Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

Feeri8 H. vrs-prssasS8t and CHIEF
executive Il tie MeKnISy System
and e n Bed. General ~Supsrintsn.
asns sf the ST. Louis property Of ths
SFszsE Esre the guests Of honor al
a ,er given BY Z. p. Locke, Of thu
Mgxaso PoEsr Co., IN the Hotel RingC
Nsazy sEszng-
Mr. Cazha1rk stated the party wa
"a rs zz-Zl toE Of inspection Of then
properties n Missouri ard had driver
frgm jefferson City here to inspect
tie cszzzry through which their pro,
passed Transmission line from Hanni.
ia 70 jefferson City would pass. He
zzs3 that the building Of interurbans
AZ tbs time vas hardly to be consid-
sred- bit that the erection of a trans
rss50a line was more practical and
Ezs being considered. This company
wozd not compete with local plants,
be said. bat would either buy the
plants or sell them power at whole
sale.
Mayor J. +. Harrison, who acted as
postmaster, then introduced Mr.. Nc
CsuIley. Mr.. MeCaulley said he and
his companions had been very favora-
bly, impressed with this portion of
Missouri and the building Of the trans
mission line had evolved itself down to
one of financing. That they felt the
extension through here to jefferson
City would be justified and that it
would be made provided the financial
end Of the question could be satisfac-
torily arranged
Mr.. McCulley stated they had Sc
cured the last "prime unit" Of power
the keokuk dam company had to dis
tribute and were planning to divert II
in this direction for the industrial de-
velopment of this portion of Missouri.
He said the company, when it en-
tered any community, did so with a
purpose Of becoming part of that com-
munity. That the better the commu-
nifty, the better service and cheaper
power they could distribute. That
they did not do business to secure
enormous profits, but by building up a
city made it possible to secure a small
but fair profit through increasing
their sale of power. That they chose
cities where factories could be To-
Gated and they did their part in secur-
ing these institutions.
He said he had been asked regard
ing the attitude Of Canada toward
the United States since this country
had entered the world war. at has
been the thing we Canadians have
been longing for since the conflict
began, he said. "Not only because
we realized the great aid you would
bring US, but because the United
States and the British Empire would
go on through the centuries hand in
hand and side by side making the
world a better place to live. When
the news reached Canada that you had
joined us, a thrill swept through the
Dominion. You came in when the
strain of val was telling upon us and
you not only gave US renewed power
and encouragement, but just as your
great response to the Liberty Loan and
its over-subscription, which we Of
Canada all honor you for, proves dis
couraging to the Germans"
Mr.. McCaulley then told Of his
having n son who had recently re-
turned from the front wounded. Since
his recovery, he had not been allowed
to return abroad, but is doing his bit
as chief instructor in the great avia-
ton school in the Dominion, the larp-
est in the world. lie had two nephews
wounded and another a prisoner in
Germany. He stated three Of the men
in his office in Montreal had been
killed in the trenches.
The Sun Assurance COMPANY has
pu%rchasedS24 900 900 worth Of Cana
dian, British and French war bonds. Of
which sum Mr.. McCaulley had charge
Of directing its disbursement. Mr..
McCaulley was extremely modest
about his part in the war and the fart
his son, Douglass, was injured in the
aero corps because his machine suc-
c~essfully ~vanquished a larger aircraft
was reserved for someone else to 70.
late. In his talk he brought out the
point plainly that his company held as
one Of the main considerations Of its
organization the service It could rem
der a community and it was this. he
felt, that was one of the reasons ~
its great success. Mr.. MeCauIIev.
Mr.. Chubbuck and Mr.. Bell all made
those who had the pleasure Of meet
ing them and after the dinner tbo.e
VINO had been present expressed their
eIation over the prospect Of Keokuk
power, and the interests of the Nc.
hlnley system becoming allied With
those of Mexico.
Mr. Bell followed and made a sbor,
talk dwelling on the excellent eoB,,r,,
through which the proposed transmits.
sion line passed and said he had ,r,.
ca the erection Of the line tb,o,a.
mere from the beginning.
l.. B. Hawthorne spoke in favor
oil the cheaper power and uha, -
OUT accomplish and Judge W. W
Bolts favored it not only to use in
inc work of the local electric line, but