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Show Tin: Hiu'uiu.it'AX supported, tho city plant loyally through all its earlier struggles. This paper urged cvcrycltl7.cn in Lagan tosuppoit that plant even at a temporary loss financially, finan-cially, and had every citizen In Logan given their support to the city system svo should have had demonstrated to us by this time whether the Telluride people. would remain In Logan without with-out business or would refuso to take for their system what some people Insist In-sist is Its real value. Despite every pressure brought to bear, the Telluride Tellu-ride people have been ab'e to hold a certain amount of business; many Lo-gan Lo-gan citizens refused to patronize the home system with the marked difference differ-ence In the price of light and power, and as a result wo still arc no nearer the solution of the dltllculty than at first. If the city taxes, and lights are placed at 10 cents, the Telluride will certainly go us one better, and the same old dlillculty is still here. Inasmuch Inas-much as there Is now proposed what seems a decidedly feasible solution of tho trouble, the rerfioval of our competitor com-petitor at a llgure not beyond our pocket book If It Is beyond the reason rea-son or sense of Justice on the part of some, The Rkpuiilican would not care to again advise the people of Logan Lo-gan to support the city plant when they can secure cheaper service elsewhere. else-where. It the city can by any hook or crook secure a lease of the Hercules system, with an agreed purchase price of $W,000, secure a monopoly of the Held, and from the lessors secure enough business to pay for that system sys-tem In six years, then the thing to do Is to take advantage of the opportunity. opportun-ity. This thing of the people's loyalty standing out when their pocket books arc touched Is not the glorious thing it has been painted. And as said be. fore, wo believe that the Tellurlde's franchise is the most valuable part of their asset and when Logan grows they will be here to use that frahchisc. As long as they possess that franchise they will be here to cause us as much trouble as possible. Logan city need not be afraid, of course, but Isn't discretion dis-cretion the better part of valor many times? The people of Logan do not want another tax and we believe that tho people who put it upon them will make a mistake. |