa proved to be a difficult diffi-cult ono to maintain, and tho keeping of a man on tho ditoh all tho time, na woll tiBHhe employment of Bpeolnl men ovory fow dnya to repair oltbur tho dam or tho canal, has oaten up all tho earnings, which should qndor normal conditions havo pnld dividends divi-dends en tho capital invested. Not only this, but tho boavier htook-holdora, htook-holdora, whom 1 nra proud to say nro looal pooplo, havo had tn dig deopor luto thoir uookota or borrow from tho fcnnk In order to keep thu system running run-ning nt nil. 'This has auutinued uu-tll uu-tll the men who havo carried the rn'urrirtrielonvraBetfcyAweJdU oourugod, and there la dangor of tho Improvomont bolng nbandoued uuleen tho people oorao to the rescue Right now tbo canul Is Jn bad shapo; tbo sand, rooka and dobrls havo washed in until it Is about nil tho dltah will do to hold enough water to run tho maablnory, and with tbo wlutor nnd freezing weather coming on. It doca not tnko a prophet to sen that unless somothing Ib dono, nnd that quickly, we nro going to bo without with-out tho lights tho grealor part of tho wlntor. Tbo company is not In n financial condition to inv out tbo money nea-essary nea-essary to plnro tho ditch lu lit condition condi-tion to fuon tho wlntor woathor, and to undortnko to furthor increase tho cnpital etock would ho tho huighth of noneonsn. It is n timo for prrgros-nivo prrgros-nivo cltlzetiH to onmo lo tho roeoun, with n broader conception of purrosn than ton olton actuates ue, and for tho wako of tbn Konerul woll, fix upon ii day or days for n working hep, and all turn out and fix up tbo dltah lu good shnpo for tho wlntor. With a lift of this kind thn ontrpany can go ahead again, and nrobably glvo uh a fairly crnstant sorvioo during tho colli' period. This Is ii mutter in which wo aro protty much all intoroetod ; wo want IIkIiIh aud wo have got tn havo them, rost what It may. Tho majority nf up aro intorcfted to at least somo oxtent In tho etcok nf tho company, and none of ur want to epo tho plant shut down. A day or two'a labor will do nono of us haim, and It mny ho tho inoan3 of keoplng tho electric llchts during tills winter. Aro you with us for a good, en-thiisIaBtln en-thiisIaBtln bee? Thn wrilor hn rply n "tc pronll Interrrt. in tl o enrmrnv, but ho Is thnrnunhlv mlamllo whon tho llphtH nro ofr Let'p all dnnnfo a llltle In-bor In-bor In Ihe gcrd ranee CITIZEN. |