Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-20
Electric Lights.

The Board of Mayer and Aldermen
held a special meeting in the Lyceum
Hall last Wednesday night for the pur
pose of ascertaining the wishes of the
tax payers on the subject Of electric
lights. After the Mayor had called the
| Soard to order, u motion was made by
Mr.. Dent to take a recess in order to
give the tax payers present an opportu-
nifty to express their views on the sub
iect,
A citizens meeting was then held; DR..
| Geo. Clements was called 10 the chair
and W. +. Stokes to act rs Sec, The
chairman made a statement of the tinan'
| cial condition of the town, showing that
il would not be necessary to levy a tax
for the purpose of lighting the town
with electricity, and n resolution was
adopted requesting the Board to make
a contract with Mr.. Harvey.
At a special meeting Il committee was
| appointed to designate the place and
| number Of arc lights, and they agreed
| to take ten lights at six dollars a month,
making 500 a year. The present cost
Of lighting is about $40 a year. The
| following is the contract with Mr.. Har-
yey.
1t has been figured ont to the satisfac'
| ton of the merchants that the incandes-
cent lights, which any one can take, or
not, as pleases him, will cost less than
kerosene lamps.
If the well borers have good luck and
water is reached at a depth of 800 or 900
feet, there will be a surplus left of the
well fund, which is over $500, and this
could be applied to the light fund, If
there is "A shortage.
This %indenture, made and entered into
thi, 18th day OF February, 1897. by and be-
tween the Town Of Macon of the first part,
and W. II. Harvey Of the second part, wit.
nc,scth =
Said first party hereby shbscribes for not
less than six are lights of 1900 candle pow
err. at $3.50 each per month, for Il period OF
twelve months from the time the electric
hight plant. Of which they are 10 constitute
q pat, shall be erected in the town Of Ma.
con aforesaid. which shall not be later than
Jnne l>t.. 1897. Said first party hereby FUR
lbcr conveys unto said second party u right
Of way over its streets, lanes and alleys for
all lines needed by the second purity in the
erection and operation of II complete elec.
trio light plant in said town of Macon. and
it hereby further eXeinpts the SAID electric
light plant of second part to be hereafter
erected from all municipal taxes Tor lS9I-9S.
80.
In consideration Of the premises said
second p ,rt hereby agrees and binds him
self to erect in said Town of Macon an elec.
tric light plant, to be completed on or be-
tore June |, 1897, time to be OF the essence
of this contract, and TO provide said first
party with six are lights sa aforesaid fer
the consideration above named; il being
further stipulated that if sand first party
shall subscribe for as many as ten Of saId
arc lights at any time, the price Of sald
light shall be reduced to six dollars per
month; and said second party hereby fur.
Their agrees to erect said lights at any point
within the corporate limits of said town,
which shall be designated by said town.
Said second party hereby further agrees
that At the expiration of aforesaid twelve
months, the said first party. if It desires to
the Use Of said are lights. shall be
than that stipulated.