The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-16
SUPT. DABNEY'S
RESIGNATION.
RENDERED TO THE ELECTRIC
LIGHT 4 WATER C0MMIS-
SION, tFfECTIN JULY !.

Greenwood, Miss, June 10, 1908.
Mr., +. l., Moungcr, Chairman DIR, r.
Il. Henderson and Mr.. C.. +. Wright.
Water and Light Commissioners
Greenwood, Miss.
Gentlemen hereby tender my res
ignation IS manager Of Greenwood
Electric Light and Water Plant, to
take effect July list, or as soon there
after as you a supply my place.
shall not, of course, leave before you
have succeeded in making suitable
provision for the management of the
plant, though my attention is demand
ed by urgent matters early in July,
and trust you will be prepared then
to release me.
When | took the management Of this
liant | contracted to give it half of
my time for 81 1000 per year, Decid-
eddy more than half Of my time has
been bestowed upon it, az a result Of
which, by dint Of much care and X
]ertion aud with the substantial CO.
operation Of yourselves and of very
capable engineers, | have succeeded
in systcmatizing the charges and rec
ords on an impartial basis, and in put
ting the plant part Of the equipment
OF which had been o%utgrown by the
city,, in a condition which would do
credit to nan cities of larger size.
have felt for some time that the
demands upon my time by the work
here were such rs not to justify the
longer continuing in this service. but
having undertaken the work, | was
not willing to abandon it, certainly,
whiIel its affairs were only partially
systemati2ed TO the standard which
had set. My resignation is now ten {
dered a month before it would other. {
wise have been, because information [
reached me that some of the citi- s
aens of Greenwood think my whole |
time should be devoted to this plant. |
For their information, | desire to say
the part OF nv time spent on t
other work IL worth a great deal more !,
. me than the part spent on this
work, and that the demands made
lpon me by the work hero greatly il
handicapped me in the prosecution of d
ny construction work, which will be. K
,in so actively in Aberdeen, Clarks- {
Iale, Rosedalo and Shaw in a few r;
weeks, that all of my attention will be O
equired by it.. In
From time to time. during my man. il
cement of the plant, | have heard of Ii
ertain ungracious suggestions that it Of
'as not paying expenses. | cannot re. is
re without saying, tor the informa- lii
OF those who are open to convic. fo
on, that the plant has more than n,
AID running expenses every day that nc
nave operated II. From the day that m
city took charge, there were ur. ar
.nt demands for more and better IN
'rvice. TO meet these demands con- Il,
derabie extensions and a large num- 40
n OF new connections have been r,
ade and the plant increased in ca AZ
to take care of them, All of III
lis has cost money, but is an excel. all
mt investment. In consequence of ar,
csc improvements you have a SER or,
superior to that of any of the mi
WINS hereabOutS. Ian
AS a matter of fact, the actual run itv
ng expenses OF the plant, including asl
laries of all employees, coal and oil. tio
lount to about $500 per month, or ba,
500 per year. The interest on bonds t;o
80, 100 per year, making total regu- we
expenses Sl5, $50 per year. the
The water receipts are more than tha
600 per year. for
light receipts about Sl2,O On per on,
lr, 49,,
lights and fire hydrants 81, 600 MA
: year. gno
'otai receipts, S25, 900 per year De,
hich does not include for water or
inkling.) From which, by subtract ]
the expenses in an unprejudiced a -
nner, II may be seen that there is a
ance of earnings of So, $50 per year, ~"
which should be set aside, annually, anc
ia which, compounded annually at her
'er cent, will retire the bond issue rem
70 years, The earnings should very ho,
perry go toward making extern
N, as heretofore. ava
Respectfully,
A. l., DABNEY.
II. Pace, the 1wner of the n~opular