Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-23
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GAS AND PROMISES.

The Recorder was pleased yesterday be able to pub
sb statement the local OF the Amecus lghus
relative to of the to give adequate gas
service here 1t the of the TmesRecorder to be aH at ."
times in all things could be fair in this instance wnou
giving the company hearing The company having hao IT'S near
mo The Times Recorder feels that few further observations are
pertinent Il e,.,.a ~. not new. the
patrons of company have been receiving promises for
and often not much promises Occasionally the gas
has been fairly good much of the time has been bomnaOe ana
often it has been nil 1:..l holen down.
brd If its capacity laid for repairs he remainder OF
the plant being overtaxed the attempt to supply the
IT. o+ in the plant built three units OF tour each ana
IN - h are now out of 1t is the understanding OF
The that when all Il OF the etoIts are IN COCO
order the capacity of the plant than equal to the
5 If This be true the question naturally arises how can the
company possibly hope give continuous service when
ILL 70 bannen at or the equipment out OF
commission Just accidents happen to any kind OF machinery
production plants? Emergency equipment to PROVIDE "
safety necessary in any plant where CONTINUOUS pU
required as any business man knows
The believes the local manager and every
al nove is doing all their to give the public the ser
vice it wants demands to their interest to satisfy the pup
lie because do results needless complaints ana
and often not very profitable
s Ri, with an inadequate plant the most loyal
efficient employees in the word cnno. give ser
efforts of the managers have failed the people
what they demand what they paying for and what they are en-
titled to- al ~ .; M =.
satisfy the public this The Times suggests here
that the Chamber call public forum meeting the
gas situation which the proposal shall be discussed of securing the
services of competent and dneested engineer who is an
IN
the gas plant and furnish the membership report on his md
ngs In this the public mind be satisfied and no other
ay the delivery of first class servceor
public still has only promises OF the company
public object to such survey being
made
During conversation with Tmes-Recorder representative
representative the gas yesterday drew parallel between
the and the plant of the mesRecode 1t OF your
noypes gives something happens to put out OF commits
have along and the public gets only halt
good newspaper said he and that is what against
The parallel degree and the comparison pertinent
But comparison of the attitude of the Times Recorder and that
the has been charge OF The
linotype capacity has been doubled effort to produce bet
ter newspaper and better and still another unit has been
bought will be eventually installed work Other
equipment has been added and boghw have been content
with patching and repand every effort made rapidly
sbe assemble plant that would only good
service would permit give Americas newspaper that
would be credit city times the size of Americas We
have taken the public into confidence we have told
the people of hopes and ambitions; they have
that have business and in the process of
delivering the goods They believe in us and when we
have troubles and then they accept explanations
always courteousy made without complaint They know
only doing best but actually building for the future
we'll
Further, might be of the expensive i'm
all the added machinery of The Times Recorder be-
poerss the public yesterday
and today when the lack of paayzes plant all
but impossible to public ALL say nothing of late dev-
cry service.
When the Amecus Lighting company proves to the people
that about its desire give gas will find
has permitted develop But the public will require
proof having learned by experience accept
promises at their face value What they performance
The expenditure of enough and intelligent energy will
duce and give better service is doing elsewhere
In order that the Amecus Lighting be
disadvantage before the public answering anything appearing in
the columns of The Recorder regard service the
pany officials hereby informed that are open to them
at time without charge for discussions of reasonable length
they fit We deseand public desre-to be
be the fullest public hearing that the people may only
opinions inteligently arrived at.
The folks who predicted that suRragists wouldn't t ont and
are Maine tanning discreet silence