Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-28
SEEK MUNICIPAL
LIGHTING PLANT
PASADENA C0UNCELMEN PLAN
CAMPAIGN
cIty's Dispute With Edison Company
Results In Demand for st25,ooo
10 Build Lighting
Plant
Pasa dena Agency,
ii North Raymond Avenue.
Telepho ne Main 1147.

PASADENA, Feb. 27.-Another Inn
portant step was taken today in the
contest between the ,city and the Ed
son Electric company, step which Is
likely to result In the establishment of
a municipal electric lighting plant in
Pasadena IL IL finally II leets with the APP
proval of the people. 1t will be remem-
bered that the bill of the Edison COM
pany for lighting the streets Of the
city with electricity Twas held UP two
months ago by Mayor Waterhouse with
the claim that the city was not getting
what 1t was being charged for. Since
then experts have been examining into
the quality and quantity of the light
being furnished under the city's con-
tract, and pending thet settlement of the
dispute the later bill rs of the Edison
company have been likewise held up.
A week arc private citizens began to
petition the city counc ii for relief from
alleged ,overcharge and poor electric
lights Today Manag er Kennedy APP
preached the council with the sugges-
ton that his company might be will
ing to compromise the matter. A COM
promise committee consisting of the
mayor and CounciImen Ashby, Root
and Dyer was therefore appointed, in
dicating probable agre ement over the
paying OF tue disputed DlllS.
But the city administration is evil
IDENTIFY not to be baked of its prey in
this way. Hardly had the compromise
committee been appointed when Coun-
Gilman Ashby introduced lengthy
resolution detailing the several charges
against the Edison company, referring
to the fact that under the existing
arrangement the lighting of the streets
costs the city about $4,000 year and
expressing the opinion that a municipal
electric lighting plant would furnish
light to both public. and private con-
sumers at less cost than at present.
The resolution ended by calling upon
the city attorney to prepare the neces-
sary ordinances and resolutions for
submitting to the electors of the city
the question of issuing bonds to the
amount of $125, 200 for the installing of
such plant. Mayor Waterhouse ex-
planned that in his opinion municipal
plant would be a moneymaker as well
as enabling the city to furnish itself
and it's citizens with far better light
than that being furnished at the pres
ent time. Every councilman except
Councilman Barnes voted for the reSo-
luton and he stated that he favored
the resolution but was rot ready to
vote on it today.
The sudden movement of the admin
1SlrdtlOn Ill SldIIIllB u CdulpdlSH loI d
j municipal electric lighting plant came
as quite a surprise to everyone. Still
the plan is not a new one in the public
mind, having been much discussed at
the time formal steps were taken for
the city's requirement of a. municipal
water plant, and seems to have been
generally looked upon as logical out
come of the same conditions which
brought about that action. In explana-
ton of the amount named in the
resolution it is said that the adminis-
tration does not intend using all of the
$125,000 there stated as needed and that
only about $45, 900 will be needed to
install an entire copper circuit system
in the city. 1t is claimed that the use
of the entire amount would give Pasa-
dena the finest electric lighting system
in the state
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