The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-15

dcIuQUCH for additional ItghtS were CO
s,.r,,,, ,,.,,,, r,oa. nart,cu,.r,v fron
---s- -..1s. d. I'd IN.
newer poruons VI t"o WY 40 'ue a'iou
OF money then expended for lights was
that roaild noesibly be spared for that d
,,a,.t,,,.,t n was ~, afs,c,,,t n zoe m,
!,
~ Satisfy NY lca'o''apie u''uau' - =
4 people. some other less expensive Metno
Z OF street lighting would have to be adopted
n,,r ,.x..,trs<.,. ho,no ahort n .xnire bid
.-'.~., IN, M. ,.,,.,,..
were eovertised ZOE WIN we ii.i'na'io
that, uplegs material reductio
in tho prices heretofore PAID wa
,,,.s. .ha r,tv woni6 estail,,h
-,
municipal pnnI tpe Dius receives
developed no material change Ia th.
price previously paid. and showed a con
49,, =, .o,,o, which tnd,cat.d th,, win.
~ ~ $500, trs,..,endsr, Ii.ht,n, 60
,'s,..s ~ ,,sara,in, .,a ,.,ara ,,nt ra..A,v,ns
;b.s h.,,..ats ~ na,.ra, co,nns,i,,on nm
f.r, ,hst oar ct,v Was wi,ho,,, r,orav y,
means ~ r.isa ,ha n,onsv ~ hniId q niant
heca,,se NJ its bcinr nj the cons,t,u;jonai
iimI, ~ tndehtednas. NAV have satisfies
,ha ,ocai corn no ntas ,b,t ,hav Md Ii,,,a ~
s..sr from ya,,nlc,,,a, oarers,,a and as i
Will ororced m chow tbov had reoson IN
fe.i assursd thav coniJ moka s,,ct = sbow-
a., $3.50 49,, ,,,.s. ~ az 's,Sa, -, ~,
duc,,n,, ~ IN ,ravant anv n,,.,sia, ,.d,,',
t,or "a 40 a,,e,,,, ,,,,,r,a,,.sI a',,,rai !,
ra,es
Tha No Mo,naa Water po,ver .orr,.,v
which Mad t.onn ,,,rnlsh,ny ~. ot,v s,i,b ~
lirbfs al sss ana si@a ner anou,n snr s,v~
craI vsars bod ynr.. into Iionidatian =,
sieni,icant comrnen,arv mnon T,S,wate nwn-
arsbin, ara 49, ,hnn 60, II w., ,',a,,
which MIA n,,,n,ra,,.' ,,,,'r,.a,,,s ,t.ls, =,
.Haro /. We ihongh, Iii he ,,st ~, ~, ~
,,ss.,,,,,, MI" WI ~ J1sl Vul op-
and viii car,a,r,v M. nn.;,,,o ~ 81, =, ~,
civ ,,non suTh ,ar,,., 49, ~, -, w :,
T'be ,rnsiaan, al .a,,rs,ar,, y, 49,,
shortly tLayoar,a. s,,si,as ~. ~, a
copferencs ,,as hod MN ~, IN
farsd 10 al, ~ 49,, ''.,n,. ~.
195- hors... ,xr,ar hoi,nrs nv, 80 ~, =, s'e
rover en,inos ,vi,s ~ t,n 49,
spch as eo,,dansnr. NJ, .n "uNiii"i ls
,s,,nrs ,n,an,ors NV anu eo'u Mater
dynamos end three tsoi ,reo,a sm e Ia,
mos ,oea,har .,,h ,a,, ,,.,'.h ~ ua-
,anv tbon h,d 4, anl'.,,,i., ~ ~ -, 'o'i'-
- so,o onn l"'' III opv'at'ol'' ior the sum
na,,csd ~, - ~ ~ p,s ..n. nouus' II @uh
ness 80 snxi,.. , Wa~ nv 'i,pnlph' eNseI-
IN dlsneen ~ ~, , Inr p'a,. " sue sosnpaly
,,res witch NAV ~, r S,,,a,,,,,, ., 'u M nb
that al negotiations for the purchase OF
this plant by the city came abruptly 10 an
end by its sale TO tile General Electric com
pany, who had but n short tim, hefore
the local Edison plant. An esti-
Ihe v,,i,,a =, ,his -, ~ ao,, .i'esu
,ct,al Investment, as claimed By ILLS com
pany WINS In the nelghborhood of so50 Gon
This plant Is presumed 20 have been ar
sanl2ed In n manner which in tho oarlv
inys OF electric lighting wac ouIre com,
non A well known engioenr ih,is',xnlains
he plan:
''In The earlier days az nrt. n .,hitnc nav,
we're started by poran, ,nsr,fa,.'
uring companies VIVA rce,,,roa IN. lncn,
corporations 10 nav them a honns In s,oe,
amounting m some ,i,stances N 10 r.,r CEN,
# the total capital stock Of ne local orea,s
zatIon; the prices paid for electrical an
,aratus (dynamos and lamus onlvl was as
Ugh as $3.50 per iamp capatll, and Tho
ocal company was reouirsd y, op roe , TO-
term Of years. and smnc,,mss for All
ime. not to purchase mecbinsrv 81. e,,ii
noes for lighting from anv ether ,han ~
aren't company $40
'In consideration Of This tho n,ro,, oo,,
ern agreed. in ordo, 10 nratert M, ,o.aI
ompany from opnositjon Within ~. 80
itory. To NOT seIl nnnara,''s :, 'n
herein. and IN nrey.n, 'J ~, ",. w unsune
means. company obtaining franchise
tights. or the city itself from establIsbins
plant. ~ ''' 'S'a''''n'Hb