Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-02-24
ONTARIO IHROTLED BY
CRASHING POLITICIANS
Facts of Vital Interest to
Everybody in Georgia
Attempt to Build Similar
Despotic Political Ma
chine With Georgia
Money

The bulletins Of the Municipal
League q Georgia devote much space
to telling the people II Georgia abog.
how cheapiy water powers have been
developed in Ontario ard about the
low rates charged for electric service
IN Ontario, and how the farmers use
electric current 10 plJW, wash clothes,
milk the cow and ckJrn.
Of course the writer II these bulle-
tins had to go d long distance from
home TO find the conditions suitable
for back ground for his proposed
= raid on the treasury Of Georgia On
tario is great distance from Gecr-
pia and few GcorGians visit Ontario.
Therefore, mi5statements and half
truths could he uttered with more
safety.
Evidently there is nothing in the
Results Of ventures by cities in the
United States in Municipal Owner
ship Of Pub.i- L uiticg that appeals
to him. He did Tor q While refer to
Seattlc's plunge INTO The street. rail
way business. bat Wncn Seattle was
forced to raisa fare On j.. municipality
owned street or li..e and beg the
street car company - rc.grn the
bonds paid the Street Car Company
and take back the system, he was com
peeled to return - Ontario and its
niunicipalitics, noW bGrdeuod with ap-
pzlhng debt because If their endorse
Iaent Of venture in the S0cialiatic
doctrine Of public owner-hip Of pri-
pate bpaine1S
The T:uth About CctaTio
Ontario 10 a long, long way from
Geo-aia, and the people in Georgia
could not know Of the complaints Of
commercial bodies about the poor GER
vice rendered, nor II the political ma
chine, throttling he energies Of the
province, nor Ct the go 900 10000 If
expenditure for which the public If
The province must eventually be taxed
In addition TO paying ever increasing
deficiencies in operating the plants
and selling their products 1T tcge than
cost, nor Of the manipIlatlons Of rec
ords necessary to keep these delcien-
cies hidden from the people.
Therefore, let US talk about On
tario. One Of the grCatcel water
powers in the civilized world. Maya
ra Falls, r. at On.ario'3 door. At
Niagara Falls more power can be de-
yeloped at less outlay than at any
othei spot in North America. The
flow Of water over Niagara Falls
compared with the flow If The streams
Of Georgia, makes the cream flow in
Georgia appear ridiculous. The
money necessary TO build dam which
In Georgia impoan13 the flow Of one
small stream, would At Niagara Falls
produce four times as much horse
power, and storage dams, absolutely
Necessary in Georgia to hold water
for dry seasons, ere unnecessary at
Niagara Falls. In Georgia all the
zeal commercial water powers are in
the hill country, near the head waters
Of the rivers, whore the volume If
water is comparatively Small The
streams Of Georgia during dry peri.
DDS become snail and the develop.
fnent Of large and reliable quantity
Of power requires great engineering
skill and large expenditure If money.
Many dams must be built, some for
generating stations aad some to store
barge bodies Of water, for use during
the dry season. IF Georgia had q
Niagara Falls UilhiR one hundred
miles Of ATLANTA, the cost Of develop
ing electric power aoodd be greatly
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-, Dc1uucNFe Fohcy
Inc Hy4ro-hle2,ri- Commission Of
Unrario IS ne pattern after which
e s s MuAi a;i LcaHne CT Georgia IS
ataWh. me ontario Commission has
s1een N e%ljs%hse about fourteen
years; ana up 70 WV mad developed
tsss than 1J'OOO morse power but IN
the meantime l. had saodba eyed the
p5YaIe companies "nich h2d ,,eveIop--
81 WaIeT power ]" tnaI territory and
70 10. -eo thein 70 accept Whatever price
we Iolii,l' 'aal2' Ic.- disposed 70 OVER