Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

collector Of revenue at $40 per month,
$4,000; 80 horse power at $3.50 per
horse, $lS75; expense of carbons,
brushes, segments, repairing lamps,
renewals, repairing circuit, globes,
oil, etc, $4,000. This makes thesum
of So, 025, cost of running electric light
plant in McMinnville. Where is
your $4,000 ali gone, and 81 ,025 lost
each year, with no provision for incl
dental expense on bad management,
such as burning out of armatures or
any repair of dynamos.
Since writing the above | have
learned of an item of additional eX-
pense on electric lights, taxes and
privilege tax of $40 paid last year.
So the 800 for contingent expenses
per annum is all lost and $50 besides.
Come up, stock holders, and pay
your prorata. This is on a basis of
$4,000 in revenue per annum. Water
works are also taxed the same way,
and that item is not in as expense.
You can see from these figures that
electric lights do not pay when run
by steam power, unless you can re-
duce this expense. You cannot re-
duce the interest account of 6 per
cent, some want more.
You cannot get competent men for
less than rs cents for 10 hours work,
your corporation pays more. You
cannot get qualified man to look
after lamps, and collect the revenue
for less than $40 per month. Your
corporation is paying three times
that amount for less labor.
You cannot run these lights On less
than so horse power. You can
not get the horse power for less
than $50 to 5000 per annum each.
(See Prof. Thurston's Book on cost OF
power, etc. The highest scientific
authority.)
Yet for very lalge plants like Ten
nessee Manufacturing Company at
Nashville, where they have coal
cheaper than we can ever hope to
have it, on account of competition Of
railroads and coal mines, in their last
published report, they put the cost Of
horse power at $37.5O each horse pei
annum, lO5 cents per day for each
horse, the cheapest that we have ever
seen. We give you the benefit of all
this. So you cannot lower this figure
1t should be raised according to Prof
ThurstOn at least, 100 per cent fol
less than 100 horse power. You can
not run without carbons, brushes
segments, etc. Now sir, do you won
der that these original stakeholder;
threw up their hands and fled az
from a burning building, leaving
over $1,000 in their wake. And thai
there is now ten shares of this stock
on the market at so cents, with NJ
purchaser. Come forward, Mr.. Edi
itor, and invest; "prove your faith
Doubtless you are wanting to say
Annis Cotton Mills Co. make money
out of electric light company. Tha
may be. They have a power costinl
them between $4,000 and $20,00
and ought to make money. The!
run the electric lights for $1,000
while it would cost for less satisfac
tory work by steam $2,545, this save
the electric light company $1O45 pc
annum, this makes up the loss spok
en- of above of $lO25 per annum an,
$50 to go on incidental expense
Were it not for this, your electri
lighting would cost you more tha
double what you are paying, or
would have been sold to some othe
town. Just here l would remin
l. you by demonstration, of the differ
ence between water power and steam
Gallatin Cotton Mills is steam powe
and have failed twice. No dout
but what the management was gooC
,, But the cost of steam power coul
not be overcome. So she went undo
twice.
; Annis Cotton Mills is water powe
She has never failed. Like a prou
: ship on old ocean, she has breasted a
the storms, that have come and
!. thriving, and expects to as long ;
; she is industrious and trusts in Chris
Why this difference? Water pow,
over steam. Otherwise Gallatin hi
the advantage.
! Rate of freight just half ours to
}, LOUIS Louisville, Cincinnati, ct
Now bring in "another horse"
n TRY WATER WORKS.
O You have never been in this bus