The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-01
'DALTON Citizen" FLAYS
| MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Facts of Vital Interest to
Everybody In Georgia
selfish Interests Exposed
in Timely Editorial

Il The fight, never-endlng IL seems,
Being waged by certain Atlanta poll
kcians and lobbyists against the Geor-
Mia Railway and Power Company, is
Growing somewhat of a boomerang.
There are a few people in Atlanta
kho live for no other purpose it
Eould seem, than to obstruct and con-
Remn every move the power company
makes
They want it to deliver service
without any increase in rates for
light, power, and gas, regardless OF
kosts. They fought every advance
khe company has asked for when ev-
Try reasonable and sensible man
knowS that pre-war prices mean bank
<uptcy for public service corpora"
ions.
We are coming now to the kernel
beople in the state who are begin
Aing to feel that certain selfish In
Nerests in Atlanta want rates far be-
3pw cost. They want the Georgia
Railway and Power Company to give
hem these cheap rates and then make
II up by levying very much higher
kates outside the city Of Atlanta,
which is exactly what is not going
70 be done, because the Atlanta fight
= being watched.
In order to ascertain whether or
pot the rates asked for by the power
company in Atlanta are too high, an
Rudit Of the company's books was
Nggested The power company
quickly agreed to it, and offered to
pay one half the expense Of the au-
|Rlt. Did Atlanta agree to it? No,
me did not. She refused to help pay
*or the audit, and is still doing it.
All OF which goes to show there is
somewhere in this affair a lot Of
Hypocrisy, demagogy and insincerity.
y the rates the Georgia Railway and
Fower Company are asking for are
~ nigh for the service, why does not
kne city Of Atlanta prove to the con-
Srary by an agreement to help pay
~ an audit for the purpose of ascer-
kaining the true facts?
All OF the buncombe put forth by
me so-called Municipal League" Of
ne state is fight against the Geor-
KI S; Railway and Power Company.
The state should act" say the bulle-
pms Certainly it should, but when
EYER 1t does, it will not act just as
Narion Jackson, Jim Key and John
Iagan want it to act. And IL it did
asre Is not a municipality in the
tate OF Georgia able to vote enough
SOhgs to build an electrical plant with
acllltiss enough to render the service
nDw supplied by the power company.
#sVe are how speaking Of those cities
Eslng wholly the service supplied by
paay.
dalton has had her experience with
municipal power and light plant,
W. l9 at time when there was very
a.H OF the current used for anything
except lighting.
ana Dalton and her industries pre-
~ 70 deal with q power company
s.uaniclently capable Of delivering the
Atlanta should quit nagging thu
georgia Railway and Power Company
8Aor at least awhile, and give It ar
opportunity to finish up some of the
power developments it started before
the wGr.
they are sorely needed in the state
means of improving service.
A. IL Is service the people want from
s tIo power company, and IL it develops
mat it is charging too much FOR Il
snJ wnl toen be time to show It up
~! iet the Railroad Commission
"ncn has supervision Of it's rates
Div ny whst is right and proper.~Tk