The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-14
4 BIG PLANT
British American Company of Capitalist
Rea!iz. wichita's impori asce aud
VIII Inyes.

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the less truthful that Wichita is picking
up. There are no more dull days and
there is an air OF business the entire week,
increasing 10 jostle on the streets every
Saturday that cannot fail 10 enliyen the
most morose of skeptics. A prominent
traveller who watched the surgIng crowds
on the main streets last Saturday evening,
was 50 much interested that be did not
smother the honest sentiment which arose
within him, that Wichita is today the
| livelirst city TO be found anywhere IN the
west"
Il is enough to feel gratifed over mere
commercial activity, but We expect an
other and more valuable result from AN
inward prosperity, and in case it comes
not, are bound to court dubious senti-
ments of the efficacy or quality CT our To-
Cal strides.
The real certainty of an improvement is
more pleasurable when We find that our
local prosperity has attracted outside at
tention and won the confidence that in
spires investment aud enterprise by siran-
gers.
Such thing has happened. company
of British aud American capitalists have
been watching western cities with view
to locating some paying enterprise. In
The cold and appropriated Judgment OF d
choice, in the progmatie balance of ques-
ton of profit and loss. in 81 business-like
proposition of dividends likely to be re-
turned, they have chosen Wichita as the
point for the location OF a large electric
light and power plant. In the face OF the
fact that this city has already two prosper
Gus plants. this company has seen in pres
ent necessities and future possibilities,
room for another plant.
An ordinance asking a franchise was in
troduced in the council last evening and
Will tome up at the next regular meeting.
Eli H Chandler of Kansas City is the
agent of Che company who has taken the
initiatory steps towards locating the plant
in this city. Mr.. Charles french is at the
head of our company" Mr.. Chandler said
TO i reporter for tue EAGLE yesterday. The
company has looked over the field and
concluded that Wichita is the coming city
OF the west They believe that this city
has outgrown the boom and has already
taken the first steps in new and more
substantial progress. Mr.. French is OF
Kansas City, but most OF the Americans
in our company are of Chicago and Boston.
The company intends TO put in plant at
once costing from S100 600 upwards, and
will enlarge il trade demands IT,. We will
be able to furnish 100 arc lights and 1000
| incandescents, with motor power to run
sewing machines, dental engines, jewelers.
lathes, coffee mills and motor power for
other light machinery. The schedule of
prices is AS low rs is shown by the maxi
mum rate in the ordinance The ordinance
is given:
An ordinance authorizing Charles
French, his associates, successors and as
signs to erect. maintain and operate
electric light and electric power plants
within the city OF Wichita, county of
Sedgwiek and state of Kansas.
BE it ord,ined by the mayor and city
council of the city OF Wichita, as follows;
Section l. That Charles Ffrench, his as
sociates, successors and assigns, are hereby
authorized to erect, maintain and operate
electric light and electric power plants
within the city of Wichita, county of
Sedgwick and state of Kansas, with all the
necessary buildings, electrical apparatus.
steam plants, poles, line wires, guy wires
and fixtures, to supply said city and the
inhabitants thereof with suitable aud sutti-
Gent electric lights and motor power, and
for that purpose may enter upon any
street, alley, avenue, bridge or public
ground. belonging TO or under the control
of said city, for the purpose OF setting their
poles aud stretching their wires for such
light and power they may properly
erect except that no poles or wires shall
be set or strung, except IN the alleys,
within the following limits:
Sec. , The rights and franchises herein
granted shall continue for period of
twenty years from the day this ordinance
haIl r.ka ha farn
tions hereinafter provided.
Sec g. The electric light and power
plants shall be OF the highest excellency,
free from mechanical defects, and De capa-
bic of furnishing the city all the electric
lights il may require for puollc use, and
the inhabitants all the electric lights they
may require for private use.
Sec. 4. The grantees shall not charge or
receive for light rental to exceed schedule
of prices fixed by this section, TO wit:
For arc lights burned all night, $500
per month.
For arc lights burned until midnight.
IS 33& per month.
For arc lights burned on the moonlight
schedule, s., % per month.
For incandescent lights per month as
follows: In business houses, etc:
For 10 c. D. lights until s. 9, 10, Ii and II
O'Clock D. m. Soc, 70c, Soc, GOO and SlO0 per
month respectively.
For 20 C. p. lights until s, 9, 10, Il and u
o'clock p n, 9Oc, 81 %, sl'o siS0 and
81 per mouth respectively
For p C. p. lights until $, Q, 10, II and 20
o'clock p m, s1.O0, $1.15. Sl.30. 81 - and
81 80 Der month respectively.
For 81 c. D. lights until S, 9, S. 10. II and
u O'Clock p. M, s.. 20, sl.25, $50, $1-15 and
S. 90 per mouth respectively.
For ID C D. lights for residence lighting
at the rate OF lc per watt hour, being
eprrivaIant n - M lar I go ctibic feet of
gas.
Sec. 3 The grantees shall at all times
within reasonable time after being re-
quested TO do SO by the city. furnish such
lights as the city may require for pubuc
use at rate OF light rental per mouth not
TO exceed the rates as approved ID section
Of this ordinance. and snail at all times
within reasonable time after being re-
QueSted to do so, furnish private users
with light upon their signing contracts to
pay the usual specified rental therefor,
which rental shat! not exceed The Rates
stipulated ii section 3 OF this ordinance,
provided that one arc light or ten incap
descents are subscribed 70 each 30 feet OF
circuit.
Sec :. All the electric light wires for
the arc lights. ana alternating curreas in-
candeseents, shall be insulated ami al .
electric light line wires shall be carried on !
poles not less than y feet long set securely /
in the ground, and the street lamps hung |
between poles not less than - feet long I
set securely in the groand and properly /
guysd, aud the whole plant 50 Installed as I
to meet the requirements OF fire INSURANCE. /
companies in regard to the installation OF |
electric hgat ptaats
Sec S The electric light plant shall be /
in Operation within six mouths frorn the /
DAY this ordinance shall be approved by 4
the mayor, unless grantees shall De hinder !
ri and delayed. by unavoidable accidents !
or causes beyoud their reasonable control, /