The Marshall republican., 1913-12-12

plant ~ s yearp ana give Dond 10
sum Of $4,000 az guarantee. Also
In their proposition thsy agree to civ,
twice the light We have now. Don'
you think that locks reasonable and
! lust. II looks an IL the people have
gone light crazy. Let us first pay
what we owe. -
When Ex-Mayor Ed, Page went in
to ~offfse, tie city owed Sie,bd6, and
during his administration II was 'wlb.
cd out, and a balance turned overr 70
Mayor Mitchell; and now we ate In
debt some $4,000 besides our bonded
Indebtedness. How much. are all these
extra city engineers costing us-we
have had n for the last is months.
that has cost US s2.250 besides n he'll
per and part of the time we have had
1.-TWO. Tho council paid $500 to an at
torney at Boonvme. when half the
money would have secured a man at
thone. n we can't afford ~, cut out
some extra expenses and get within
our means. re sffes
Last Monday tina council created
the office OF public works. which will
cost another ssoo per year. besides
secretary and superintendent. BE-
Let US be sensible and reasonable
men and look at both sides. We are
not bound by any company. we are nj
liberty 10 make the best contract
possible. 49,
Or. Hall said the city government
was we'll oiled, that the council was
about TO order another election before
the last vote was canyassed. But our
city attorney called their attention to
that fact-so they took time TO can
vass the vote before ordering another
election.
Mr.. Tucker said regarding the pro-
ceedihg OF the city council that the
gentleman were 40 badly scared,
that they had forget 10 canvas the
vote. ] as you all know am opposed
to the bond issue. i think this new
proposition OF the company ~ a good
one I do not think this an opbortune
time 10 vote $4,000 addition bonds.
I am opposed to municipal ownership
because I think II 10 along the line Of
the single tax movement and the
Henry Georgei and the same hatch
and against all franchises and all
oorporationsoJ think we have, been
going u little to fast and ts~pending
more money than we were able to
spend. When Mayor Page turned
over the city government TO Mayor
Mitchell during his administration n
ten thousand dollar indebtedness had
been wiped out aud n nice balance
turned over to this administration.
Whether the council was e~xcusablo
or not In expanding the vast amount
they have for improvements. salaries
for extra engineers ! am not prepar-
ed to say. but I do know we have
many urgent demands. Just recently
We have had TO contract for $500
to extend the public sewer which
was very much needed. ri i
IL any one will 20 over this town
and see what we have In n munich
pal water plant In name only. Where
many OF our streets have no water
main or fire protection and the citlz-
ems are abiept to put up the money to
build a pipe. line to their homes. !
think this alone show the Unequal
Iity and puts the stamp of disapyroyai
on municipal ownership.
Mr.. Tucker referred to the NUM-
ieipai plant at Carthage. and said
that before they bought the water
worls munieipal ownership OF the
light plant was d, failure. He said
our friend Or. Sharp told you, Q few
weeks ago after his visit to his friend
Goldstein about the masntreant sue
cess Of the Carthsse Electric Light
Plant. I asked Mr.. Goidstein II they
were all using poweryfrom their mum
icipai plant and he said no, that ]
am using the power or the Empire
Company OF Joplin to run my fans.
as II would cost me about fifty dol
lars 10 make the change. II we have
10 pay FOR the eieetricifyswe nse and
the city has to pay9for its itghta and
our taxes, I can nooisee where's any
thing can be gained by voting thase
bonds. IL Is not because the sfrsut
chise submittedp'b this company Is
not a good one. II 10 the antipathy
of many OF our citizens to the old
company. Some have said that II
they would light the city free they
would be opposed to giving them o
franchise,
J. j. Mitchell said in part all Of you
know that I am opposed to municipal
iownefehjp. Last spring when the
matter wa up ssforeithe City cean,
icil fofcsrsnsins q franchiss for build