The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-15
MEETING TONIGHT
Organization OF a Municipal Owner
ship League-OppOsition to the
Lighting Contract.

There will be held tonight at th'
court house meeting of citizen
who propose to organize MuniCipa
Ownership League.
AS water and light are the twC
greatest needs of progressive com.
munity, these should be owned anC
controlled by the municipality.
1t has been and it. is being demon
strated that the municipal owner.
ship of these two utilities wherever
managed intelligently have proven
to be of the greatest advantage tC
the people.
As Shreveport is a progressive
community. and is expanding stead
| lily, there is no reason why these
two utilities should not be owned
and controlled for the benefit of the
city and of all the people.
The meeting tonight is to be pre-
liminary to permanent organiza-
ton, whose purpose is to be on a
plan that will secure to the city OF
Shreveport and the people the mu-
nicipal ownership and control OF
electric lights and water.
At the meeting tonight there will
be presented a protest against the
City Councils proposed adoption OF
a contract for six years with the
lighting company.
The contract is a substitute for
the contract which has been pend
ing before the Council and to which
objection has been raised for various
reasons, but which it was hoped
would have been accepted favorably
or compromise which failed of
consideration.
1t was proposed to enter into a
contract between the city and the
lighting company for term of four
years, and perhaps six, if the stipu-
lation had been written in the con-
tract that in the event the city did
acquire its waterworks plant and
electric light plant within six years,
the contract between the city and
the lighting company was to end.
The intent of this proviso is plain.
If the new contract, now pending,
should become effective, the city, if
ii did acquire an electric plant.
would be limited to a street light
system of lighting.
The call for the meeting tonight,
which is non-political and non-fac-
tional, has been signed by represen-
tative citizens as follows: Roland
Williamson, w. F. Harmon, DR.. S. B.
Waits, DIR. j. H. Gayle, DR.. s. C. Bar
row, DR.. s. L. Williams, w. G. Agurs,
Z. M. Hoyer, w. P. Oden, J. H. Cos
grove, Or. j. B. Knighton, DR.. ]. j.
Frater, B. B. Cook, C. M. Taylor, l.. p.
Butler, DIR. Randell Hunt, Pope w.
Odem, Dr. ]. E. KnightOn, j. r.. Crib
Bile, e. P. Holmes, r. B. Cheshire, T.
T. E. Dennis, R. C. Jordan,
H. G. Rogers, z. r. Lawhon, Henry
Hunsicker, V. Grosjean, Andrew
Queries, Leon r. Smith, NJ. Van
Lear, E. r.. Ratcliff, J. d. Voisin, H.
r. Ratcliff, G. s. Benson, w. M. Ben
son, w. l.. Earls, w. S. Riggs, V. 6.
Holcombe, o. Y. Caldwell, J. B. Rob-
inson, w. f. Micler, Ernest Laenger,
A. d. Kirklin, E. T. Casen, H. La
rique, J. A. Puecher, H. II. Chiches-
ter, ]. NJ Hughes, Ben C. Wolf, A. M.
Ford, P. w. McKittrick, r. S. Cherry,
Hoyle Tomkies, H. C. Ford, William
Stitt, J. B. Pickett, r. Munday, Henry
Kahn, Hugh w. Williams, C. H. Ath-
erton, M. q. Aldrich, H. o. Cloud, A..
ID. Landon, 7. R. Harrison, w. D..
Castle, Walter II. Polk, E. G. Lam
bert, Geo. M. Agurs, Russell P. Moore,
I. F. Bell Jr., L. M. Howard, Mason
A. Brooks, w. E. Dalberg,
I. r. Silyerstein, DR.. G. G. Chandler,
Ben H. Lichtenstein, DR.. S. A. Dick
son, C. E. perroncel, C. Bills, H. C.
Guyer, DR.. ]. F. O'Leary, Barrow
Seay, A. A. Stephens, H. S. Little, P.
A. Johnson, j. M. Clarke, w. A. Ow-
ems Jr., E. S. Majors, j. Rappolo, H.
Goedeken, w. White, Eli Gras, Am
edee Gras, G. A. White, r. l.. Lafltte,
s. Sachs, L. H. Williams, H. B. Will
liams, ]. M. Flenniken, E. K. Hall,
Jos. Graeber, J. w. Eckert, Chris
Mitchell, Fred N. Rosenblath, NJ.
Newman, Gus Guynemer, H. Boetz,
w. F. Stoer, Tony Cordare, A. E.
Cuerte, NJ. Wanger, Nick s. Gafani,
Justin Gras, B. Alsiere, P. Brousdid,
4. G. Cook, A. White, N. Benson, Sam
War, C. Gold, w. B. Whitmeyer, j.
A. Voisin, c., Brandt, s. H. Hoch-