Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-13
Little J0hnnie's
Dad Explains the
Gas Situation

Las night my Dad was a seitln' by
the fire smokin' his pipe vile ma she
washed the supper dishes.
Ma she SEES 'Willyum. wat has hap.
penod 10 the new gas works at we
was goin' 10 git SO fasty'
Dad he puffed q couple Of puffs
outen his pipe an SEES; We'll. ma, II
were about this a way. They was
a Teller cum out here TO Vagas from
the efeat east an he ses TO nj ssef,
Now here's II place watts s%ufferin'
for a gas plant an It's up TO me 10
help 'cm out"
so he gets bizzy and sees Mister
Olney and Alderman Hafrich an Billy
Bunker an some more Of the city NJ.
tishials an they all said. Sure
thing, old man. II It's one thing Va.
gas neads rite now It's a gas plant.
an the sooner you get one bilt the
better tn be fer all concerned"
Neckst time the City Council met
he showed up with a bran new gas
franchise all rite an offerin' gas for
the very low price OF 81 per thous.
and,
Just about the time at everythjp'
was runnin' smooth an easy an the
hole thing was about to be past, Billie
Bunker he, members at he has heerd
at haste makes waist" AN he ad.
vises at the Council take a week or
2 for consiredin' the matter, wich
they did.
Neckst time the Council met they
was a new Teller on hand an he was
willin' to bid a gas plant & Sell gas
for a dollar a thousand an the first
Teller he lowed as how he was will.
lin to do It for the same price 2 AN
q Alderman ne gets up an SEES at
In his pinion 81 was 2 low a price for
any man 2 make gas an he moved at
no bid be receaved fer lessen a dol.
lar an a half.
he ses, SEES he. NV vrcnds. It's
Just like takin' candy from a baby to
let or po.r Teller cum among us an
try to sell US gas at 81. II he does he
Will hat to charge us Aldermen an
all the city offishials for their gas
same as the rest Of the people an we
must protect u intrusts."
So the hole thing was given TO a
committy to consider an report at the
neckst meetin', Billie Bunker bein'
the chair man Of the committy.
Wen the neckst meetin' cum along
they called for the report OF the Com
nifty an Mister Bunker he aroas In
his sect an sed. gentlemen, I'm pow.
full sorry but when | changed cloas
this evenin' to cum to the meetin'
regret to say at | Inadvertently left
the report Of the committy Of which
am the honnered Chair man, in the
right han pistol pocket Of my trow.
sers. hense no report can be maid"
They was q hole lot OF interested
c~ittyzens there who had cum to the
meetin' to see a gas franchise past,
an they wanted Mister Bunker ia
30 home an git the report. but Billie
he scd at ne want no messenger boy
fer the council an at they mite waite
anuther weak.
Neckst meetin' II 'saeamed as II an
the gas bilders and gas makers In the
u. s. was here to help pore ole Las
vagas outen her gas trubhles, an the
council they sed. See hear, We better
go slow an pretty 500 mebbe som
damphool will cum along an offer t.
make us gas for nuthin'." An som
sed yes, an hears Buddicke list q
dyin' to get q chanst at this gas biz
ness an q feelin' morty fide to detl
at his carelessness in not a gittin gal
into his street "a franchise. wy no,
give him a show for his wife alley?'
An no they busted up the meetin'.
An Ma she says. well, Willyun
what happened to the report in Mis-
ter Bunker's pistol pocket? WI,
don't the Council do sumthin' abou,
II an give us gas to burn
An Dad he shook his he'd sort O
wise like an ses "Damfino; Ats woI
every Roddie In this we're town Il 1