Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11
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uE@s4a The Caey as sAs~a ssa'rea isAaaa f@*
~ ln New fagA watl a~ nae& ns8. - a@s
beeaa feared. by an aacTwase IT tAae saA
levy. hut by tRe printing mi N smGn*&*~@1
nuEna&sw Ut suns 0f ferry t@saAAs a. ae
used A. fnel ~ q substitute for e~am1
thereby saving vast Smmas u Hsaa*y
and the whale lsaaA issue leang "a
sunaei withoua adding ans future -
legations. interest hearing ar oGhsswase
ca the city debt,
The city authorities % Glasgow al
mitte=l a lass last year AZ SaAassa 60 she
operations of their gas plant. Mr
Sandy MarNatA. the bnlD0FaSt ut TFx~a&A,
has wrlsten 10 the glasgow sunday
American stating that these nguFws are
morr Illuminating than the gas waaeh
strikes the American mind As = pErsy
cool joke for q Scoarhman
We hear on good authority that wlsssa
the city Of Chicago Anally eaters uIAss'
the operation of the street ear system
the substitution Of hammoCGs and
swinging chairs for straps In no @~Fa-
0usiy contemplated.
A sarcastic correspondent. who L.
read recently that the operating 81
penses uf the Lakewood 0Dh clectras
light plant show q cost Of si@s1i
per arc. writes to ask how this c0ns
pares prorortlonatcly I" the expct~s
of running Noah'~ ark, The qVs~tloE
H. respectfully referrs1l t0 the Tulsa
Theological seminary We frankly
confess that we do not know the an
swer.
People who live Ia glass h"usss'
should not throw stones 4 Jams
town q. v man. who complained ~
Gently that m" municipality OWNED
electric lights "f that town IRE
quently ont NIL might was laughed "a'
of court te~.auw" h" had TO confess
that he was often out NIL Night him
self.
Ouc-sfth Of the garhag" ~ th" clss
Of New York Il consumed daily In NJ
Grating the electric lighting plant rs
which the Williamsburg trtigr h n
Illuminated. n mile and "A half long. ar
counting both rnadways. three milrs
This means that only . PER cent M
New Works oOO miles ~ street light
ing could I've provided for u nil ths
garbage availabl" were u%eHl for that
PURPOSE. If. therefore. as has hten ah
vocated, the publ" buildings and thar
oughfarcs should h" lighted by rleF
tricity secured through u" burning al
this commodity. ID Is surely M In tbs
loyal citizens Of New York 10 rr"lurv
more garbage than they do az present
II Is 20 ic hoped that this hint will ts
sufficient to induce the taxpayers Il
act. for, II they do not. who know
how long II viii I've before the c1tt
finds itself nj the mercy Of nm nm
scrupnl"us. privately owned garhag'
manufacturing company. organized fo'
no other purpose than To put the small
garbage producer out of business and
to secure the emolumcnts which he
long to and should therefore accrue q
the benefit Of the people thcmselves9