The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-09-28
Gas For School and Other Matters. :
Reply to Mr.. L. Warner.

MR.. EDITOR
The Logan Natural Gas G. Fuel
Go. employed the undersigned four
years ago for the purpose of look
ing after their business as well as
their interests In your city. That
is what have been trying to do
and probably after our President
reads this he will come to the con-
clusion that should become re-
porter for one of the great news
papers instead of crawling around
under houses hunting gas leaks &c,
and then he may conclude to have
Judge Riason give me free pass
to the Athens Asylum. In answer
to Mr.. Warmers communication in
your last issue, / will agree with
him that the Old Gas Co.'S. bid was
for one year for heating School
Building. That was their privil-
ege. The Committee asked for
one, two or three year bids.
However, the Old Co. did not ex-
pect 1t as Mr.. Warner made the
statement about two months ago
(along about the time the Old Co.
asked the City Council for light
Ing franchise) that just as soon as
they were granted the privilege of
furnishing the citizens of Logan,
gas for illuminating purposes, he
would have the gas taken out Of
the Electric Light Plant, the Ice
Plant and the School House. How
we'll he has succeeded, the people
of Logan know.
MIR, Warner in his statement of
the year contract for school gas
does not say that there is a clause
on the back of the contract to the
effect that the Logan Gas Light g.
Coke Co. reserve the right to shut
off the gas at any time for any prop.
er reason or cause. One very good
reason would be that they can get
more for gas in Columbus than
they do here, a very good cause
would be that there il not enough
business in Logan to justify them
in operating gas plant.
Mr.. Warner makes the st atement
that it cost $4,000 to put gas under
the Electric Light Co.'s boilers. The
Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Co.
has done all the fitting needed for
such purposes and find by looking
up the Electric Light Co. account
that it amounts to $9026. This is
quite long way from $4,000. 1t
is possible that they have expend-
ed the amount Mr.. Warner stated
but it was not for putting gas un-
der their boilers. Suppose it was.
What has this to do with the pub.
lie school? AS for the Old Co.
overcharging anyone In the last 4
or 5 years 1 will say that they have
never asked or demanded from the
School Board or any individual as
much as their franchise called for.
I think Mr.. Warner gets his "lines
crossed" when as member of the
School Board, in trying to justify
his action in that position, he brings
up to the public eye as a reason
"Because his private corporation
and mine have II competition for
business" Mr.. Warner is a sworn
officer OF our School Board. He is
not expected to handle corporation
funds this way or that because
Henderson didn't deal with him In
his private business in way that
suited his purse.
Twill take care of the Logan Nat
ural Gas Company's interests as
best I can. hope Mr.. Warner a:
manager OF the Citizens Electric
Light Co. will be equally faithful
to that trust. What object to i;
that my private competition shall
not have fair show against his
because my competitor proposes tc
play against me the Logan School
and all it implies.
The Citizens Electric Light Co
is a respected enterprise of the city
When our Company, In competing
with 1t for the lighting of the tOwr
proposing to do 80 for one hal
what it now costs the tax payers
we feel satisfied that Mr.. Warne
cannot pull the School Board OIL
this deal.
A matter of some talk Is how
many of the School Board VIII,
have refused to increase the wage
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