Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-01
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that We could use their currer,t would
cost from 1850 to n. 600 To the city and
they knew that, The additional expenses
TO. the city In installing our own plant
win not exceed q, 800 over the expense'
that would be neceseary to accept their
proposition. For this additional ex.
pense the city secures q plant that will
not only run the motors, but will also
operate over % arc lights or oysr 4Ot8
slncandescent lights. This Jones 4
Hovey knew you knew, and the neln-
bers of the council who favored the
light company knew, and that is the
reason you all opposed the city putting
In this plant, and you know 1t. The
fight against electric power for the.
sewage disposal plant is a fight for the
light company. and Benson, Fisher and.
Kreutzer, the members of the council
who vote for the Light. Power & Rail-
+ way Company on every proposition,
lead the fight against the city doing
anything that will interfere with the
light company's business. You knew
this to be true and you felt that you
must be In sympathy with the quar-
tiers" you are controlled by and you
opposed it.
Another thing: Jones & Hovey.
proposition says that the expense will
not exceed 800 per annlirn. Our engi-
neers tell us that we will require 90
horse power at our boilers to run our
pumps. Allowing 10 per cent loss at
engine and 10 per cent loss at dynamo.
we would require 80 per cent of 22-horse
power at the dynamo end Of the line,
where they say the current shall be
measured, or 17.6-horse power. "A horse
power is equal to TAG watts, or callins
It $50 watts for easy figuring. a horse
power equals three-quarters of kilo-
wat, or three fourths Of thousand
watt hours. II We require 176-horse
power at the point we receive tn cur
rent we would need 426-horse power in
twenty-iour hours. In a year. 36h days.
we would need 155, 400 -horse power. AS
horse power is three-quarters of a
kilowat we would require 1857 kilo-
watts. We get this>power for not to ex-
coed $1,000 per year, or dividing $1,000
by 116, SIT, We find that Jones & Hovey
offer to give. us this power at just q
tl'ifle over one and one-half cents per
| kiloWat or 1000 watt hours They adj
nit to the public that they can furnish
q large amount OF power at about a
cent and half a thousand Wait hours,
and yet they. and You, and Benson,
Fisher and kreutzer said when we
wanted them to accept an ordinance
providing for current for lights at ii
cents per thousand watt hours that the
council was making a mistake From
| these figures does 1t nor occur to You
again that Jones & Hovey and your, re-
porter are away off in one place or the
other. As far as am concerned I fee
that your reporter does not have the
! least idea as to what he is talking
| about and Jones & Hovey and theil
representatives on the city council
those practical men you talk about, dc
not seem TO be much better posted
/ I know this. that telling newspa pei
plain facts is like interrupting a public
speaker--one Is at a disadvantage.
know that the paper can publish jus, as
1 much as 1t pleases and then stop that
! the editor can use a paper to misinforn
and mislead the people and an individ-
i 3ual has no recourse. but YOU have been
! so eminently unfair and working Sc
/ diligently for Jones & Hovey (the Mar
lshalltown Light, Power & Railway
Company in this matter. that take
\ the risk and tell you the above thing.
A for your information. Respectfully,
4 FRANK u. PIERCE.
The editor of the Times Republican
Twill confess that he is somewhat sur.
Iprised AT the tone Of the above com
lmunication, altho members OF the city
3Icpuncil who have attended the stormy
sessions of that body eYince no amaze
ment IT this soutburst of6their dignitiet
IiInayOr. However. IL the. T..-R has
touched a very sore spot in the mayor.
anatomy 1t has been done unwittingly
4 for the only purpose of the offending
Particle was u calm public discussion O
Ia. very pesplexing public problem. Since
A the mayor seems to writhe in such in
Stense agon. the T.-R. and man,
g[thoughsful citizens are led to speculas,
las well4as wonder at the cause.
Mr.. Pierce's remarks are so exceed,
8|ingly personal that reply seems unnec
lesary: suffice 1t to say tina / whether o
not the T.-R.. ito editor. reporters. el.
,|rnnd boys and dog are all liars. boodler5
and consummate idiots matters little t,
1.-The public. and certainly the public i
slnot interested in Mr.. Pierce's opinion Oh
that subject. much less is the editor .
slthis paper.
As to the charge that the T.-R. an,
i such weli-known business men a
Messrs Fisher. Benson and Kreutze
i are all owned by the electric light com
Ipany defense is unnecessary The T.-R
lis willing to submit It's case without de
lfense 10 public opinion along with an
Iother supposition that the official VIII
Seems SO over-concerned in this matte
land who flies into such a rage when hi
s|plans miscarry might possibly hay
A some nntiers landing with an e1ectri
Icompany but charges without conclu
8Isive evidence are unseemly and tn
4 T.-R. prefers none against said official
To Mayor Pierce the editor of the I.
! r. would say, that in the spending o
4 $4,000 the taxpayers OF this city woul
claim tfleprivllege of al least free dis
cusslon. MIR. Pierce may know tina
4 the citizens viii be satisfied with iii
\ councils action" and may ask us I
4 please not Worry about the city's Il
4 nances." but, Mr.. Pierce. we just can
a help II. Twenty-Five thousand dollar
i and even $4,000. seems an awful sum
and when old hard headed Kr..utze
4 Jumps us In meetin' With the ejacula
4 ton Where in thunder are we goin
II to land = we begin TO wonder abnu