The morning times., 1896-02-23
ARE STILL AFTER IT.

ARE STILL AFTER 1T.
The history OF the appropriation this
year is Just q much a bit OF brazen official
effrontery as it has ever been. e1
Judge Cox knocked the Light and Power
Company sky high, and then MeSsrs. Crosby
and Lieb had on their hands the electric
plant which Mr.. Trucsdell is stated To have
sold TO them.
Something had to be done, and the next
thing published was that the Commissioners
wanted an appropriation for the lighting
of lexington again. This time, If the
lighting was Ia he done by electricity, it
could have gone only to Aiessrs. Crosby
& Lieb, who had the plant either by sale
or contract with Mr. Truesdell.
The Congressional ear was then studi-
ously assailed by the rumor that the Light
and Power Company intended to shut off
the lights from the people Of lexington
on a certain Friday night, aud that the
people OF lexington We're actually clamOr-
ing for an appropriation for the Truesdell
or Crosby & Lieb plant. The terms of
the sale have never been published, nor
does any one except the parties of the
first part and the parties of the second
part know what kind OF 4 job it is.
The campaign of the Commissioners got
big boost from this threat of the Light
and Power Company, and the alleged uni
versatility of the desire that the Commits
| sioners should recommend money for the
carrying out of the bargain.
WERE BALKED AGAIN.
Having failed in all other ways, by the
| permit by the court, and in the committee,
| the Commissioners then asSailed the ur-
| gency deficiency bill and expected the
| appropriation Of eight hundred dollars for
the lexington plant to go through on the
tidal wave of absolute necessity.
Yesterday. however, it was published
in one of the papers that 1.-THE Commits
| sioners have recommended the insertion
OF an item of $500 in the regular deficiency
! bill for lighting lexington, which failed
| to be reported in the urgent deficiency bill"
| 1t would now bc in order to know who
has been at the expense of lighting Ecking-
ton since Mr.. Truesdell sold or leased his
| plant to MeSsrS. Crosby & Lieb. The
! $500 asked for is 10 pas for about one-half
| of the fiscal year, SO that somebody must
| have been so far at the expense of $500
| for the expired half.
1t has been stated to The Times, that
Mr.. Crosby said about a month ago that
he was tired doing the lighting for nothing;
| but while he was doing it for nothing, there
have been some frantic efforts by the Com
missioners to get $500 for the. purpose of
Lighting lexington" There are only two
ways for any Congressman to look at this
| business.
| Either Mr.. Truesdell has borne the loss
OF running the lights pen ding an appropria-
tion for lighting lexington" or it has
! been undertaken by MeSsrs. Crosby &
Lieb; and again, if it is borne by Crosby
& Lieb 1t must have been a purely senti-
mental matter. as they have no proprietary
| rights In the lands of lexington, and they
| did not sell lands and houses to people who
| probably supposed that the lighting of the
! town would have been a part of the con-
sderation.
/ If the appropriation does not get Though
the regular deficiency" having failed for
several years, notwithstanding the per-
sistent efforts of Mr.. Truesdell and Major
| Powell, and recently in the urgencys ap-
preparation bill, there is no telling What
| the next move will be. Perhaps the grant
| ing of conduit rights to the company, which
has been declared To be no company, will
settle the whole matter.