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Show A GREAT FIZZLE M ! H Meeting at Court house Mon- m jH day Evening; a Failure I . jH In Point of Attendance and ; M Interest Manifested. "'. H I ' 1 ., The meeting called by C. C. Gar IT !, IH and others for the purpose of discus- . U sing the advisability of buying the ''r.l Hercules' pole Hues failed to excite ' 'r 1 much Interest. fh M Mr. GarlT stated the objector the .; H meeting. He reviewed tho electric '' jH light proposition from Its inception ''A jH and said that with the expense Incur- I' IH red with Crowther, Hansen, etc., if lijf H the Council paid the Hercules people . H $15,000 they could not finish the plant. ' jH To substantiate this he presented the ;j H following figures on expenditures: jH Pipe line $18,000 M Work on t in stock, etc 2,000 W ', H Crowther 4,500 . jjH Ed. Hansen 800 1 11 Grade 1,500 ; H Dynamo and switch board 5,000 ' jH Water wheel and governor 5,000 l t Canyon line 2.500 1)1 Steel wire-wood stave to water ;K H wheel 1,000 rj! H Powerhouse.... 3,000 ' H Cement foundation for mac'y. . 400 ',) H Mill race lining 200 ;U M Hauling machinery 400 J1 H Installing 500 V IH Freight on 1,000 h , M Substation 4,000 h jH Incidentals 2 per cent 1,200 ' i 11 Engineering, 5 cr cent 2,550 iJM jH Hercules Dist, 15,000 Ht IH Total 08,550 -j u I' H $ 3,550 in excess of bond issue III '11 12,000 to repair Hercules dlst. ifi'II $15,550 hi excess of bond issue. Ij tH GartT claimed that a new dlstribu- jl;l, H Hon could bo built for $12,000 or that t" jH It would take a like amount to recou- 'w H struct the Hercules, Councilman liB H Hansen said Gartl's figures were too ,l jH high, and Intimated that thcCoun- P jH ell knew what they were doing, and " jH that in the arrangement they propos- , ' ,1 'H ed tho affair could be successfully . , jH handled with tho funds In sight. ! ' IH Moved by Jos. Wilson that we do ' jH not purchase the Hercules system. . H Goodwin, GarlT, Wilson, Lawrence '"'H Johnson, Johnson, voted for tho mo- ) H Moved by Goodwin that City Coun- t'H cil take no action in the matter be- H fore submitting matter to tho people. jH Seven voted. Gessel and Jaqucs with t! ,'il others who voted for first motion. f V, i IH The meeting was poorly attended, H r.jJH no one having anything to say on tho u I H proposition except GartT, Wilson and jH Goodwin. 'j jH |