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Show li Mi x ' IS That Bond ,ssuc- H j - !j) On March "Und, will be held the m i l) ' election to decide whether the city M I shall be bonded for i:t,X)0 needed to LB j j , complete the light plant. That any J property holder should vote against H that Issue seems preposterous, but it M I II has been stated that there Is at least a M M slight opposition to this second Issue H ff of bonds. Such opposition, If II rcallv H ii , exists, can hardly be founded on good H jy grounds, and the disposition back of H IJ It must be that of the man who cut oir B ' IS' his nose to spile his face. $71,000 of H ' ; the people's money has ahe.idy been H i? expended and in older that that ", 1 rft 000 shall be of any sei vice, It Is neccs- H f( sary to expend $1:1,000 more, and the H council has deemed it advisable to Is- H ' j 'M sue bonds for that amount In fact It H 1(1 is not known where the money can be H ,i,l secured conveniently In case the dec- H II,' Hon should not result favorably. A H ' n failure to secure the im.OOO at this H , ft! time means that the plant Is crippled. H ! S' tho final completion and operation dc- H ) . layed, and the city the loser, if not of H I Hi the entire 7-l,000, at Icastof a icvenue H 'a that will begin at the time the plant H S j begins operation. The bond issue of H I a ' WS.OOO must oc met, though the plant H I is never completed, and It Is certainly H the height of stupidity for anvone to H , , put even a straw in the way of that H ' J(1.",(X)0 paying for Itself. H Altliough the statement is some- H i. 1 times made tnatthe plant we hae Is H really "thhd-class", the belief of most H ' who hae seen the pipe-line, building, H I' machinery, and viewed the wiring H system is that the plant Is well woith H . the money, the statement being made V ' that It can be sold for 100,000 the day H j it Is put Into operation. We cannot H J ' ouch for the latter statement, but H j the Hume uud pipe-line of the city M plant Is uiuiucstionsbly supciior In H . 1 every respect to that possessed by the H Hercules people; the pole system is H t the admiration or all, and all poitlons H , 'i of the plant aie said to be as high H 'ii I grade with Hie possible exception of M ' the dllfereuce between wooden and M 'i lion pipe near the power house. H ! This plant mum- be Mulshed, and M must be made a llnanclal success, and H ', i Tin: Rkitiii.kan believes that the M plant will jet pioveu ieenuc pro- m A i dueer and the pilde of the city. It 1 l 1 must be paid, for auway, so why not m all join hands and make it pay for it- M -I self and a handsome premium beside. m , ., Vote for the bond issue. |