Show CITY LIGHTING PLANT URGED Ogden's Og Electricity Bill Bil Biland Billand and Echo Dam Dalu Pow Pow- Power er Discussed Editor Standard Examiner It Is generally general understood that th the editor reads everything that goes In Into In- In Into into to the paper before it Is printed bu buon but buton buton on some certain busy days it itma it ma may happen that he gives news items onla only a fleeting glance and does not grasp gras their lull full significance For instance Ins e there are the reports that come come In in from time to time written written writ writ- written ten by the reporter who does the city hall hail In such sueh a report a statement or a set of figures might get by with with- without without without out having their Importance e proper proper- properly ly y Impressed The city hall hail man seems to have no trouble in sitting in to the sessions session of the city fathers and his method of reporting just what was said and who said it and what names some some- someone someone someone one called someone else grammar else grammar makes makes it real interest- interest Ing But the purpose of this communication communication communication cation was to keep from being over oyer- overlooked overlooked looked an especially important fact fac that crops out in a a. recent report from the the- city hall hail namely that namely that Ogden City is expecting to pay pa out this year around for lighting the streets ts parks and public buildings INTEREST StATES RATES One authority estimates it at only but no one will know pool pool- positively until the meters are arc all read and bills all in So for the purpose of dealing In 11 round figures we can I call caU it That is quite a sum It is ten tm per pel cent on But Dut Ogden borrows borro s 's money at a five fhe per cent So will pay Interest on That would buy quite a light light- lighting Ing ng system s stem Is Is it permitted to suggest that Og- Og Ogden Ogden Ogden den City should own its electric lights and light its own streets We own the water system and last year made a net profit from it of That Is after having all the water that hat was needed for the streets parks and public buildings Now if we could Just get more out of selling lights to the citi citi- citizens citizens citizens zens and still get free lights ts for our streets parks and buildings we would be sitting pretty Moreover if we owned a lighting system like Brigham City and Logan we might really light up the streets and parks as brightly as they do In those hose cities A speaker who addressed an audi audi- audience audience audience ence in the city hall hail k a year ear or two wo ago had this to s a I have Just come from the coast I have ha been cen speaking In parks and on the streets in Berkeley Fresno Presno and in Reno Steno and where did die didI I find the streets and parks as poor- poor poorly poorly ly y lighted as In Ogden Which Is Interesting if true Is It COMPARES CO COSTS Recently a citizen said to to- the writer For 14 I get all the water I want for a room five-room modern modem house garage and large lawn n but my light bill runs around 36 a year I ge geall get all the water I want for 14 but I dont don't get all the light I want for 36 All the time I am fighting down the light bill I am sen always rounding up the kids and saying Did Didou you ou turn off orr the porch light How about the light In the kitchen Go Goo Goto Goto to o the back window and sec see if I left lefi the he light burning In the garage Some day I shall move to Brigham City to revel in UY the Joy of letting al all the he lights burn all night You see the see the city election Is corn corn- cornIng corning Ing ng on now and we to have something better to talk about than booze Why not talk about Ogden owning its electric light and power The limit has been reached on the bonded indebtedness Well that was what they said when we bought the city ity waterworks nearly twenty years ears ago go But when the owners omers wanted to sell and the city administration wanted to buy a smart city attorney found a way to do it Since then Ogden City has cleared a profit of over ver as owner of the system tern tem em ECHO RIGHTS Which brings us around to the Echo dam Why cannot Ogden file filen on n the power that will undoubtedly be e produced there Or has some one already filed flied on it Come to think of it it looks funny that hat so ao much has been said and writ writ- written written ten en in the past two years ears about the Echo dam darn as an irrigating project and nd not a word about the power that will wi come from it Lots Off talk about the power rights at t Boulder dam darn on the Colorado but butot butot ot a word about power at at Echo Not Nota a whisper How come What's Whal's the trouble rouble there going to be no noore core ore But perhaps It Is the writer who has as failed tailed to read carefully the pub- pub published published shed reports and has overlooked 0 the Important Item Maybe Mabe It has already been een announced Just who Is going to get ct the power from the Echo dam Perhaps the United States Stales govern govern- government government government ment will handle It If so who js s going to rent it from the U U. S. S and what hat will it cost Ogden to rent It or buy uy it from them Or perhaps perhaps but but why guess Does anybody know And wll wi another power dam make our lights any cheaper O. heaper O. O A. A Kennedy I I |