The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-01-17
CITY LIGHTING PLANT
POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE
Committee Appointed To Ascertain
Cost-Likely To Come Before
Voters For Adoption

That the present city lighting plant
owned by the Tumwater Light G.
Water Co., is inadequate for the needs
of Leavenworth and that steps should
be taken at once towards ascertaining
the cost of building system to be
owned and operated by the municipal
ity, seemed to be the opinion of the
council when they met in regular ses-
sion Tuesday evening.
1t is believed that in an entirely new
system the city would be making bet
ter investment and that there would
be less danger of breakdowns and in
terruptions in the lighting and power
service which have caused so much
trouble and annoyance in the past.
With this in mind Councilman Bar
clay introduced the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas in our opinion it would be
a profitable investment for the City of
Leavenworth to own and operate its
own plant for the generating of cleo
trio power for municipal purposes and
for general lighting and power pur-
poses,
And Whereas, the present electric
company has recently raised the rates
until the electric light bills have be-
come exorbitant; Therefore
Be it Resolved, that the Mayor ap-
point committee to investigate the
expense of installing an electric light
plant and putting in the necessary
wires for the distribution of electric
ity, and ascertain the cost of the prep
aration of plans necessary in order
that the same may be submitted to the
voters of the City of Leavenworth for
the purpose of voting bonds for the
construction and operation of such
plant as may be required to furnish
the city of Leavenworth and its in
habitants with electric power for
lighting and other purposes.
Dated and submitted this 14th day
of January; AID, 1919
A. C. BARCLAY
Councilman at large.
1t was moved and carried by a
unanimous vote of the council that the
foregoing resolution be adopted and
a committee consisting of the follow
ing councilmen be appointed to inves-
tigate the same: - Barclay, Beamish,
and Wunder.
Scott Guest was appointed emer
gency police without extra pay.
S. G. Daily was reappointed fire
chief.
A motion was made and carried that
the mayor appoint an assistant water
commissioner at a salary of 500 per
month.
The appointment of H. E. Ogden
was made by the mayor and confirmed
by the council.
Bills to the amount of s212.13, of
which s194 was for work on the water
system, were approved
The following bills were allowed:
Cascade Garage, auto supplies, $ 6.13
]. E. Faulkner, rent of house for
election, 4.OO
Vol. firemen, Call to G. N. Lbr.
Co., round house, ...................... 500
NJ. J. Chandler, labor, pipe line......22.00
L. P. Hylton, labor on pipe line, 200
Charley Will, labor, pipe line. 200
F. Briscoe, labor, pipe line. 1000
N. Osbourne, labor, pipe line. 400
T. F. Colcleaser, labor, pipe line 1e.eo
H. Woldenberg, labor, pipe line,- 1890
w. Colcleaser, labor pipe line.-...20.00
B. Colcleaser, labor pipe line, .....,20.0O
Clare Guest, labor, pipe line 49,. 1875
T. Colcleaser, labor, pipe line -. 1900
w. L. McMullen, labor, pipe line 1900
H. C. Bauer, labor, pipe line, 1900
H. 2. Ogden labor, pipe line,-....... 11.25
There being no further business a