The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-04-29

price to induce manufacturing plants
TO locate in this city? Give us your
ideas on these questions
My boy, | have not thought much
about the subject you mention. but
| ii seems to me to be- feasible. and
IL the purchase OF the plant could
be consummated the city might do
lot toward inducing manufacturing
plants to locate here. and also re-.
duce the price OF gas. although
natural gas as a fuel is cheaper than
coal
The city could use the natural gas
in furnishing street lights and
where the city is using only incan.
descent lamps at present arc lights
may be used and the dark corners
lighted up. Instead Of using the
number Of lights AZ present two or
three times as many lishts could be
used. and Ardmore would be one OF
the best lighted cities In the south
west Then II a factory wanted to
locate here, and the question Of
fuel came up, 1t could be- easily set.
tied, because the city could make a
better price TO consumer than
private corporation. \ factory using
a considerable quantity of gas could
secure II at about six cents per
thousand feet and then Ardmorc
would be the mecca for more manu-
featuring plants than We could get
sites for at once The city could
make the price of gas so reasonable
TO people that whore 30 are using
gas at this time 100 would use it
then"
But, Colonel, don't you think that
some Of the good citizens here would
cry graft on the part Of the city
officials"
Yes, that would be done in all
probability the same as the cry of
graft is made at present. but you
never see where those who cry graft
ever prove anything and every time
an investigation is made the party
crying graft loses out. Last spring
an expert accountant examined the
books and affairs of the city and
no graft could be found. My old
father in his lifetime used to say
those who are SO suspicious of their
neighbors bear watching themselves
and | think that it is good rule.
You know we have a number of peo-
pie who live in this city. and | am
sorry that Ardmore has that class,
who are against everything in the
way OF improvements that are made.
The class to whom | refer opposed
the paving, they opposed the pur-
chase OF the site and building OF
the watcrworks dam and they op-
posed the sewerage system. Never
mind, SOME day, Ardmore will have
a number OF first class funerals and
crowd OF these old croakers will
lead the procession, and when those
funerals take place, then Ardmore
will grow faster than it has ever
grown, although We are making rap
i'd progress at this time.
The city. 1t seems TO me, could
run the natural gas plant on
cheaper scale than private corpo-
ration, and it would be run at a prof
1t the same as the waterworks. You
no doubt know that the waterworks
are more than self sustaining, and
the gas plant could be more j;Ian
self sustaining. | don't know but
that the idea is a good one.
While am talking, | may as
well get in behind the normal, and
make the people keep up the work
by pushing the claims OF Ardmore
TO the front. Ardmore ought to be
the winner and would be the win
ner, If the politicians in Guthrie do
the right thing by the city. We
should keep up our spirits and not
stop working for it, until the matter
has been decided by the legisla
ture. even if We lose in the com
mittee.
We'll. have talked enough for
a sick man. and will have TO asE
you 10 excuse me. Next time you
come around pick out pretty weatha~
when the old man is feeling better
than he Is feeling this winter morn.