Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-10
CONTRACT WAS
AWARDED To
Light COMPANY
BY CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT
1t is Claimed Contract viii
Be EnjOinGd Today

After a spirited discussion Of the
issue Involved, council last night vot-
ed to award the city's pumping con-
tract for the year 1912 to the Ameri-
Gus Gas and Electric Company.
Mayor Mathis said last night afte~
the meeting of council had adjourned
that a writ of injunction to prevent
the light company from gaining access
to the city's property at the pumping
station was ready and would be pre-
sented to Judge Littlejohn today.
Both minority and majority reports
were made by the water and sewerage
committee. When the minority report,
which opposed the awarding of the
contract to the light company, was
brought up for adoption, it was lost
by vote of to 3. Those who fav-
ored the adoption of the minority re-
port We're Aldermen Allen and Bolton
and Mayor Mathis. Those who oppos-
ed it were Aldermen Council, White,
Brown and Riley.
The vote shown in the foregoing para
graph was exactly reversed when the
final vote came with regard to adopt
ing the report of the majority, which
was In favor of the acceptance of the
contract Those who favored the
adoption of this report and thereby
the awarding of the contract to the
light company were Aldermen Council,
White, Brown and Riley. Those who
opposed it were Aldermen Allen and
Bolton and Mayor Mathis.
Prior to the final votes being taken
on the matter, sharp debate arose
between Mayor Mathis, who favored
the minority report, and Aldermen
White and Council, who favored the
majority report. This was mainly in
reference to statistics concerning mu-
nicipally owned plants in several Of
the smaller cities in Massachusetts.
items concerning the cost of pumpage
in which were quoted by Mr. A. N.
Walker, of the Tight company, in a
paper presented in connection with the
pumping contract
According to the terms of the con-
tract. which applies only to the mat
ter of pumping the city's water sup
ply, without reference to the mafnte-
nance of the plant, the light company
agrees to pump the city's water for
2 1-2 cents per kilowatt hour. In con-
nection with the amount of pumping
that kilowatt hour meant, it was
estimated that 1000 gallons of water
could be pumped with kilowatt hour
Of electrical energy.
Mayor Mathis in opposing the awards
Of the contract to the light company
attacked the statistics Of
fered by Mr.. Walker and Alderman
White, claiming that they did not tai
ly with the official figures obtained di-
rect from the municipalities in Massa-
chusetts by himself. A comparativ"
table of these figures, dealing solely
with the cost of pumpage per 1000
gallons, as obtained from the Gas and
Water Review and from the official
statistics of the municipalities them
selves, is as follows;
Ware, Mass.-Gas and Water Re-
view, cents; official records, Ia
cents.
Plymouth. Mass.-Gas and Water Re
view, 81 cents; official records, IL
cents.
Waltham, Mass.-Gas and Water Re-
view, 5.3 cents; official records, 1.3
cents.
New Bedford, Mass.-Gas and Water
Review, Az cents official records, 6
cents.
Lowell, Mass.-Gas and Water Re-
view 6.2 cents; official records, g cents