The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-27
NEW LIGHTING PLANT.
The Resolutions Unanimously Adopted
BY Council

electric light plant, now owned and
operated 10y the said city i now, ANA
has been for some time past, made
quate 10 supply the demands made
upon it for lighting private Tt sidences
and various places of business:
And. whereas, it also appears from
the books and records kept of the
money received and expended, by
reason Of the operation Of said plant
by the city Of Ocala, that the income
Of commercial lighting has been in
excess Of the expenditure necessary
for the maintenance of the plant to
the present time: that such income
h&s been sufficient to pay all Of it,
running expenses and interest on its
( bonded Indebtedness without taking
/ into consideration the fact, that 10y
. ownership of the said electric light
. plant 10y The city, the city Of Ocala has
/ saved annually about $500, or there
aboute, heretofore paid for street light
/ ing,
Ii also appearing to the city council
/ that there l. Al increased demand for
electric lights amounting TO more
/ than five hundred lamps, and, also,
/ there j, demand for motor power 10
! ue used for the running of fans and
! other appliances in stores, hotels ana
business houses; that the capacity of
/ the present electric light plant, it run
aJ It's standard capacity, l. only ole
/ thousand lucaudCsceut lamps, and
/ under the present management, Of
/ uece--ity s., the plant j. ROW operating
fifteen hundred iucaudesceut lamps,
/ being five hundred lamps more than
/ the average capacity OF the said plant;
/ ihal Il would he to the best interest of
the city OF Oyala to dispose Of the
/ plant ~ it now s;auds, a. the boilers,
engines, dynamos and other fixtures
HOW in use ale totally inadequate to
supply the demand for commercial
/ lighting.
Aud IL further appearing that new
electric light plant, consisting OF en-
gines, dyutmos and appliances Nee
e>sary for its operation can he ob-
| tanned, with "a capacity sufficient 10
! furnish two thousand To twenty five
hundred iucandcsceHt lamps which
number can easily ice Obtained and
also other motive power for CONNER
cial purposes, at u SUM not exceeding
10000; that from the applications
now on lie with the manager of the
said electric light ri ant the iucOme 10
toe derived by Commercial lighting
will easily cover all of the running eX-
peuses of tue plant, together with in
terest ON said S3o,0O0, auc sum sutli-
cieuLto reimburse the said expendi-
turc necessary for the cost of employ
ment OF the said plant, i'm thirty years
from this date, with interest thereon
at rate not To exceed , per cent per
aunum.
BE il resolved by the city council of
of the city of Ocals, that it is expe-
dient for said city 20 exercise the au-
thority conferred 10y the provisions of
sections one aud five OF Chapter 1900
Laws of Florida, in relation 10 the re-
construction, eXtensioI and enlarge
ment of It's electric light plant
Resolved further, that the city of
Ocula shall pay for the reconstruction,
extension AID enlargement Of its cleo
tric light plant 10y the issue of bonds
of said city, payahIA in thirty years,
with interest at the rate Of ) per cent
per aunum, which said bonds shall not
toe disposed of for less than par and
accrued interest; said bonds To be in
such denominations and issued as
may be provided 10y ordinance here
after to be adopted i'm the event Of the
ratification aud approval of these res
olutions 10y majority of the voters
voting thereon at municipal or spe-
cial election to be called and held for |
such purpose.
Resolved further, that upon the |
passage and adoption of the resolu-
tons 10y the city council of Ocala, by |
a vote of two-thirds of its members.
and upon the approval by the mayor |
of said city as provided in section of |
Chapter 1000 Laws of Florid. that a |
special election be called and held, as
provided 10y law, for the purpose of
ratifyIug 10y a majority OF the voters
voting thereat the exercise and au-
thority conferred by sections l and )
of said Chapter 1900 Laws of Florida.
Approved this the 18th day of June,
lSo-. NJ. FIsHEL, Mayor.