Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15
GASTON.

Gastonia Gazette, May 11.-If there
is any man who likes to trade horses
It is Mr.. s. NJ Morris. Mr.. Morris l:
very popular and successful horse
trader, but when 1t comes to trading
mules, he sometimes makes a bac
trade. Tuesday night about ter
o'clock he struck up with a frisky
little mule belonging to Mr.. Fores
Elmore. The swap was made, ou
Wednesday morning Mr.. Morris
thought he didn't have the right mule
and went to Mr.. Elmore to see II III
hadn't been given another mule In the
place Of the one he had traded fol
the night before. Mr.. Morris will no
trade mules any more at night. ....
The question of granting franchise!
to the power companies seems to bt
agitating the city board Of aldermen
The town has made ten year con-
tract with the Spencer Mountain COM
pany for power. The Spencer Noun
tain company is to furnish power II
the town, and the town will do light
ing business as they have done before
BY this contract the town will save
something like three thousand dollars
annually. But the town will not fur
nish power for the various enterprise!
in town nearly all of which will In the
near future use electricity as motive
power in place of steam. Mr.. G. b
Armstrong, secretary and treasurer o
the Clara cotton mills, has made
contract with the Spencer Mountain
company for power to run his mill
Many of the other cotton mills II
town expect to get power from TIT
Southern Power company. The South
ern Power company Is coming to Gas
tonia with power. The board OF al
dermen want 1t, the best interests o
the town demand 1t. The manager o
the Southern Power company claims
that his company does not want Il
do commercial lighting in the city
All they want to do Is to furnish pow
er to the mills. The Southern PoweI
company has unlimited capital anC
with an almost absolute control o
Catawba river, will be in a position
when their power is fully developed
to compete with the town in CONNER
cial lighting. Some people think th'
town should go out Of the lighting
business altogether and turn the mat
ter over to some power company
binding the company by a contrac
which will guarantee a good servic'
and make all power companies doint
a business in the town pay a fran
chise tax. Charlotte Is lighted by tn,
Catawba Power company which Is ;
lbranch of the Southern Power com
pany. Charlotte gets her lights a
half the former cost and the town ha!
nothing to do with collecting ligh
bills and the like. What the board o
aldermen intend to do Is for the towl
to do a commercial lighting business
as they have done before, and gran
the Southern and Spencer Mountain
companies franchises to do business
here provided they do not compet'
with the town in the lighting of pri
vate residences and other place.
where only a small amount Of powe
is required. The Southern Powe
company of Charlotte has completed
its plans and surveyed it's route t.
Gastonia. Work has begun on th'
line which will be built to Gastonit
on steel towers. Gastonia will be II
the Charlotte division of the Southern
Power company. The Spencer Noun
tain company will also build line
to Gastonia in addition to town line
for the purpose of furnishing power
for cotton mills.