Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22
Light and Water Rates '', Hold: Center
Of the Stage--Gommittee
Makes Report ~. ~. r
FARGO. EXPERT" TALKS
Mayor McClory Casts Deciding Vote
When Council Accepts Com.
+ mittee Report :.

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city council on Monday evening when
the electric, light question, came up.
After heated debate the matter Of &C.
cepting the report of the special COM
mittee appointed some weeks ago to
look up rates, etc, was left to the de-
Gliding vote Of Mayor McClory, six
council men being waged against the
other half dozen. The report reads as
follows: ~, sgssss,f-' = ~ ~ :.
Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. .18, 1911
To the Honorable; Mayor and City
Council,r Devils Lake; N. D. .
Gentlemen: ~
We, the undersigned, being your
committee"on light, after thorough In.
vestigatiau and consultation witk a
consulting engineer, report that in our
opinion the following rates should be
established in the city, and that the
same are just and squitable, and al
low reasonable profit, to-wit: =
The first 81 hours maximum demand
10 cents per X. w. Hour, all over that
amount cents per K. w. hour for
light rates. TS%s% ,'..
For first 200 X. w. hours cents and
all over that amount s cents per K. w.
hour for power rate. - - ..,v-.,-7
We further report as to street light
ing that following should be charged
for each are light or its equivalent in
other street lights: $500; per month,
such lights to be kept burning from
dark until daylight, and 81 per month
for each incandescent lamp of 80 can
die bower, such lamps to be kept burn
ing from dark until daylight.
We further report that in the event
that the Devils Lake improvement
company decline to accept and estab-
lish such rates Immediately, then steps
be taken at once to establish a muni'
cipal light plant. >>. ..
(Signed), ..........-..,...-
20. w. OHNsTAD:
-.,...... 20. J. B.. TURNER.
S. L. WINEMAN.
Just prior to- this vote the council
't.laid on the table" a former report
from this committee calling for a max.
imum rate Of r. cents. This was done
ION explanation from the committee
that they had a revised report to Of
fer. The vote on accepting the revis.
ed report was as follows: {
YES NO.
~Halgren. johnson,
Turner McGurren,
!, Wineman, Harris, -.
!. Greene. Miller,
Ohnstad, Newgard, s; .
Callahan Hansen. &322@
~ The mayor voted Eyes" declaring
the motion carried. Z S
Following the deciding vote on the
report Mr.. .Kerlin, president Of the
Devils Lake Improvement company,
stated positively to the council that It
would be impossible to recognize such
rates, that they were conascatory and
: that under such rates it would be i'm.
possible for his company TO do bust.
ness. He as he had done on former
occasions, invited the council to be
fair, to come and see his books and
plant and to inform themselves as to
exact conditions. He declared he was
( willing to meet them more than half
way on fair proposition.
The report seems to have been &C
cepted BY the city council on the rec.
3 ommendation Of an engineer named
/ Sykes brought here by Mayor McC Glory
{. to look into conditions. He refused
b however, to father one clause in the
report calling for q $500 q month rate
for arc lights. On his refusal TO DO H SO
Alderman Ohnstad accented the Re.
sponsibility of fathering the clause. IN
During the session Mayor M Glory
4 informed the city council that they
would not proceed under the 4 81 sess. sess.
sion laws sof North Dakota giving cit
I les the right TO Ak q maximum light
rate. Evidently fearing long litigation
that might 20 very costiy, the report