The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-07-25

i'll 1Of pumping.
Inc Mayor was well pleasA5 ,
with the proposition submitte6 bv
the Power Company and. after
consulting with the members of
the City Council, the Mayor and /
the City Clerk signed the contract
presented by the Power Company
and which / now have on 6ie
IN my office in Minneapolis
II was after the signing or This
contract that Fairbanks-Norse
again approached DR.. Storkan and
convinced him TO proceed with the
plan 70 buy Fairbanks Morse en-
glneS, after which the City Coun-
eli Tescinded their action n SIGN
ing the street-hghting contract and
proceeded with their negotiations
with the Fairbanks Morse Com
pany- In view Of the above facts
II Is clear that the Power Gonna
ny kept its promise 70 offer the
City a revised and reduced rate
for Street-Eghting service. nor
outstanding the Mayors state,
ment 70 the contrary.
The people Of PletnywOod have
been somewhat mISinformed with
reference 10 the operation of mn.
nlelpal plants at Cavalier and
Park River. North Dakota. The
statement was made that the .-av.
alier plant was showing a profit
but failed 70 state that the rates
at Cavalier are fifteen cents As
compared 10 twelve cents ar Plen-
tywOOd- In other words, If he
City Of Cavalier reduced its rates
10 equal those which are nov
charged IN PlentywOod, the cit,
municipal plant would show a sub
stantial loss.
The statement was also mad,
that the profits from the munich
al plant at Park River were sui
f1cent to pay all OF the genera
expenses Of operating the CITY, ;
that the city had no tax levy 70
general fund purposes. A state
ment received from the State Ia
Commissioner at Bismarck show
that the general levy tor take
imposed at Park River Is create
, than the tax levy for general pul
poses IN PlentyWOOd. The plan
; at Park River was alsO repoIte
as having paid for q new CT
park This statement Is prove
: 70 be Incorrect in 3 statement
the Great Falls Tribune shown
that the park was paid for By col
> tEl5Utions from the American L
: giOn and other civic organization
+ in Park River.
The most convincing evidenc
however, In my opinion, why L
!, city OF PlentywOod should u
! build 2 municipal plant, operat,
{ with oil engines, Is the fact n
/ the trend Of the last ten years 4
: been the abandonment Of oil 1,
: CINE municipal plants ioI Hill
Z service The people OF Plent
wood are well familiar with I
Il fact that al OF the towns on /
y ScObey Branch, prior TO six yea
Z ago, were served with OIL engi
: plants, most Of them using Fa
= banks Morse engines, with raj
: ranging from twenty cents I'D
J twenty-five cents. All OF ths
E plants have been abandoned
/ Hi-line service from the Monsa1
Dakota Power Company, at ri
e ranging from thirteen cents Co
J. 10 four cents. Going back u
Z Isolated, Oil-engine plant after :;
ing Hi-line service would Dc
L most as Old-fashioned as gol
4 back 70 kerosene lamps after h.
IS ing used electric lights.
u I can readily appreciate
II great effort that the Fairba1
y Morse Company Is putting beh
Ae their attempt 70 sell OIL engi
II 70 the city OF Plentywood. Dun
an the last SIX years approximat
u two hundred Fairbanks Morse
engine outfits have been aband
ed and replaced with -electri
OF motors on the lines OF the NJ
n tana-Dakota Power COMPANY.
ne view OF this great loss OF OIL
ne CINE business The Fairbau
Morse Company Is finding Il
ne 1lcult 70 market its products.
Y the next ten years Is ike the
ne ten years, It is doubtful + n
20 VII De any market whatever for
e engines for power plant pCrpOl
III The MOntana-Dakota Por
70 Company Is proud OF its record
OF Plentywood and surrounding to-
during the last five years. Re
on have voluntarily been reduced
9ts The Company IN excess Of 4
ne per cent and It Is reasonable
ol- expect additional reductions 4
TO- TINE 20 time All OF these ]
La reductions have been made :
No Slole by the splendid eO-operaf
ne between the Company and
" municipality, and the constant
.nt crease N the use OF electric
ne wee, as the result Of lower "a
me We DO not feel that the citv
aSs Flentywood OF the other 70
on served BY the Hi-line OF the n
no tana-Dakota Power COMPANY I
80 any ground for complaint. We
ne confident that the present aq
lIe non IN Plentywood viii soon
% come thing OF the past, and
ne pleasant relations with the TOW
people Of Pientywood viii cont
On 1or many years TO come
he brentwood Milling Co.