Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-02-19
THE ELECTRICAL POWER MARKET.

By j. M Phillips, Former Mayor of the City of Aberdeen
believe the people of the City of Aberdeen ought and
operate light and power system well their water system
That end the City Council should the ordinance pend
ing before it. Instead of delay they should act with all expedition
because in danger of losing rights the Wynooche
The given for the delay the of the
dnance is that there is sufficient data the market
power, and cost of construction.
These two excuses are given by councmen who are for some
opposed the and intended by them an
abb for not passing the ordinance and submitting to the
There two things that definitely know about the Wy
nooche One that there is abundance OF water The other
is there abundance of No knows the exact cost
and will know exactly until the project is constructed This
would private corporation developing it. The
has of every hydroecc project developed
CONSTRUCTED made known that they claimed the Wynoohe
Tn only the people of Aberdeen hold the Wynooche is to
This That the most economical way get water
along with it. would be waste of public funds to go to the
In other words the City got go the Wy
nooche for its water The is there ALSO requires the
the impounding reservoir would be extreme
AS Watkins pointed in his report the City cannot
hazard the development Of the water by the city and
the by private utility The use OF the water
for consumption and its for interviewer that it
would be detrimental the public interest to develop one without
the other
The idea that the City Aberdeen will be unable furnish
sense The Cities Seattle spent
spending and will continue spend millions of dollars in the de-
scarcely able to keep pace With the demands
When the City of Aberdeen built the Wshah Water System it
the talk of certain class of citizens that would
have water than would know what to do WITH and that
long time The along finished the
kah Water System in time supply greatly increased popua
ton, and in addition two large shipyards.
At the time the Port of Gays Harbor voted it urged
that the mill docks the Harbor abundanty able handle
all the demands for doage The volume of business that the
construction of the Port Docks has created has been conclusive
New enterprises will be attracted the city by Wynooche power
This is abundanty by the cities of Seattle and Tacoma
These great manufacturing cities the direct result of cheap
municipal power.
the City Aberdeen to take her place in the industrial
of the Pacific Northwest along with Seattle and Tacoma she
must equip herself with cheap municipal inducemen
and attraction to industries
industry will not here unless it ejoy the
facilities for cheap production other cities offer.
The people the City of Aberdeen interested in seeing that
the manufacturer obtains at the lowest possible rate Our
privately owned is interested selling at
the highest rate the traffic will bear and only persuaded
lower its rates by fear the development the Wynooc power
of this city when City Aberdeen Grays Harbo
Railway Light Company competitors power business
That the identical thing that Seattle and Tacoma cheap
power.
understand that Mr. Mcclellan has gone Portland
where else to obtain additional data the Wynooche project
There has been gathered data this project than
project of its heard Of do not doubt for
that Councilman Mcclellan could study for solid the
cumuaed information furnished by the City of Aberdeen
Engineers Thompson Stannard Watkins Torpen Hunt U
den to his enghtment and still he goes looking
for honest hydraulic engineer to further enghen him. You
remember the of the old Greek philosopher used walk
around in the daytime with lantern looking for honest
The people of the City of Aberdeen want crack that
ordinance and up to the Council to give them it.