Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-08-18
BEST LIGHTED
CITY IN VALLEY
If Plans of Electric Company
and Council Go Through
ELECT NEW MEN
ON POLICE FORCE
Several Employees Dropped and Jack
TinsIey Returned to Duties of
Fire Chief and Office Man

FIRE SnteL ana OIIlCe wan
If the agreement entered into on
Friday evening by the city council
and the Rocky Ford Electric Co.,
and there is every assurance that it
will be. Rocky Ford in the near fu-
ture will be the best lighted city of
its size in the Arkansas Valley and
one OF the best in Colorado.
The agreement for our improved
lighting service hinges upon the Sc
curing OF the franchise by the par
ent electric company for a transmits
sion line through Otero county, and
as the conditions of this franchise
have been practically agreed upon by
the county commissioners and COM
pany we may look for the improve
ments to begin along about Fair
time, as the company promises to
change its service within thirty days
after the passage of the franchise.
The first business before the coun-
Gil at its meeting on Friday evening
was the reading OF reports OF the Of
ficers, which were approved and Or
dered filed.
Sheriff Potter then appeared before
the council relative to the appoint
ment of city marshal, for which posi-
ton he recommended the appoint
ment of Jack Tinsley.
Next to appear before the "city
dads" were w. F. Raber, manager
for II. NJ. Byllesby & Co. new
owners of the Rocky Ford Electric
Co. and A. p. DeVore. local super
intcndent, who submitted the follow
ing proposition:
I'm consideration OF the city OF
Rocky Ford entering into a seven
year contract with the Rocky Ford
Electric Co. for the lighting OF its
streets we will reduce the present
.cl,zs ge for such lighting service to
the following prices:
Nine arc lamps at $3.50 per
month; fifteen $50 Watt Tungsten
lamps at S. per month. and forty-fve
100 Watt Tungsten lamps at So per
month.
The above to be the minimum
number of lamps and conditioned on
us securing the franchise for trans
mission line in Otero county, now
pending before the county commits
sioners. After said transmission line
is built the city to have the choice of
changing said lamps i'll part or as a
lamps, provided the gross charge for
all service shall be no less than the
sum OF the total charge of all lamps
mentioned, viz, S24I.5o per month.
The city to have the benefit OF
these prices 40 soon as said fran
chise in Otero county is legally
passed and accepted.
The Rocky Ford Electric Co. is
to have a reasonable time TO put in
any additional lamps il necessary TO
make the above number and it will
change the present carbon lamps to
Tungsten lamps within thirty days
after the passage of said franchise
mentioned, and sooner if possible to
obtain the necessary lamps"
1t was moved, seconded and car
ried unanimously that the new sched-
ule as presented be adopted.
Fred L. Perdue appeared before
the council with tale of woe about
his water bill. which had reached
the sum OF S2o.So during the couple
of months that the Col. and Mrs.
Perdue have been visiting down
south" 1t seems that Col. Perdue
had taken a bath just before leaving
home and had failed to entirely close
the faucet, and the little stream left
running uuIlllS MS dDsChIS Hdu iHON
ed the water meter almost thirty dol
lars worth. His complaint was re-
ferred to the water commissioner for
adjustment.
The committee appointed by the
mayor at the last meeting to investi-
gate whether the expenses of the city
might be curtailed recommended the
letting out of several employees, in
Guiding the night .pumpman. assistant
water commissioner, one irrigator
and Jack Sharp, the street cleaner.
On motion the report was adopted.
1t was moved and carried that the
sidewalk on east side OF Twelfth
street, between Chestnut and Catalpa
avenues. be ordered in.
A building permit was granted to
/. w. Larmore.
The ordinance licensing transient
traders was read and approved and
by unanimous vote was ordered pub
lished in the Enterprise.
The mayor then ordered that vote
be taken on the appointment OF city
marshal, which resulted as follows:
Jack Tinsley. votes; E. r. Strong,
! votes. The latter was declared
elected and will enter upon his du
ties as soon as his bond is approved.
nc NOtt On ilSul MAJ sildl was w
s. Harney, 2; Chas. s. Lane, s.; Sam
Bluff. l. Lane was declared elected
and has already entered upon his du-
ties
The matter OF hiring city team and
driver was left to the street and alley
committee.
ON motion the matter OF city print
ing under the new law was referred
to the city attorney to investigate
and report at next meeting.
And the council then adjourned.