| Show MORGAN CITY COUNCIL tho the morgan city council met monday ov evening e ning L juno oth 1010 1910 and transacted following the business A petition signed by joseph durrant Dur and twenty six others was presented to the council by county coin commissioner georgo o criddle informing the coun council il that the people of Por porterville torville favored the building buil diug of the ilio electrical power plant in hardscrabble mr air griddle criddle addressed the co council uncil on this subject ile ho said if mor morgan moran 7 an city gota gets electricity from either up or down tho river that porterville Porter villo vilio would be ba to fur far away too get it front from the same source llo ile thought the city should bo be consiL considerate rate of this filet act pres rich of Hi richville cliville said that ho he had expected to seo see it a petition handed in from froin richville Rich villu but for some reason it had failed to bu bo presented preson teJ mr rich also tallied talked about the building of tho the plant in and thu tho gett getting ilig t of electricity for the 11 lights 1 ts samuel francis representing the parents classes of tho north norm and south morgan wards allied the council to have a now new curlew curfew i ordinance drafted in conformity with tho the ono one recen aly enacted by the le legislature mr francis stated slated that in other parts oil s denominations and civil authorities were taking in an earnest stand against children being allowed to roam the streets late at night and that tuch much good bad rosul tod from this move the petitioners petition ers assured the council that tho the city would bo be put to no expense in this matter that certain persons would bo be appointed by the bodies which said petitioner rep recanted recen ted to rin ring g the curfew bells patrol the streets etc the council merely being asked to give them power to net act the matter was referred to city atty condie candle with tho the request that he draft a bill for the desired ordinance A sample contract from the morgan light and power co was read stating the price and terms upon which said company would furnish electrical current for this is the mccormick co which proposes to build a plant in hardscrabble joseph williams who together with mayor W S graham who had made some investigations in relation to electric lights reported as follows mr williams stated that lie he and the mayor visited kaysville Kays villo ville city to inquire about the electric light system ho he stated that they found recorder il J sheffield jr and the city council very obliging and that they spent a good deal of time going into details showing e them tho the coltof cost of the electricity in bulk what they sell it for expense of maintain ance edg mr williams stated ville city purchased their current from tho the U L and ry co paying payin two cents a hil kilowatt for it in bulk and retailing it at 12 per fer kilowatt at this figure they just a little more than conie come out even evell it was stated that mr mick inick claimed there was practically no loss between tho the meter that measures the electricity in bulk and the meter of tho the consumers but in Kays villo they figured a 40 per cent line loss ile ho said mr sheff sheffield leid did not favor tho the city si signing ning up for electricity for such a long period its as mccormick wanted T mr I 1 r sheffield alan als favored municipal ownership of the plant mr williams said that the mayor and himself had a long ilk talk t with mr Mc mccormick Connick and his on engineer in indor but that they were unable to get any concession from him different from tho proposition lie ho made tho the council except that ho he consented to readjust the rate charged 0 for tho electricity every live five years but in in no event should tho the rate ever bo be more than one and one third times lower than currant prices in stilt salt lake the committie commit tte also saw mgr wells of the utah light und and ry co said mr air williams who informed thoin them that ills his company was figuring on running a line up at to the cement plant but that they would not knois know definite for about three weeks mr williams stated that from what ho he had learned on the trip the mccormick plau plan did not look good to him although 11 1 1 lie he would give ivo the home homo plant every preference it ib ws suited that INIc mccorm Corm icks engineer had figured on it costing contini g a 11 it il ratu of about 50 56 acts ls it drop pur per month or about per family in morgan ft and neigh boring boariu 7 towns with forty por per cent 1 eno loss it was calculated that it would make the lights cost close to DO 90 cents a month it was further stated that by adding forty por per cent line loss that tho the electricity would have to bo be sold from 17 to 20 10 cents per kilowatt or the equivalent of 1 cent per hour for a sixteen candle power light it was stated that the price asked the lie city by mr air was practically illy double what kays villie p pays tys for their electricity |
