Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-03-30

To the Public in General the Taxpayers
and Consumers in Particular.


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f.. rnf r.ah, E,a..n.Iv in tll. town
is ,r. fti.sj and have. arv.t, tri,l
d, t.,..r ur. with tI. -.... amount If
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,.r, times II ,.a~ t.n.,lt Il t..m
flat / dH ns-. iuf som, N.l. m.r,
20 paw their accounts In tI while
' O.. IcI, dbl NOT. : refuse 20 retain tla
Naua.,m.rt of tG. Plant uaI. ,l,~a
conditions.
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Enthusiastically. ,rl r,.,.
Wn.. .,.t accented trr MANAGE.
,r..r .,.. .,.rri.. flat entered ia,
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80 them "a stimuli. valve ,us.ue that
...I ..,.;l.-.Il, fuel q. ,I.rat..
Steam rrr,.~ for yuur water system
/ ;N1t r..uifsI , boiler for each wlcu
nrrr3tcI and which were very cNucu-
,iyc in consequence, > boilers that
torn fo piece, and out of commission
and ia, other q generator and fuel
+.,,l v.itL,ut incl
We we're unable to have dav SER
Vie, Lcr3us, it was too expensive To
orcratc. and the street, were partially
/ illuminated bv 20 ar, lamps scattered
about. THESE same lamps were. to use
au EXPRESSION. fairly eating the head
.T tLr town dino 10 m, larpc cost of
ourratioI, and maintcnancc.
Immediately made advantageous
contracts for fucl and lubricants, cs-
t.IIi.r.J 81 linz. Of credit for materials
and .urpIia,. l\II such being shipped
80 the Town Bin of Ladiug attached
=, D..,f, o,y;uo to tLr unsatisfactory
mrtLod, of ra,mcut previously cmplov-
.IeD and Installed Tungsten series
street LIGHTING system which enabled
Inns ia opcratc much CHEAPER and gave
moro street Iiohtiup.
\hnut 4 wears aon. failing to get the
Administration 10 install the necessary
Iapparatus to modcruize and improve
the Plant and lower its cost of opera
tiouo. | went before the Town Fathers
and offered to lease the Plant for Il
rcrinI of 10 Years. This brought about
a discussion. How could afford 70
opcratr the Plant for myself and make
money with il when | could not opcr-
ate il for the Town and do as much
Simply because | would install a crude
oil engine and motor driven pump aud
make everyone pay for the service
they received.
The Administration then got lusv
, and purchased the Snow engine apI 4
, small motor driven service pumo. This
pulled Us out Of the hole and started
. M towards our goal, an imp owe |, mod
ern plant The mistake maze at that
: time was that they would uIt listen
to me and change the electro system
, TO alternating current, whereby we
4 could get a lower voltage. Thus e.
4 abling consumers to pu;;hase lamps
4 and appliances much cheaper than at
o present
Some months ago another crude oil
-LeaGiae- purchased, as Yer sc an
| ,tler motor driven pump. Thus en-
qbling us to dicontinue the use of steam
: which was very expensive. L have
lately installed motor driven OIL
g pump with storage tanks of sufficient
= size that enables us to cut $3.50 per
~ barrel as at present, means some saw
ing.
ie / disposed of all the old machinery
- at A good price and with the proceeds
: made what necessary improvements &c
~ the Plant I could. | had the oppor
y tunitv in the past 6 month to dispose