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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
6
A deacon seeks to examine Fanny Hartnett at Miss Taylor’s girls school where a strict moral regime and quarterly reports govern behavior. Hartnett counters with counts of her own, alleging harsh restrictions, rumors, and a lack of proper oversight at the institution.
A wife with heart trouble is told to stay calm as her husband bursts in hatless in shirt sleeves and informs her that their kitchen chimney is on fire. He warns not to excite herself while neighbors gather, but she survives the ordeal.
A Jamaica trapdoor spider builds a silk lined burrow with a hinged door that fits the entrance precisely. The door camouflages with the surrounding earth and the spider emerges at night to hunt while guarding its doorway with great strength.
A laborer hired to run putty for a drainage project arrived in running attire and pumps. He announced he would run it down the hole, prompting the astonished builder to question his method and intent.
Lowell Indiana mayor says the municipal electric light plant was sold in September to new owners who will install a new plant. The city had allowed the plant to decline toward obsolescence while Le Roy New York voters had earlier purchased a plant and later returned it to private owners without payment. Operating expenses while public exceeded the private cost by about 60 percent.
A look at Ballard Washington electric lighting plants from 1893 to 1903. The city built an electric plant for about 24000 dollars, shut down the generating plant by 1904, and leased its future power needs to a private company for fifty years. The lease paid 3800 dollars plus pumping rights, with critics noting total income covered only about 30 percent of operating costs. Ballard later joined Seattle.
In Iuka Mississippi an electric plant built in 1900 cost 7000 and was leased in 1906 due to lacking a competent electrician. Council Grove Kansas saw a city plant fail and sell the dynamo engine and wiring for 650 before a private company rebuilt the system. Bourbon Indiana faced bondholder takeovers after a failed 1900 plant contract. Madison Indiana built a 1896 plant costing 13000 and later sold it for 6000. lamp costs rose to about 100 dollars per year per lamp.
The text argues that lawmakers and city bosses extract money from corporations via strike bills and franchise demands. It portrays legislators and councilmen as traitors and leeches, claiming every dollar drained from corporations ultimately comes from the people.
The Maywood Herald-Recorder argues that municipal plants lack strict oversight unlike corporate ones. Officials focus on end-of-term balance and dismiss future issues, leaving the next administration to confront problems and making municipal ownership seem prone to failure.
The Topeka city clerk replies the city owns its own electric light plant and has no reports. The note reflects officials’ reluctance to disclose public spending details, suggesting citizens are uninquisitive about funds.
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