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Show I CITY LIGHTING. H As an cllort is being made by some H tj of our "city fathers" tochange the non- H' J partisan Electric Light committee to H 'l that of partisan, by increasing its H"-i number from four to five, making HlJ Mayor Edwards tho extra committee- Hl man, a few lines upon this matter Is B certainly not Inopportuno at this H time. In no way do wo desire to Hftl say anything derogatory to tho B. 'I Tellurldo Power Company for wc Bhf understand fully tho conditions that HI, existed wild) their plant was In- Hjtt stalled In tfiis city years ago In this C'f connection It might be added llut,' H? k Inasmuch as the city corporation and Bly he above company were negotiating H; I at one time for a purchase and salo of M the Tellurlde lighting of tills city, It B ? wasu misfortune that tho deal was H p not consummated, If it had been, B I - Logan city would have been enjoying B the exclusive business of city lighting K tt today, which would have been worth E ri thousands of dollars to It as a corporation. corpora-tion. Tho electric lUht business Is a question ques-tion of the largest magnitude to the tax payers of this city and is worthy of profound consideration. It is well understood that if Mayor Edwards Is added to that committee, the city lights will be raised from 10 to Ml cents. The mayor has contended that "10 cents per light Is too cheap and therefore the lights shouldJbe raised." Tho question might be asked," Would the patrons of the Tellurlde company (the mayor included) go to the city for lights at this advancad price?" Certainly not. Conversely, would It be fair or Just to expect of those who have always been loyal to the city plant to continue so by paying 3HJ cents while the mayor and other patrons pat-rons of tho Tellurlde Company are getting their lights for ten cents? Emphatically no. To say the least, a large number would at once patronize patron-ize the competing company. Possibly after a reasonable lime the latter company might conclude that 331 cents Is the proper price to charge and thus also raise their price. The question ques-tion Is again asked, "If the above conditions con-ditions prevail, how many people will pay for their lights being changed back to the city system, prices being equal? Very few. If any. THE TEL-LURIDE TEL-LURIDE PEOPLE WOULD THEN HAVE THE BUSINESS AND THE CITY THEIR TLANT WITH BUT LITTLE TO DO, the subsequent payments on which have to be met by the tax payers of this city. Tho argument may be used that the above ate merely surmMltigs as to the future, but none, deny but that they are surely amongst future probabilities. probabili-ties. Fathers of Logan city, stay by jolt non-partisan committee. Run no chances, which you will certainly do If the proposed scheme Is carried through It Is clearly a business proposition that the city plant must be protected, now that we havo it, and that protection should be given now, not when It Is too late. Wc repeat re-peat again, let the committee remain non-partisan. |