Show the lighting situation in st louis interesting developments in tho the lighting situation in st louis have been brought about by the tile election of it T mcdonald ns as president of the big municipal electric r light and power company this company lights the tile city laviril having a contract by which it la said to be to losing ing money it agreed to furnish light to ill the city al at each lamp per year relying on commercial business to give e it it profit the coul company piny is under bond for to carry carry out its contract con tract faithfully fal th fully the T lie new president says quite plainly that an at I 1 effort will bo be made to induce the city to pay ay anler 0 more money for the lighta lights in an interview he Is represented as saving the stockholders of the municipal company have got tired of carrying a bonded 14 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i indebtedness 1 of and seeing tho the con concern aern lose money every day dy thy th y demand a change when una this contract was made it waa was thought that the private business bustness torild be so large that the company would be justified in ili carrying the cheap ell city eo contract tract but that theory was a mistake jakye it is impossible to keep up a lamp for loss than or a year and we find ourselves now with 2400 city lamps at and only private lamps a at t arm a losing business see what these other cities are paying almost double the tile st louis rate an and then tell me I 1 if we are not justified in ili raising the price how ay will 1 you do it forfeit 0 our ur contract pay the and start again we will ra light aig j t the city for a lamp that is cheaper than other cities are paying and it will be enough to give us a fair jair profit wo we wi will I 1 I 1 introduce a bill amendatory of the coh contract tract we now have and if it does not pass we will take up our plant and put it to use elsewhere or will sell the plant to the city and pay the forfeit T the lie original cost was and it has cost us its since xa t to 0 repair and improve it wo we will ar sell it t fe for r the tile original cost our bill will go in pretty soon and until we know what is to bo be done done we will keep up the city lighting just st as it is now judge noonan 4 said 1 I am not in ili favor of the city owning its lighting plant and therefore I 1 should not approve of a proposition to buy the bachl machinery nery of the 11 municipal company I 1 do not care to eay say what I 1 should do if ir the assembly passed a bill making a new contract with the cona company n yf I 1 do not want to antici anticipate t e al any act action n of the assembly we wil wilt fa h hold 0 ld t the ile company to the letter 0 of its contract andia and if they forfeit it we will take ake their and then see what we shall do to fur further it r the forfeit should have been larger in fit the first place it was a mistake to make it so am small all whatever wo we do though the city will not return to gas that is now ant antiquated we weve ve got to have electricity As aside e from front the inconvenience it is too great an aid to the police for us to attempt to do without it western electrician jan 2 ida |