The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-04-12
CITY Resolution.

City Resolution.
WHEREAS, Before Logan City en-
tered the electric lighting field 1t was
given to understand by circular letters
sent among the people and by word of
mouth that the Logan Light and
Power company stood ready to sell its
distribution system to Logan City, and
said company had market for all the
power 1t could generate and would
therefore willingly be relieved of the
ma tier of distributing its power, and,
WHEREAS, Logan City has made
three offers for the purchase of said
distribution system respectively, $40.
600, $3.50 and S2s, 900, (the last offer
contemplating the installation Of u
power unit by said company for the
City. These offer all being rejected
and counter offers is made which
asks the city to pay for the entire in
vestment made by said company with
six per cent interest from beginning,
less the net proceeds of said dirtribu-
ton system, as seen by the attached
letter from Judge Story, and said cost
to be ascertained from the company's
old books.
WHEREAS, To accept said offer
would cost Logan City approximately
49,, 1000, which amount the city neither
has nor has power TO borrow, and,
WHEREAS, The market value of
said property based on the cost Of the
city's system is not worth more than
ten or twelve thousand dollars II 1t
had the entire patronage and much
less with competitor In the field
The poles Of said company for the
most part worn out, the wire is small
and much of it bare or partly so. The
transformers OF said system are
wrapped to 5000 voltage and those OF
the city to 5000 voltage so that said
company's transformers and most all
of its other property could not be used
by Logan city, and,
WHEREAS, Said company has
never shown sincerity in any attempt
to adjust the conditions now existing
but have rather delayed matters in
giving the city any satisfaction, and
WHEREAS, Said company nearly
year ago lowered the price of lights
from an eXorbitant rate charged
while the people were at their mercy
to the present rate of twenty cents,
thereby inviting fight and,
WHEREAS, Many OF the citizens
are taking advantage of these low
rates, thereby leaving double burden
OF taxation and higher priced lights
upon those who are loyal to the city
plant; which is interpreted 10y the lat
ter TO be unfair and unjust, and only
intended to cause the ruin of the city
plant, and,
WHEREAS, An additional assess
ment on the present rate of three
mills would raise sufficient revenue to
install second power unit, pay the
interest on the electric light bond and
make it possible to serve the people
with lights at ten cents per month a
light, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That tax of six mills
be made for the coming year instead
of three mills, as at present. for cleo
Uric light purposes to be applied as
near as practicable, as follows:
Interest ON $4,000 equals .....$2, 400
Interest ON 1000 equals ..... 900
Interest on 1000 equals. $50. 300
ION second uniU..... ......... $500
Interest on Bonds .,.,...........S3,3 $500
Running Expenses ............. 7,2Ot
Telephone Account. ....... 2,50C
Extended System. .....,... 900
New Unit, freight, etc...,...,. 6,62C
S2l, l2C
A six mill tax on 81, 1913, 900. ...sll, $50
5000 lights at lOc.............. 6,OOC
Street lights. .,..,.............. $780,
S2l,l2(
AND FURTHER RESOLVED
That the electric light committee bt
and hereby is authorized to fix The
price of l6c. p, lights at anywhere be
tween ten cents and thirty-hye cent
each month and adjust the price TO
power as occasion requires.
NOTE: This increase of tire,
mills would call for $500 more thar
the amount assessed the present wear