Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-10

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additional investment of about for which not to be COM
penated additional street lighting One the Com
mercia Club Committees experts stated the Committee that the
by the City the Company for the insufficient lighting
provided $4,000 less than the City should That
not to the Company The statement the expert much
too conservative And yet because the Company desires to do its
full share the betermen and upbudng of Omaha has
posed to give to downtown Omaha MODERN slightly and highly eff
cent system of illumination and addition provide for the
lighted and dark places ten hundred and seventy additional hghan
depower lamps and all for the paid by the
taxpayers for the present lighting system.
The City Council has approved streeghng with this
Company covering period of five Opposition this contract
has been suggested The opposing proposal made that the City
should hold onto and if possible enforce the sxen rate ordinance
(Which the opposition comedies low) deny
pany contract right to the streeghng market for electricity
The suggestion made that without contract for streetghng be-
tween the City and the Company the City would be in position to
and should take this market electricity and establish desc
tive and coercve competon not to establish it. to retain
continuing threat against the security and investment Of the Com
pany
IT, the Company assumed there has been settlement
promise of all these matters based upon the Commercial Club Com
mttees report the contention referred would if became eec
tive nuy element of compromise and The extremely
low rate recommended by the Commercial Club Committee report
and adopted by the Council would thus be imposed the Com
without the slightest regard for the harmonzng recommends
ton Of the Committee which has formed the basis Of all
between the Council and the Company.
Those who oppose this settlement present contention which
evidently Unfair that must surely faeven without its being
pushed AS has been pointed out by the Council the existence of this
shorem contract time stand in the way Of the C
denng and taking possession of the Company
ton would terminate the contract not contendng that the price
for reighng unreasonable The objection against the elm
naon advantage threat which the enemies Of the Company
could use to the detriment of its stockholders.
This Company confident that Omaha in the matter
of lighting and power at low completely satisfy every
fair customer the people will extend to cooperation instead of
opposition And threats against the Copans credit shall dsap
pear this Company will then have opportunity do what wants to
dodevote its undivided energy to such public service must
with the continuous approval Of the entire community Nothing
less than the best possible practice will satisfy We every
to be conented customer and to that end shall
without ceasing
should be definitely borne in mind that the Company thought
and the action by the City Council rate reductions and the
streegng contract harmonious The rate reduction and the
sreegng contract nseparabe certain that such peace
that outlined by the Commercial Club Committee actual But
the efforts of the Commercial Club Committee and the City Council
be set naug and the sreeghng contract shall fail to be-
Immediately effective than shall all be where
than year ago. r.. r.
the good people Omaha desire peace land believe they
of personal politics. offer them the vastly and
efficient seeghng service which their most pressing
nicpa and individual need and with combine ratereducton
schedule which will give every Of tenseven thousand
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