The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-23
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
is BECOMING UNPOPULAR


Leicester Dec 22.-The Electric Light
Company that furnishes the town of Lei
cester and its residences with light and
power is becoming very unpopular. All
about town subscribers are setting up a
vigorous kick against the price they had
to pay for the electricity they used last
month Some have meters, others have
not. Those that have meters say they
might just as well have none.
Many of the people who use electricity
say they paid more money for the juice
they used last month than they have
paid at any time since they had the lights
put in their homes or stores. One man
who keeps a store in Leicester Centre re-
ceived bill for 80 for the electricity used
last month. Other months the bill was
hardly over 81. He claims he did not use
any more Juice last month than he did
the month before, when the bill was
lower
Everywhere people are making COM
plants. They say the more electricity
they use the less they have to pay, and
the months they are very careful are the
months their bill is boosted up to 81.
Some of the manufacturers of the town
who have been subscribers to the COM
pany are among the people who say they
are being imposed upon, and these men
are making arrangements to generate
their own electricity. These men have
dynamos in their factories, and for their
home use they have bought the electricity
from the Electric Light Company or the
Rawson Light and Power Company, as It
was once known. Now they intend to
connect the wires of their homes with
the factory dynamo and supply their own
electricity.
There is a public place in town that
uses generally three lights. One month
it used three lights every night in the
month except Sunday, That month the
tried an experiment and used only two
lights and their bill was about the same
amount. The people have meter, and
they fail to see how their electric light
bill for one month could be the same for
two lights as it was when three were
burning If the meter registers correctly.
The subscribers say there will have to be
a change right away, or many OF them
will start burning oil
Just a year ago the statue of St.
Joseph which adorns the Catholic Church
of that name in Leicester was placed in
position Since that time the statue has
been a landmark in the town of Letces-
ter The statue is fitted up with an cleo
trio light, which on dark night can be
seen for miles around.
One year ago A. o. H Division "A of
Cherry Valley received holy communion
in a body. and again Sunday, on the an
niversary of the statue, they approached
the altar in a body.
Christmas day there will be three
masses celebrated in st. Joseph's Church.
The first mass VIII be at o'clock, the
second at s 80 and the third and last mass
will be at 1870 O'Clock. The choir under
the direction of Timothy OConnell is re-
hearsing special Christmas music
Saturday night at o'clock the third
quarterly conference of the Cherry Valley
NJ. E. Church was held in the church YES
try. DR.. W. T. Perrin presided. The re-
ports for the last quarter were read, and
one change i'm the officials for the next
quarter was made. Miss Anna Richard
son was elected recording steward to sue
coed Mrs. Richard Logan, who viii move
out of town in a few days. Mrs. Logan
has been i'll for the past three months
and has but just recovered. She was
very prominent in church work and her
presence will be missed.
DIR. W T. Perrin preached at the
Cherry Valley NJ. L. Church Sunday eve
ming. Rev. A. r. Nichols preached the
Christmas sermon. Special Christmas
music was rendered. Tuesday night
there will be Christmas exercises. The