The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-04-11
WATER BOARD GIVES
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nishing good service in both water
and lights and believe that it is
worth the money that is now charg
ed. When the present in debtedness
of the Board of Water and Lights is
paid, every dollar of net profit over
and above the efficient operation of
these two plants will be turned into
the treasury of the city of Marietta
to be used as your Mayor and coun-
Gil may direct; preferably in the
opinion of this board, in building
streets and sidewalks. There is no
reason in the world why these
combined plants should not pay into
the city treasury inside of two years
between $4,000 and SIS, 200 per
year to put in the streets and side
walks, if the people of Marietta will
patronize their own property. The
cut rates being offered by the Ken
nesaw Paper Company are not le-
gitimate rates, and that company
cannot afford to give them. Their
predecessor charged much higher
rates before the city plants were
built, and then they went into
bankruptcy and were in the hands
of receiver for months and months.
In both the Atlanta Journal and
the Atlanta Constitution of Sunday.
April 6, was published a report of
all public service corporations in
Georgia, made to the Railroad Com
mission. These reports are sworn
reports that must be made annually
and the report of the Kennesaw
Paper Company shows that during
the last fiscal year their plants were
operated at a loss. Now, if they were
operated at a loss in 1912 at their
existing rates, how can they expect
to make money by cutting rates
The city has not cut rates and does
not intend to. The only conclusion
that we can arrive at is that own
ers of the Kennesaw Paper Company
are so furious with themselves for
not having sold their plants at a
just and fair price to the. city of
Marietta, that out of revenge, not on
themselves but on the ely, they want
10 hurt somebody.
Now what we wish to call your
attention to is the fact that the
Lighting and water plants OF Mar
ietta both belong to the people of
Marietta. When you patronize these
plants you are patronizing your
selves and keeping down taxes. The
Kennesaw Paper Company is owned
by people who do not live in Mar
ietta or Cobb county. 1t is Foreign
owned, and SO far as we know an
Atlanta-owned corporation If the
Kennesaw Paper Company's predec-
essor went into the hands of a re
ceiyer when it had a monopoly Of
both lights and water in Marietta,
how in the name of sense can the
Kennesaw Paper Company be ex-
pected to make good, contracts
signed with the citizens of Mariet-
ia at cut rates.
We suggest to every citizen who
contemplates signing contracts for
one year, three years, of any other
length of time, with the Kennesaw
Paper Company, that they consider
carefully before they act You may
be responsible all right, and your
name may be good on any piece of
paper. What assurance have you
that the other signature on the
contract you may sign is good, I'M
less it is endorsed or guaranteed by
some concern who is making enough
profit to guarantee that they can
continue to operate and fulfill your
contract! Our reasons for saying
this are that the predecessor of the
kennesaw Paper Company failed
and went through bankruptcy when
they had a monopoly on both water
and lights in Marietta The Ken
nesaw Paper Company's own sworn
report shows that they ran on
deficit last year. This being true
how can they make any money?
Now ponder over these things.
This cut-rate business is simply to