Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-07-20
RAIL WAYS ON KNEES IN z WEEKS; UNION Chief
.ELECTR|FY and WE WILL
END ALL SUITS; N|..L.& 7. co.
at sliding scale of rates for the
amount OF water pumped.
Offer "Contains No Joker"

can said This offer Is the result
of an honest and sincere effort on tar
part OF the Northern Illinois Light and
Traction company to present a bus.
ness proposition which viii prove a
benefit to both parties. We will sell
our power and the city will avoid eX
pending from $4,000 to $4,000 to 70
equip the pumping station with new
boilers, now pumps and other machiG
cry | understand Is badly needed
This proposal contains no Joker u
Is no attempt on our part to misleaa
the city and bind it to terms 1t NAV
later regret T',ls same arrangcmeD,
we offer to Ottawa Is In effect at la
Sale, end has resulted in that city
saving big sums annually.
"All these matters have been care.
fully gone over at meetings with yoir
mayor, Commissioner Sticklen ANA
men prominent In Ottawa's public life
who have only the welfare of our city
at heart They have canyassed every
proposal very thoroughly and. be.
Ieve, have found them giving to OF
tawa more by far than our company
viii take from Ottewa.
"Takc for instance the power con-
sumod in lighting cornor arcs and the
decorative system downtown. Ottawa
pays $50 a year 70" the corner light
and cents per kilowat for the busi
ness district lighting. Those rates
are lower than aay city around here
The expired contract was drawn be
fore costs began to rise, but the com
pany, even though its expenses az
greater. is willing to renew this agree
ment at the old rate that existed "
1917. The new contracts cover q
period of the next den years, and per
sonally-speakins as citizen Of OF
tawa-I believe it is for Ottawa's best
interests 10 accept the terms con
tanned therein"
Mayor Favors Plan.
Mayor Weeks acknowledged to his
COLLEAGUES that he had attended con
forences, as Mr. Duncan stated, an9
was or The firn conclusidn tifat cite
offer was. besides an advantageous
one to ottawa in every way. about
the best the city could expect to dc
Improvement at the water pumpinE
station.
Commissioner Sticklcn was conf.
dent that the city would save large
sums, dispense with trouble in the fl
ture. and have a contract that woulO
be Of great value for ten years 10
come in a score of different ways.
With the proposition having all IN
dications of being biz thing to OF
tawa, the council deemed it advisable
to lay the offer over until Friday nigh
before final action is taken upon it
A special meeting viii be held at
that time to take final action, with tho
present having all outward appea'-
ences that the formal contract, being
drawn today, will be approved by
vote of the commission.
The Written Offer.
The company's proposal as submit
ted the council in writing follows:
ottawa, H., July 10, 1922.
"To the Honorable, the Mayor and
Council of the City of Ottawa, ILL.,:
About a month ago Mayor Weeks
and Commissioner of Public Works,
Mr.. Sticklen called upon the repre-
sontatives of the Northern Illinois
blight & Traction Company and
brought up the subject Of the eectri-
fcation of the Pumping Station OF the
Ottawa City Water Works.
They represented in substance that
an examination of the equipment of
the Pumping Station showed that the
boilers had Just about reached the end
of their service and that new boilers
and new pumps would be necessary
without further delay, providing the
pumping station is to be continued III
its operation by steam. 1t was sug-
gested to the company that the com
pany submit a proposition to the city
for it's consideration looking towards
the installation of electrical equip
ment to operate the pumps and there
by completing the electrification of
the pumping station.
In going over the matter in detail
ii was found that the city at the pres
ent time has no money to invest IN
the installation of the equipment OF
the station: that new boilers anu new
pumps would cost in the neighborhood
of $4,000, and that that sum would
not include water meter to indicate
the amount of water consumed; also
the company finds that to purchase
new pumps and necessary electric mo-
tors and a Ventura meter will cost
about the same amount: which meter
alone will cost about $4,000 installed;
and the company was requested to
submit a proposition whereby the com.
pany would make the installation of
the new pumps, electric motors and
new meter and pay for the same in
consideration of a contract from the
city that would pay the company a
reasonable compensation for the elec-
tric current to be used in the opera
ton of the plant and the return to
the company of the Investment neces-
sarv tc be made in the purchase and
installation of the necessary equip
ment.
In view of the foregoing the com
pany makes the following proposition
to the city:
1. This company will purchase and
install two CD l million gallon
pumps;
All necessary electric motors, at
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