Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
OUTLINES HIS POWER PLAN
City Engineer Rosewater Receives Applause
from Real Estate Exchange,
EXPLAINS DETAILS OF THE ENTERPRISE
President Harrison Believes Matter
Should Receive Popular Consider
~atiOn-vOte of hanks to Mr..
ROsewater by Exchange.

At the meeting OF the Real Estate ex-
change yesterday Andrew Rosewater spoke
Of his plan for canal and electrical power
He said that he came in response to an
attempt to prejudice his plan before the
people; hat the ordinance and plan will
be published and the whole matter will be
presented at a public meeting to be held
in the council chamber Monday. He said
that cheap power could be supplied here to
support a community OF 500, 900 people; that
he had examined all plans and saw that
they could not be carried out unless the
company is given a franchise as good as
those held by the companies already here;
that for this franchise he purposes to pay
5000 the first year, increasing by 81, 900 a
year until $40, 900 is reached, at which It
will remain a while, and then be SIS, 900 per
year. TIL rates proposed are one-third OF
the existing rates. The citizens cannot
grant an exclusive franchise and no ex-
elusive franchise is desired.
The people who have a franchise want
to exclude all others. while l want them
all to come. Within a few years you will
have use for more power than can be Gre
ated by the first plant II you but get the
first plant. Electrical power is cheaper
than steam power because It is shut OF
when machines are not running.
VIII Help Real Estate.
'If this plant is developed it will advance
the price OF real estate materially. Aside
from $15, 900 paid to the city the amount
OF lights can be doubled with little add
tional cost, to say nothing OF the saving on
private lighting. The Commercial club and
other organizations favored paying a bonus
Of $1,000. 900 for something which will now
be given free. / have worked for ten years
on this matter and have never deeried any
scheme while pushing my own. The very
fact that the Thomson Huston company Il
fighting the plan shows that IL fears IL. II
the councilmen who oppose my plan are
honest why do not they reduce the present
charges by ordinance?"
Mr.. Rosewater's remarks were received
with applause and President Harrison said
that he belieYed the matter should be sub.
mitted to the people, and a vote OF thanks
was extended to Mr.. Rosewater.
W. H. Green moved that a comittee b,
appointed to represent the exchange before
the legislature in all matters affecting IN,
city. The committee appointed was: w. II
Green. w. l. selby. ]. B. Piper, T. A
Creigh n ]. W. Lyle.
As to state Convention.
= AAohSoN VI fIeHOult secretary OF TIT
Nebraska Real Estate association, made
short address in which he gave a report O
his work with reference to the state con.
~vention to be held at Omaha December IT.
10. The formal call has been issued. Com
mereial clubs and business association
have been invited to send two delegates
one to be a real estate dealer. The pro
gram is almost completed and soon will b.
in the hands of the printers. The state ha
been arbitrarily divided into nine district
and reports Of real estate situations will b
received from each district. President Har
rison OF the Omaha exchange is to report Of
Omaha conditions in his address Of vel
come. II. II. Wilson Of Lincoln. Home
Hanson Of Columbus and II. Slater OF CO
lumbus Will represent those sections. Irriga
tion will be the theme discussed the seconI
day, with reports from different parts o
the state. Cyrus y. Watson. state IAbo