The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-04-15

it belongs.
With this matter out of the way,
the meeting was thrown open for
! general discussion on the present
statue of the light plant and what
could be done to get more business
to offset the recent loss.
This was one of the best discus
sions ever held on this important
subject and resulted in ID the
clearing. up of several misconcep-
tions and (2) some very tangible
results.
Touching on the first subject, it
was pretty well decided, that the
thing for everyone to do, who was
honestly interested in the welfare
of the City of Hagerstown, was
to forget the past, drop recrimina-
tions, and get busy on a campaign
to encourage more people-both
home owners, stores and industries,
to buy their light and power from
the Municipal Plant. In other words,
to adopt sound business principles
in going after new business.
On the second count, the discus
sion resulted in the Board of Street
Commissioners being instructed to
enter into an advertising campaign
that will tell the public, in plain
and fair-language, just what the
present status of the light plant is
the amount of current being used
NOW and the amount of current
available now-and to invite the
public to patronize their light plant
to the fullest.
1t was also voted to give the Hag-
erstown Electric Appliance Dealers
Association permission to set up an
electric appliance booth on the
ground floor of the City Hall, in the
interest of acquainting more people
with the value and practibility of
using electric appliances, with an
eye to boosting the light plants vol
ume of business through the sale of
such appliances. ct is of course I'M
derstood that no attempt will be
made to make actual sales at the
booth, which will be for display
purpose only.)
The Board of Street Commission
ers was also instructed to investi-
gate the matter of having a large
neon sign erected at the light plant,
as another means of bringing the
plant to the attention of the public.
The question of giving Municipal
Light Plant users an annual bonus
was also discussed and the Council
authorized the Commissioners to
look into the matter. But it is
fairly safe bet that nothing will ever
come of this proposal, since it was
pretty generally agreed that such
bonus could not be granted without
increasing the city taxes-some-
thing like robbing Peter to pay Paul
and that the whole idea, as Com
missioner H. L. Mills expressed it,
was economically unsound.
The meeting, which did not break
up until after II o'clock, cleared the
air considerably-as far as the Mu-
nicipal Light Plant situation was
concerned, and both the Mayor and
Council and the Commissioners are
to be congratulated on the fair way
in which it was conducted.
Sometimes l wonder how l could
split myself up into several atoms.
Some two weeks ago I accepted
an invitation to be the guest speak
er at the dinner meeting of the
Brunswick Lions Club on Tuesday
evening, April TO- A few days later
I received an invitation to attend a
stag party of the Rotary Club on the
same date. On Monday of this week
was invited by the Elks Club to at
tend their annual booster night at
the club rooms for the Hagerstown
Owls-also April 20. And then to
cap it all, Monday afternoon l re-
ceived an invitation from Rabbi Err
nst J. Conrad to attend a concert at
the B'nai Abraham Synagogue
you guessed it = that is also for
Tuesday night, April 20.
Oh well, there's one thing about
it all--it sure makes you feel good
to know that people think enough of
you to invite you to be their guest
at these various gatherings, and I
hope that l will continue to warrant
their friendship.
Glenn w. Jones, whose home adj
dress is $50 Lanvale Street, was re-