Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-23
LIGHTING PROPOSITION.


NJ w. Simons Submits Il Proposition
which Will Reduce Are Light Rentals.
The following proposition has been
prepared by Nj. w. Simons and will be
acted upon by the council next week.
The proposition will reduce the arc
light rentals S15 each per year:
Plymouth, Ind: June IL, 1899.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of
Councilmen of the City of Plymouth,
Indiana:
Gentlemen:-I hereby propose to
light the streets of your city for per-
iod of ten Q0) years from the expira-
ton of your present contract, using not
less than thirty-six 1861 arc electric
lights at the rate of sixty dollars per
lamp, from dusk until midnight OF all
dark nights, or seventy five dollars per
lamp from dusk on all dark nights until
the sun gives sufficient light in the
morning. Lighting to be governed by
the Philadelphia moon schedule.
In connection with the above con-
tract ask you to grant me franchise
for incandescent lighting of stores,
offices, churches. halls, private and pub
lie buildings, to become effective when
the above contract goes into force and
to continue for the same length of time
/ agreeing to charge consumers the
rates given in the accompanying SEIZED
ule marked Exhibit A for said mean
descent lighting.
agree that when this contract has
been in force for five years and the
sums enumerated above have been paid
in regular monthly installments for the
period named to me, my heirs, success
sOrs or assigns, that, should the City of
Plymouth desire to own and operate
the electric lighting plant producing the
arc and incandescent current used in
giving the service herein contemplated,
that ], my heirs, successors or assigns,
upon receiving notice to that effect
four months before the said five years
have fully expired, will submit the
matter of determining price for said
lighting plant in its entirety to board
of arbltrstors. One of these arbitra-
tors to be chosen by me, my successors
or assigns. one by the board of council
men of the City of Plymouth, and these
two arbitrators SO chosen shall agree
uIOn and choose the third member of
the board If arbitrstOrs. This board
price to be paid by the said City of
Plymouth, Indiana, TO me, my 81 Cess
Ors or assigns for said electric light
plant in it's entirety, and such decis on
shall be final If the said City of Plym-
outh does not through it's proper offices
see fit to avail herself of this option to
purchase conforming to all the require
ments herein laid down, then the said
contract and franchise are to be in full
force and effect To its limit.
also agree to furnish additional arc
lamps over and above the arc lamps
herein specified at the same rate per
lamp for each additional lamp for the
service rendered The said City of
Plymouth agreeing to pay all exp nse
of re location of arc lamps and TO pass
all ordinances necessary for the protec-
ton of the property used by me in the
legitimate discharge of the duties en-
tailed on me by reason of the contract
and franchise herein contemplated.
The privileges and duties of each party
hereto will be more fully set out in the
contract to be written after you have
taken favorable action hereon 1 also
agree to maintain and operate during
the life of this contract the Incandes-
cent lights now placed at the water
works pumping station and one light in
addition TO those DOW in the city hail
and engine house without charge dur
ing the life of the conte plated con-
tract. WILLARD w. SIMONs.