The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-10-16

p#riars. There was u fair attendance
of representative men and the meeting
I,Ras called 10 order by the president,
ID. rs ,daCrea, who spoke of two i'm
porralt matters which were to come
before the asa5ciationi one pertainitg
to 9 cannery and the other to electric
lights BTr. Hayden representing the
hastings Industrial Company was
then in troduced and proceeded to lay
before the meeting his propositiou re-
garding The establishment OF q can
merry. The proposition as outlihed
briefly by him was the formation of
q co-operative company i'll which
stock should he taken at 800 a share
for the erection ofa building and the
establishment Of a complete plant to
enlpioy l25 hands during the canning
season The plant was 10 he erected
by tlge Hasting Industrial Company
WREN sufficient stock 500 had been
subscribed and takeis, tttpp atlaun IL to
cover the entire cost of, .taa plant
When the stock was all take5t tile coFlE
pany was to. choose neXeeueiv9 com-
mittee whose business was to locate
q site within ten days aud report the
same to the Industrial Company
above named who would proceed at
once with The erection of the plant,
the same TO be completed within 80
days. After some discussion the pro-
position was LETT With i committee Of
three, consisting Of, Z s. Croeker.A y,
i. A.. MackintosA and G. Nv. Su ppiser
70 consult with Mr. II ayden regarding
the plan, secure alf the Information
they could and report IS soon as pos
sibleto the association a
The, ng4tter Of the electric light pro-
position canle up next. being present-
ca by Mr. CLARK OF tie Volhner Hear
ysaisr Gi9nlpany. Mr. Ozark stated
that h5s eompai{g had nulnelaus in-.
quirias frdssi the ei5i@9ns af tie town.
re.gaDding the sstaoIlshlAesilr 81 & plant
here sstir3s lsayiag &iss, tsle.g, as.s.ttlts is
Zine, 4 representative III she n 9is5a,
H,lecFric Light company they eonstdee-
ed it an cpportg1ne tiaae to ascertain
the feasibility OF INSTALLING plant
here. He had been interviewing a
number Of the business houses 10 find
opl now many lights would be taken
apd.hesi consulted, in an informal
Way, witlifhes council - To what the
company might expect from the city
as TO the number Of arc lights to be
used for stfeetHghting- Being asked
what revenue the eom psny would ex.
pct to receive FROM Ehe city III order
10 justify them III Installing plauf
he said they thought they ought to be
bguaran teed sixty or seventy dollars
for lighting the city in addition to
what they received from lighting busi-
Iness houses aud private residences.
lie stated that unless the COM
pany would receive an income OF $500
per tnonLh from all sources chat they
would hardly consider the slnotter
feasible at all. Opinions OF the bdsia
heas men present being asked rsgara-4
ling the proposition, all expressed
themselves as being desirons Of having
electric lights hut they tanught. that.
the csty, could hardly ssaad such an
Iexpenditure rs that. After some
further discussions j was decided that
noJlitng more could beiaore than had
already been done and that with what
the committee Of the council decided
the city could gaarantee the cosnpaly
would have . definite idea OF how
much revenue they coald secure from
the whole c,,illmunity The meeting
aaaa then adjourned to meet at the cAil
Of the president.