Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-11-10
TALKING
over The
ELECTION
Still Determined on City
Owning Plant.
Many Believe City Should Buy the
Present Electric Plant At a Fair
Valuation Fixed BY Expert EleC-
tFiCdl Engineer.

Will there be another bond election
called for the near future?
This is an open question.
Some of the advocates of municipal
ownership unquestionabIy favor keep
ing the question of "a municipality own
ed and operated electric lighting plant
before the public in this way, while
others are Of the opinion that it would
be better to wait for some time be,
fore presenting the issue again.
While the proposed issue of bonds
fer this purpose was so badly defeat
ed on Tuesday there is no intention
on the part of the advocates of muni-
cipa1 ownership to abate or abandon
their efforts to give Americus a light
ing plant owned by the city itself.
Where Did The 149 Stand!
It is claimed that the vast majority
of the 149 registered voters who did
ro( vote were in favor of municipal
ownership and that if the polls had
teen kept open until six o'clock, in
stead Of Closing at four, the vote for
electric light bonds would have been
greatly increased and the other two
bond issues would have been carried.
1t required 38S votes in favor Of
either of the bond issues to carry the
day. The sewerage bonds fell short
"a of this, the water bonds 55 and the
electric light plant bonds 100.
If every one of TIE T49 registered
voters who did not vote had voted
and in favor of the electric light plant
bonds that issue would still have
failed, being then short Al of enough
votes.
On another registration it is prob
able that the toeal registered vote
might be pushed up to 625, when i
would require 416 votes to put a bond
issue through.
If the registration were 625 and ev-
cry vote was poLed it would be nee
essary to convert some of those WHO
voted against electric light plant bonds
yesterday to carry the day If 625
votes were pooled and the siame 22GI
voted against electric light plant bonds
as on Tuesday the vote in favor of such
5oads would be 39g, or II less than
tie requisite uwo-thirds
This shows the difficulty of putting
This, or any other bond issue, for that
matter, when there is any considera
Bile minority working against it.
Advocate Buying Existing Plant.
In view of these palpa6le facts some
OF the staanch believers in a munich
pal lighting plant, who, believe tl'at no
effort should be spared TO promote
harmony in Amer.cus and remove a
long existing cause of division and
dissensioA, are advocating that the city
co4neu make a u oqosition to the cleo |
tric light company to take over It's
electric plant on fair valuation, toI
be fixed by expert electrical engineers.
The advocates of this course point ou
that as a result OF the division in tie
city over the municipal plant issue the
i3suing of bonds for street paving
has been held up, other improvements
postponed, and the effectiveness of
the city administration hampered and
largely destroyed
There is no doubt that this solution
of tie question would meet with al
very general approval. The commun-
ity is undoubtedly weary of the long
7exatious dissension and would hail
any solution that brought it to al
speedy end. Bonds would probably,
it is pointed out, be voted to buy the
existing plant and convert it into a
municipality owned plant. Otherwise
there seems to be every prospect O
the existing conditions being indef-
nitely prolonged.