The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-18
CITY LIGHTING PLANT
CONTRACT IS PENDING
Mayor Yeiser and Committee of Joint
Boards Confer All Morning
With Company.
REPORT MADE TO GENERAL COUNCIL

Some delay may be experienced II
concluding the contract between tn,
city OF Paducah and the Genera
Electric company for increasing tn,
capacity of the municipal llghtin,
plant. After the committee of tn,
whole of the general council las
night decided to enter INTO the con
tract. the light committee and Mayo
Yeiser met with representatives o.
the company at the city hall ant
were in session all morning, discuss
ing various features OF the contract
II was proposed that the terms b,
modified in some ways for the bene
tit Of the city and the company's rep
resentatives telegraphed TO Schnec,
tady. ~ Y, for authority to act.
In the meantime Mayor Yelser Is
investigating to ascertain TO what ex-
tent he has authority to refuse 70
conform to the instructions of the
general council. The action OF the
committee of the whole was In ef.
feet directing him to sign the con
tract. He said:
81 think the action is hasty. and
fear the new lamp Is not an estab-
lished success. Representatives OF
other companies claim that they have
not been given an opportunity to be
heard, and think we should go slow
in this matter"
Alderman Earl Palmer, chairman
of the joint light committee. said the
committee had thoroughly investi-
gated the question and he produced
the following report OF the commit
tee TO the general council:
Committees Report.
The joint light and water commit
tee after according to the matter OF
the installation of an electric plant
for street lighting by the city of Pa
ducah. much careful and intelligent
consideration. now submits the fol
lowing report and recommendation
to this honorable body.
BY the authority vested in thi.
committee by the general council. a
consulting and supervising engineer
in the person OF Mr. John w. Holmes,
was employed to submit 20 this com
mlttee and to the board OF publi1
works. plans and specifications for a
street lighting plant in accordance
with the recommendation OF this
committee made to and concurred in
by the general council.
When Mr.. Holmes presented the
plans and specifications first prepar-
ed by him to this committee. his re-
port contained matter foreign to the
recommendation referred to. and sta
ted that the conclusions arrived at
were based in a degree upon the pos
siblty Of bond issue at later date
for the purpose of constructing by
the city OF Paducah a commercial
lighting plant. These plans and spec
ifications were received and filed By
this committee. and Mr.. Holmes was
directed by majority vote of the
committee to prepare plans and spec
ifications in accordance with the rec
ommeudatlon under which this com
mittee was acting.
II is to be regretted that the conf
dence in the engineer, in the minds
OF some members OF this committee.
was shaken by what appeared to
them to be an inspired report intro
duced by him. As a result OF this
of mind on the part OF
some OF the members Of the commit
tee. when Mr.. Holmes submitted his
second report with plans and speci-
fications at a later meeting. IL was
decided by a majority vote of this
committee to request the represen-
tatives of all the leading electrical
companies to appear be-
fore he committee in person and dis
cuss The merits Of the wares offered
by thVm. to the end that each mem
Der of the committee might have an
opportunity of judging from his own
as to what system might
best serve the purpose in point. This
was held and the representa-
chine companies appeared before the
and the merits OF various
systems were under discussion for
four hours. As result of this dis
Al n H.