Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-09
CITIZENS OF PASADENA ASK
QUESTIONS
WANT MUNICIPAL PLANT PUT IN
sHAPEO
Seek to Have Cash from General Fund
Used for Purpose Until After
Bond Election Is
Held
Pasadena Agency.
"a East Colorado Street.
Sunset Main 274O.


Sunset Main 274O. Home 266s.
PASADENA, Dec. s.-The inquisitive
citizen asks: what is the city going
to do with the municipal light plant in
case the proposed 100000 bond issue fails
to carry?''
This question has been put to Mayor
Farley. who said: 1--WE will then have
to fall back on our general fund and
go ahead with what we have got with
out any further extensions"
"Why not use some of the general fund
now. put the plant in shape to have
earning capacity and let it be paying
for itself all the while we are discuss
ing and postponing the BOND election!
was asked.
To this latter question the mayor has
stated there are not funds enough to
equip the plant according to the plans
suggested by Prof Corey.
1t is said superintendent Glass has re-
peatedly offered to connect the plant
with wires for commercial lighting in the
business district at small cost, at least
at an expense not to exceed what money
there is in the general fnud.
There is an abundance of energy at the
plant to do commercial lighting and
many of the city lines are within a
short distance of the business section,
where the revenue is expected to come
from.
Mayor Farley promised and insists on
a business administration for the city,
but the inquisitive citizen wants to know
how much business there is in continual
delay which allows the Edison company
to keep on charging electric consumers
old rates when, IL the city would turn
on it's power, 1t is assured that prices
would be cut in half.
rs this a business administration for
the light consumer or for the Edison
company" again asks the inquisitive
citizen. Here we have a plant which,
according to the manager in charge, is
capable of furnishing all the light we
need right now. yet for the want of a
few niggardly dollars service is put off
and put off at the whim of the mayor,
who says we must have bond election
before we can have lights.
For that matter the city might use
enough of the $4,000. said to be in the
general fund, to pay the cost of what
wires and labor are needed, set the lights
to going and soon have enough collected
from the revenue to pay back the general
fund in less time than 1t takes to vote
the bonds. If they ever are voted.
SIT seems to me-" continued the inquis-
tive citizen, ''that if the mayor is sin
cere in his business administration he
should look at the proposition from the
same viewpoint as does the taxpayer.
who is not only ready to pay for the light
the city will have to sell, but also puts
up for the interest and other expenses of
maintaining the plant"
Regarding the immediate service of ad-
ditional lights Superintendent Glass said:
'If lam allowed to choose the locations
/ could at once install 150 incandescent
lights without adding to the transformer
capacity and at a cost not to exceed
$1,000 These lights could be placed in
the northwest district, where people are
clamoring for them."
Mayor Farley is also opposed to this
on the ground that he claims the lights
would have to be installed on temporary
fixtures in order to be economical
Mr.. Glass believes that the operating
expenses of the plant for the year will
show surplus over and above the $17,-
500 allowed in the budget, and he is anx-
io1s to use this money in making ex-
tensions, but the mayor insists that all
saved above operating expenses should
revert to the acquisition fund. which has
already been overdrawn