The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-03-19
GREENvIE WASHINGTON COUNTY s SATURDAY MARCH 49, 898

which must be raised Nv general taxation
The present valuation Ct the property in the city for
cash value in many instances
A mills making the instead 13 mills last year.
An increase nearly 20 in to be paid by
owner.
BY plant by the city pro-
posed what will The citizens obtain under the most favorable ccum
stances as shown above1
O) Indebtedness $35 mortgage
on all the property of the city
2) The addition of 28 lights the the city
now charged by the private company not more than half which
go Cost of ncandescent lights be furnished
30 cents per month each.
(4) Better Service.
benefits to be derived by
furnishing certain class of citizens lights half the
produce them.
average residence where lights
to y lights EACH which the proposed figures would be from $3.50
the charges made by the like service
For business houses and using large lights
which burned for long hours the charge would be less than
present made by the private company.
electric lights his residence would charged higher
and that every property large small whether used
electric lights not would have his increased nearly
the cost of furnishing stores bar and restaurants dpos
and parties using all night lights less than half the the
city to produce them This to say the least would be unfair and
SERVICE not claimed the best of service has
been gwen by the Electric Light Company for the last three months
that it cannot be improved.
a business point be conceded that it to
the interest of the company to furnish the best service possible Many
interruptions in the service has in the last three
mains and service wires by careless house without nofca
ton to the company and damage from storms both ntang great
much
Had the company had the operation the city authorities and
been given timely notice to its Ines much if nearly all this
trouble would have been avoided.
The company making every improve the aeryce in
tending put additional machinery ready for next fall and had al
ready began construction
Power House with that end in when the order promulgated
by the City Council calling for election to consider the advab
of the city erecting and operating its own Plant.
For the last year with the exceptions noted above will
avoaby with cities and towns of the class the South
Electric lights will sometimes GO OUT this the experience all
cities and in the nature of things not be avoided matter how
elaborate and expensive machinery is used,
Should the city conclude and operate its plant
10000 OF capital belonging its citizens wiped
private enterprise cppedthe city enaed with increase
per debt left the gen
GRAFTON and politics brought
affairs Taking the experience of ether cities guide
will have constantly increasing burden of debt keep avor
tism politics service
experiment city furnishing
it's lights and have abandoned the enterprise after ncurDg
losses
ready cooborae correctness of
figures all material points the
fair minded Committee of Citizens and invites the advocates OF
Municipal Ownership to conoyert them show that the estimate
IS unfair in any particular
another phase subject
he citizens seriously consider There Public Improvements
hat essential the health and convenience city and much
Importance to its welfare and prosperity than the city owning
md operating its own Electric Light Plant
increased Indebtedness to be assumed by the city by
bonds the need system which
the health the city will suffer seriously The water works with
when used generally will be de
rather than benefit the city unless provision made
This has been the universal experience OF every city like
1reenvie with inefficient drainage.
Besides city building coaboo paved streets and better
idewaks will call the expenditure present
derived from after the
en bonded debt is provided for
this connection will quote which contained
epo the City Council submitted November 9TH 1896 with the
lans the Water Work Plant operation.
attention your honorable body
the construction of works will distant day necea
provision sewerage and better surface drainage order to
rid of that will flow into the when water used
any great extent for domestic purposes,
Ihs will he serious problem for the solve satisfactorily
nd will entail considerable outlay