The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-23

on the first day of each and every
month for light furnished the pre-
ceeding month, during the full term
of this contract.
All lights to be located under the
direction of the city council but in no
event are incandescent lights to be
placed more than one block apart.
All of said lights to be operated on
the moon light schedule from dusk
to one O'Clock a. m. when the moon
is not shining.
The minimum lights to be furnished
under this contract shall be Fifty (50)
Arc" and Two Hundred and Fifty
(250) incandescent lights during the
full term hereof, and city agreeing to
take all the additional light it may
need at the same rate; but no addi-
tional lights shall be ordered after
this contract has been in operation
for Twelve years.
We propose to furnish free to said
city all the light it may need for city
headquarters, and also to operate
without further charge a section of
said arc lights, all night, between the
Iowa Central and Rock Island depots
on same schedule. And we further
agree to operate all of said lights all
night on same schedule at an in
creased rental of Twenty-Five per
cent (25 per cent? of above rates.
1t is hereby understood and agreed
that the above proposition is to in
clude the building, equipping and
putting in operation an Electric
Street Railway line in the city of Os-
kaloosa, Iowa, and to the town of
D1na1r onI S.o- ;,4I,Io N E,a - Az
Des Moines river.
1t is further understood and agreed
that if said Oskaloosa Street Railway
and Land Co., their successors or as
signs fail to build and equip the
amount of street railway herein men,
toned on or before the first day of
June, 1901, then the city council shall
be and hereby empowered to cancel
this light contract.
The above p opposition is based on
the condition that the city of Oska-
loosa, Iowa, by its council shall
grant to the Oskaloosa Street Rail
way and Land Co., their successors
or assigns, a franchise, which shall
include the right to build, maintain
and operate a Street Railway in the
city of Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the pur'
pose of carrying passengers, freight,
mail, express and baggage; also to
include the right to build, maintain
and operate an electric light plant
for the purpose of furnishing light,
heat and power to the city of Oska-
loosa, Iowa, and it's inhabitants; al
so the right to build, maintain and
operate a steam heating plant in the
city of Oskaloosa, Iowa. Said fran
chise to be for a period of Twenty
five (25) years. Said franchise when
drawn to be acceptable to our attor-
ney or the attorneys of any financial
institution that we may employ to
finance the deal, and agreed to by
the city council and approved by a
vote of the majority of the electors
of said city.
We hereby hand you our certified
check in the sum of One Thousand
Isl ,000) dollars as an evidence of
good faith on our part in carrying
out the within agreement.
Respectfully submitted.
Oskaloosa Street Railway and Land
Company.
By W. M. PEATMAN, President"
After a little discussion a motion
made by Mr.. Hagan prevailed, to ad-
iourn until Friday night for further
consideration and study of the prop
ositions. A petition signed by about
forty business men and tax payers
was presented to the council asking
them to secure an electric railway in
connection with the light contract if
possible.
Municipal Ownership
Mr.. Carlin wanted all the bids re-
iected as he was unqualifiedly in
favor of municipal ownership. He
read a number Of letters that had
been received from different con-
struction companies, proposing to
build plants here and let the city buy
them. He also read a long article
from IAN Appeal to Reason" which
is a socialists paper published in
Kansas, setting forth the advantages
OF pnunicinal ownerahin of DubliC