West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-09

and 5000 OK the principal every
year and still have as much for
public expenditure, besides as wo
have now. IL you have followed
us closely through this you can't
help but understand it aud see
that the town will have no trouble
about paying these bonds without
raising the levy a cent. Now then
what objections have you against
It? Well YOU want to know some
thing about the pavemonts. where
the work will be done and how
much can be done for the $4,000?
All right, we will give you some
figures OF that. We have carefully
measured the walks around the
main part OF the town and where
the flag stone paving should be put
down, and it all amounts to a little
over 1000 feet. The price of flag
stone put down this summer cost
exactly $1.16 per running foot,
counting everything, even the
time Of the Sergeant in supervising
it. AS this was an experiment it
naturally cost more than it will to
put in big lot of it., so that we
know that contract Of 1000 feet
will not cost over 81 per foot,
counting it all at six feet wide.
However, it. will hot need to be
that wide all over town, as five
feet will be enough on some streets,
so that some estimates are made at
70 cents per foot, but we are max
ing conservative estimates all the
way through, and we know that
$4,000 will complete 1000 feet OF
flag stone that will practically last
forever. Then the biggest hole in
the town treasury is stopped and
we will not have to spend most of
our money every year building and
repairing board walks. All the
best of the present board walks
cIn DC taken mp and put
down out in the suburbs and on
the side streets, so that tho whole
town will be well equipped for
walks. Then the next thing is to
get the town well lighted, so that
we can use these walks by night as
well as by day. We have letters
from electric light experts and
from 9th towns where they haye
the electric lights, so we are fully
informed on that subject also. The
highest estimates Of experts for
brand new plant, fully equipped in
every respect, for this town is
50 600, or we are offered second
hand one that has been used less
than one year. and is claimed to be
as good or even better than new
one, since 1T has been fully tested,
for $4,000. These figures include
the building and wiring and every
thing ready to turn the light on
and waken mp the old town.
We estimi that sixteen arc
lights will Danish the darkness
from every foot and corner of the
town, and that 500 incandesoent
lights will be taken by the BUSH
ness houses, public buildings and
private residences. How do we
know that 500 will be taken: you
ask. Well, it takes more lights
than that to supply the town and
few years ago, when other par
ties were working it up they claim
that they got the promise Of $50,
but We want to be cautious and
conservative, and so we placed it at
500. At 20 cents each per month,
which is much cheaper than oil, 1t
will amount to 800 per month,
which will easily run the plant.
One good man at $50 per month
aud another at s25 will be plenty
to run the plant, and there will be
no trouble to get men for this
amount. That leaves S25 per
month for fuel and incidental re-
pairs and tho town gets it's arc
lights free gratis Tor nothing as IN.
terest for tho money it has in the
plant. As the electric lights are
cleaner, safer, less trouble and
much better in every way than oil,
and If they can be made cheaper
also, we naturally infer that our
people will take them. In fact we
would hate TO think they would
have such little sense as not to do
so. If there is anything wrong
with Our figures, VIC want some one
to call as down on them. We
have lots more to say about this
matter, but no more room this