The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-08-27
Will HillSbOrO Be IG Darkness?


Sept IL On Sept IL the contract with the sboro Light
Fuel Co. expires and far the Village Council and the Light Co.
been able for the furnishing OF
street lights temporarily.
Members the Light of Council tell that they
have offered the Light Co. $500 month for street lights
definite taken that the present condition of
the finances that all the afford and that
the Light Co. refuses furnish the lights that price that
this proposition accepted the town will be darkness far
a street lights concerned after Sept. IL.
Mr. Beecher of the Light Co., tells that ne has
continue furnish the lights for the village from
month month under the of the old contract that to fur
nh light for $500 month would be furnishing at much less than
and that while he would much cutting off the lights
that the proposition the Light Committee that the Company
could possibly consider especially month month basis
Under the which expires Sept H. the has been
paying $500 month for light for the streets This contract has
been running for years.
evaded The time for action has What do
question of citizen and citizen
should be afraid to take decided stand in the matter.
Several months advocated that the Hboro Business
Mems Association take the question and presented the matter
meeting of the Association and urged investigation
mtee appointed for that purpose if anything
have never heard of it,
There but thing do this matter and that the best
thing for the Personal friendships and personal emnes
should enter into the question Further think too big
and too intricate problem expect citizen to nfor
himself that he will enough knowledge
form ense opinion Information data should
by organization the interests the which in
opinion the Business Mems Association and then furnished
the people If this done then the people would know what
should be done
consider problem unpreudced standpoint
first taking those facts upon which all agree.
the size of Hilsboro have it's we'll
lighted.
This should be done in the cheapest way commensurate
with good service
8. Hlsboro and raise the money pay this
Thus there only one thing to decide to
solve that problem and that how the lighting be
economically secured
Three the lights open understand
Contract with private whereby the company
nshes the light and furnishes everything provide the light just
has been done in the past
2. The town build and operate its plant.
g. The town purchase at certain price from
private and furnish the lamps and keep them
repair
understand the situation only private concern
has applied for the contract the Hsboo Light Fuel Co. that
their proposition is furnish light reduction practically
twenty-five from the Such
Council has refused to make saying that the town afford
that much for light and claiming they data to
that the amount asked is unreasonable.
deadlock has thus between Council and the Light Co.
and the people face the problem of unghted
An apprasement is being made of the Hisboro Light &
Fuel Co. by the Public Utilities Commission 1t is believed bv
Council that with the data secured from this appaeent will
be possible to know what should be done it, But this
apprasemen will not be completed for months Hsboro
be in darkness for that length of time We believe that we
afford be neither believe that the Light Co. afford
to ask unreasonable for its services during time
An unfortunate situation has and which must be
solved quickly, even if only temporarily.
What the people of Hilsboro going do aboutit
Warren Harding that the rule of the state
to the people the Ohio this year he is endeav
orng great advocate of that principle Hard
ing one OF the Taft Leaders the primary fight between
and Roosevelt when Roosevelt carried the by over
The people having expressed their wish have the delegates from
Ohio for Roosevelt Harding led the the State conven
on for Taft and through political manipuaons managed
the six delegates large from Ohio and he was one
of them At the Chicago Convention he placed nomination
and voted for him. By majority of 900 Republicans of
Ohio had said they wanted Roosevelt and Harding who would
have you think he ardent believer sin the people ruling
voted for Taft In this instance he thwarted the of the
pie emphatay expressed and elected United Sena
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