The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-24

ACtlng on tn6 recommendation
of the Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee, the City Council at a
special meeting held Monday night
ordered an election for $4,000 of
electric light bonds and $4,000 of
sewer and water bonds to be held
on the 1st of May. Registration
books will be opened March list.
The official proceedings will be
found elsewhere. The Committee
report will be found below.
At the recent meeung of the Cham
Der of Commerce a committee was APP
pointed to investigate and report on
the ACCESSIBILITY of a bond issue to
complete the sewer system of the city,
erect new school building and in
stall an electric lighting plant
The committee has made it's report
to President Sessions. 1t recon-
mends an issue of $4,000 of bonds for
a lighting plant, $4,000 for the com
pletion of the sewer system and addi-
lions to the water system, and $4,000
for new school building, total bond
issue of $4,000.
The report is published below:
To the Chamber of Commerce, Ma
rietta, Ga:
Gentlemen-We, your committee APP
pointed to investigate the ACCESSIBILITY
of the city's voting bonds 0) for in
stalling it's own electric lighting sys-
TEN, GU for building sewage disposal
plants and arranging to give more
complete sewer and water service,
and CD for erecting an additional
public school building, beg leave to
report as follows:
Electric Lighting Plant.
In the equipment at the water
works the city already has a large
electric generator considered as per-
! feet machine as can be found any
| where, which is now needed only
| about an hour a day. This generator
/ is said to be capable of running the
water pump and lighting the streets
and houses of the city at the same
! time, with current to spare for com
mercial purposes The boiler power
/ at the water works seems also ample
for such work. The superintendent,
| Mr.. Early, is a capable electrician.
+ Therefore, it appears that, with an
investment for poles, lamps, wires and
transformers, the city would have it's
system complete for lighting the
streets, and with an investment for
meters, could also serve all who de
sire current for lights and power. The
additional running expenses should be
only the labor of one or two men and
additional coal used.
From a survey and map of the city,
showing location of lines and lights,
we are informed by reliable expert
authority that system much more
complete than is now in use (includ-
ing meters for consumers) could be
installed for about $4,000. The pres.
ent number of street lights is 49, By
using fewer arc lamps and more 200
candle power Tungstens, the proposed
survey gives a total of 220 street
lamps.
Unquestionably the water works, as
now operated, will be a heavy burden
to the tax payers, but, by utilizing the
machinery and employees for making
current as above outlined, the cleo
trio service would, we estimate, save
the city the $4,000 a year now paid out
for street lighting, would pay the in
terest and sinking fund on $4,000
bonds, pay additional running ex
penses, and net the city, from current
sold to homes, stores and factories
possibly $4,000 year This profit, be
it more or less, would, as you see, hell
greatly in offsetting, wholly or par
TALLY, the water works expense
which would otherwise be obliged tC
be met by taxes Besides this, W.
would have 4 superior service.
If the citizens see fit to vote for the
above purpose, we would recommend
that the Board of Lights and Watei
Works offer to buy the equipment o.
the KennesaW Paper Company, the
could be utilized, if it can be p1r
chased at a fair valuation. If this car
be done, and competition eliminated
the income from the sale Of curren
would be increased and the city plan
| yield a larger profit.
In view Of the facts as they apDea
TO US, We heartily recommend that The
citizens authorize the issue of bond
to the amount Of twenty thousan,
($20,00000) dollars for this purpose
Sewage Disposal Plants.
i From survey and estimate alread
| prepared for the information Of tn
Board of Lights, Water and Sewer;
| il appears that ground could be nn1