Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-20
COMPANY WILL
FIGHT ORDINANCE
OBJECTS TO REDUCTION OF
LIGHTING RATES
San 6ernardlno City Council VIII
Probably Adopt Measure caIou-
lated to Regulate Tolls for
Electric Service
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 19.-The
city council will make an attempt to
reduce the rate for electric lights in
this city from 10 cents per 1000 kilo-
watts to 10 cents but probably has q
fight on its hands before the new rate
will become effective. The ordinance
has been introduced and will be placed
on its final passage next Tuesday
night. when 1t Is expected 1t will
unanimously carry.
For the past three months the coun-
Gil has been investigating the matter
of lighting rates as charged by the San
Bernardino Gas e Electric company
with the result that they are becoming
convinced that a profitable business
can be carried on at a lower rate.
The local company has practically
announced that 1t will not submit to
the proposed new rate IL 1T is adopted,
but will fight the matter in the courts
to the last ditch on the ground that
the city is not justified in establishing
the lower rate that the company can
not conduct a profitable business at
that rate. The proposed rate is gradu-
ated to as low as cents for large
users.
The San Bernardino county teachers
institute is in session in this city with
large attendance of teachers from
every part OF uHe COuulys Iuc
sions are held in three sections beside
the general sessions of the morning,
they being the high school, grammar
school and primary department sec
tons. A number of prominent edu-
Gators are present from abroad to
give special addresses, among them
being President Millspaugh of the
State normal school in Los Angeles.
Saloon Fight Postponed
The saloon fight is still engaging
the attention of the people of Cotton
and the question of saloons or no sa-
looms seems likely to be submitted to
the voters of the city at the regular
city election next spring, instead of at
special election at once. The latter
course was opposed by the anti-sa-
loon element of the town and they
seem to have gained their point with
the city trustees, lengthy petition
being presented at the meeting of the
trustees last night In which 1t was
asked that the question be submitted
at the regular election. This condi--
ton was precipitated by the recent
application of William Anderson for
a bar license for the new Anderson no
tel which is opposed by many citizens
who subscribed to the bonus for the
hotel, not knowing that it was con-
tempIated to place a bar therein.
An improvement league is being
organized by the citizens of Highland,
a large number of citizens being In
terested in the movement. The citi-
zens feel that with such an organiza-
ton as this the interests of the town
may be very materially advanced, the
need of it being felt a great many
times in the past few months when
opportunities for betterment have
come along with no one to take the
initiative. A meeting for organtza-
ton will be held in a few days.
This morning the wedding of Miss
Ada May Dow and Abraham E. Valen-
tine occurred at the home of the
bride, Rev. D. Meg. Gandier officiat,,
ing. The couple are well known ana
popular young people and the cere..
money took place in the presence OF
a large company of friends.