The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-03-10
city OWNERSHIP
A HUGE SUCCESS
ASEDENA MAKES SUCCESS OF
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT
AND SAVES MONEY.

uts Price to One-Third and Still
Realizes 10 Per Cent PrOflt-Exam-
pie That Might Well Be Followed by
Caldwell With Advantage to the
Community.
The question of lighting and power
IS daily attracting more and more at
tention in Caldwell The condition Of
his city is unbearable and the citi-
lens of the town will not stand for it
much longer. The following article Is
rom the Corvallis Gazette-Times. 1t
b equally interesting to the people of
caldwell. The paper was given US by
Prof. H. T. French who is greatly in
Crested in the alienation of conditions
"a this city. The Corvallis paper says:
Nuts Price to One.Third and Still Make
10 Per Cent.
Under the above caption the issue
81 the San Francisco Examiner Of
Iast Friday contains an editorial re-
ferring to the successful operation
nf the municipal lighting plant Of
Nasadena, California. The editorial
eOmes at an opportune time, and,
IS it will be of considerable interest
n people of Corvallis, the Gazette
FINES believes it worthy of reproduc-
ION in full. The Examiner says:
THE opponents of municipal own
ership Of public utilities will do
well to turn their attention for few
minutes to the city of Pasadena.
THE city owns and operates it's own
Electric light plant.
Before the city installed its own
liant, its. citizens were compelled to
buy electricity from the Edison com
amy
"As long as the Bdison company
held an absolute monopoly, it charged
BE people of Pasadena Is cents per
kilowat hour, and claimed it could not
feduce the price without mourning
financial losses.
Then Pasadena installed in own
Electric lighting plant.
THE Edison company Immediately
eut it's price to 12hc per kilowat
hour.
THE city-owned plant was able,
however, to make a 7-cent rate and
& did So
THE Edison company further re-
anced its rates, but after six months
ef successful operation the city plant
as able to reduce the rate to cents
ner kilowat hour.
THE Edison company promptly re-
anced its rate to cents, but it had
inned away its hour of grace. The
people of Pasadena are buying their
Electricity OF the city at cents
'ather than pay the Edison company
cents.
I'm the first six months of It's oper-
ltion the city electric light pant had
APO customers. In the six months
rom July l, 1910, to January l,
81, the number had increased to
|142 or the number only 4S7 quit
he city service and went back to the
Edison.
In the last six months OF the year
|s1O, the city plant was able to supply |
slectric current for cents per kilowat |
Jour, pay all expenses and operation
md earn a net profit Of 10 per cent.
The Edison company claimed 1t |
you'd lose money II 1t sold electric cur
'ent for less than 10 cents per kilowat
Jour. Now 1t sells It at 4 cents per |
Our
What Pasadena has done San Fran
'isco can do-and 80 can any city In |
california.
THE people of this state have sat |
IDLY twiddling their thumbs while
ew, shrewd, far-seeing capitalists
lave bought for song the immense
water power resources OF the state;
low the people are paying for II In
Excessive rates for electric light and
'ower.
THE day Is coming when the citiaa
II the state will have to buy back
he utilities they practically gave
away, The cost will be heavy, but In
he end the people will gain"
What can be done In any California
own can be done In an Oregon town.
reduction of light rates from Is
tents a kllowat hour to 4 cents is
tremendous reduction, and this In the
ace OF a declaration that the Edison