Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-02-18


The Transcript is making desperate effort to hide
real issues by talking about Mr. personality,
Erespectability etc Neither the He5ra Id editor
has said will say, anything against the personal
character of Mr. Lndbergh But hes supported by inter
nimcal the welfare and has not denied that
those nterestsare supporting him Transcript
denied the statements Of the era1d It has long been
habit Of tricky politicians mantle Of ones
good name to cover their own scheming,
The organ Of the gamblers Electric and Water
Company has the impudenfe to talk of false
ssues The boss gamblers would like to have the people
think that that amounts to nothing but every right
minded knows better And the Electric and Water
ISSUE whether the company at litigation with the city
get control of the executive and thus be position to
intmdae the council, good lively issue
discussed in municipal Ontsde OF comic
opera would suggest that tlgan should hire
attorney belonging to the side which him. If the
company should lose the suit supreme court with
mayor and council to it's liking the could dispose
it's to the city at figures far exceeding its real value
The report of the citizens COMMITTEES consisting ct r. f.
|Cawey, J. W. Berg and T.. E. Richard, said "Your
mte estimate the value Of the plant to be not more
than $5o000 and believe better plant be put for
somewhat less than this figure. The company revenue
from the city has for been 600 to $S 900 yearly
private least $4,000 to S11 900
yearly. About third of the value the plant thus
|ceived from consumers every year. 4...5
If the city owned the plant it could reduce rates
sderaby and yet have after expenses paid consider
|able surplus o public improvements Or, if it
deemed advisable to the plant city should receive
percentage of the gross earnings done several cities
But with mayor bound by ties of to the company
the city would be handicapped - r.
The Electric and Water plant IS bonded for s125ooo
great deal than is WORTH citizen
committee showed Duluth had water plant owned by a
lcorporation which, when litigation offered to sell it
for $2oo0000 But Duluth mayor and council
who were not influence
bondhoders finally sold nearly 1on dollars less
1getng the water pretty well squeezed out of the cap
itazation Those people who imagine that the local
pany should receive the bonded value of the plant the city
buys forget that the city received dollar for the
franchise which makes the plant have at ALL That
franchise has been represented worth $4,000. The
presence of the people of Little Falls in their city makes
that franchise valuable They give the franchise and have
to pay for everything they get from the company.
There were years when the Electric and Water com
pany, through it's henchmen bossed local politics. It
scarcely likely that the peopwant another of city
ernment by the city's greatest tax eater.
The signs of the times everywhere point to municipal
ownership municipal control of lghtand water systems
necessity If the city controlled waterworks and lights
there would be uniform rate. One wouldn't receive
nothing another for less than his neighbour etc.
When outlying district needed water main it would get
it, whereas with private company, it wouldn't get main
until the prospective justified the outlay 1t the
city made any money would back to the people in pub
lie improvements or reductions Of rates: I'll
All these principles involved in this springs cleo
To e1ect representative Of the company the
utve chair and to elect aldermen supported by the
pan would that the thoroughly endorse the
lcompanys course #.@.sS==.
Two years when the burden Of city began
call forth complaint from the people, organ of the
Electric and Water company proposed remedy Was i
to cut down light and which absorbed about
half the city although those rates We're
originally fixed values Of nearly everything had decreased
Not at all The remedy proposed to cut school ex-
And hfnfhp
better bear reduction than school what
uproar there was + made dea1of difference whose OK
was gored. =s . S@@s.a$ *S.. .*
Mr.. Lndbergh lis the nominee but the Electric and
ic fhaac dnfn uht well