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‘ I think all our citizens will ulmit Int the electric plant as at present Wed Is not only 1 losing proposi- but in a detriment to our town “there appears to be a doubt in the ' of 3 number of residents as to what in the best thing to doâ€"~â€"reâ€" or sell. it is a question b entitled to our serious con- lenoo the moon for get mam pollible. W 0! reply from the two ' . concerns l ml] for- vi: object in doing um is In order M We may but boll side! of the ‘Mou which Is before us at the wt time. l with we bu! O little at the I... kind of fnnure And from the use aloeâ€"an on engine. Don't forget to vote~md vote mm. Poul open all day. Sturdny. Oct. 18. 1913. m at Northern Illinois. duo the Wed-tn United an 1; Electric Com- Chieego. Ill. Oct. 9. 1918. Ilium Downers Grove Reporter. Downers Grove. m. M 81!: Relative to our electric light phat: I ‘ve manned the following oom- lnlnmuon to the Public Service Con- And um It not I". They "ruched mm CURRENT for street "(hang and public hmldlnn. that If It had hoe- chnrged [or ll 3 cents n K. W. H. would hve brunxht the punt I credit of 815.33]. or the plant would, In fact, have nude 824.120.” above the coat of opentlon mad maintenance for the nu 1911. The water plant showed 3 pro“ at 311,500. ml the public oervieo coll-1 mm any that It In I Inn-mm fun- "port of their "in ad light da- Mmu. and this report shows that the electric plant‘n to“! receipt; veto 318.711". dinhnmmenu. "33”.”. leaving a balance In ~the treasury many I. "13. of 84,7“.21. he Item- ol disbursement that ”.500 mil into the dialing fund. And 82.- 0“." for extension work. so that the tat-i expense at operation 1nd mun- (mace in only 89.39910. Mutant-1M. Ohio. "- ono of the cm” given whom munlrlp‘l owner ship in I nllum. I know that um dty Md lvo oil angina: that tumbled power (at Iholr electric pllul. l teln- mphod the myor. “III“ II the on “In" won that nun of mm (allure to nuke may on! of their public nmum. "a mavend mu in" lawn your use "my won- lull u great Mum chi am; He can! me their "123 A Inorganic m n lam number at We mound "munch l a mull: I booklet untitled "Two Hanan-d Rot so" Why flunk-Inn! ()vmenhlp II n Winn." mu. And the udmoul rule would cost every pone, bolder mm on (be In um It would an m pay the bond lune. I! the: bond- von paid [mu tho [anon] IA: lo". We do not and. to an a dollar Iron (in gen- W mm to w for than bonds at the Inumt. u my know that am new «nip-um: um 95, [or IIle long be- !on the hood; mature. pleat that the underwriters would also our Inmnnce, because at the uncertainty 0! content service. In the current would be brought from lone fluent plant. end the danger In. nature] cums. such an elect mm. I- oo [met nut It becomes e1 It In : coruluu that I! we attempt- “ to pump In“! with current pur- M [tom the pumhuor of our You can no mu we mu have to like our Inter rules or nuke up 3 large deficit (tom the xenon] fund. despite the fut. (In you have been told am the want nude money lad the nut lost money. ums, a not Ion of 3457 just In opht- 0.. B. I: Q. R. R. They have Just fln- island 9. new well. and as soon In a my in "mulled. will stop uklnz water from us. except a little tlmt la Ilod In the depot. so the Income for 1914 will be ubout £2,000 less. or $5; A {vote for the bond Issue is a vote ' to keep your lighting plant. Tlnt you java good street lighting. as cheap ‘ “light In your homes as the people in ,‘pokhborlns towns huve, and 24-hour aervlce and the satisfaction that you own your own utilities, that you have not sold yourself to a comporation fol all time It Is a fact that our water plant takes three tons of coal to pump wa- ter every day in the year. or 3.095 tons yearly. We are paying 82.45 a ton for coal In our bins. or $2,672.75. It will not cost less than 83.000, and not more than 83,720 for labor and super- lnbendent's salary. or a total of $5.- 673.76. We collected for water In 1912 $7,115.37; over $2,000 came from the It the light plant is sold it means a higher water rate or a deficit that must be paid out of the general fund. and. remember. the general fund means from the tax levy. A vote against the bond issue means tint the lighting plant will be sold and that means that over $4,500 yearly will be paid from the tax levy for the poor Street lighting we have now, and as the village grows your street lighting bill will grow in proportion. This sum alone will pay the proposed bond is- sue and interest in five years, and then you would have your plant and (ran. chine left. ANSON BACKUS. Village Prnldont. (8) We could not agree to readjust- ment of rates to be effected by a com- mittee of three. Inasmuch as the quee~ "on of rates for the future will be one which will be controlled by the Public Service Commission, we could not and the Village could not legally or ef‘ fectively agree to deprive the Commie- eion of one of m princlpnl powers, namely the determined“ end fixing (7) We would purchase electric fight meters In good condition and owned by the consumers, at 16 per cent less than cost of new meters to us. (a) We would furnish commercial lighting on a maximum demnnd nte of “fie per kilowntt hour for the tint so loin-r In of the cuntomon' mul- mum demand. and 8c per kilowatt hom- for the remnlning hours use. less a (ti-count of to per kilowatt for prompt payment. making a net rate of 1315c for the first 30 hours use of the maximum and 7c for the balance. (5) We would. mew stre'et Imp- freo and mum: all consumers free renewal: of whon nnd filament Inmpu. ma we would duo furnish tungsten lamp. of the «Matt sin and largo: on 3 renew hats, at less (In: their cost to III. (4) We would my for the distribu- tion lines of the Village and all of the other property med by the Wine end used by It in distributing electric“ energy ovum. of the nation vent. the mm 0! $12,500.00. (3) We would furnish 16 Maudie power lamp: ad 120 324mm. pom lumps. burning ”on dual um dun all night and ovary night for $3,000.00 In the event that we '00“ acquire the flunlclpul distribution um:- one! a licence from the Village of Downer. Grove to do bunlum In line Vlllage, we would In answer to your nation ( ll Pumlsh 24-hour townie. (2) We would lumllh the energy for [pumping the Vlllnge voter. nod thlnmmwo-u’umd 60,000,000 gallons per you should um exceed "$00.00. Mr. I. C. Manolo]. Downer: Grove. Ill. Dear Sir: Replying Io your letter of neat we. to desire to mvor your ous- tlonn u follovu: Wu will be pleased to go Mo tho matter more fully vmh ran ll your mun-Manet. In you know we have nude propo sltlom u dlflennt llmu to the up thorium It Downers Grove vlth a flew to manila; cums! (km. and we now wlah to up“: that In the anal u franchise In mnlod to as. m» would In wllllnx to pay not lou lh-n 020.000 [or It. whlch would In- cludo your prmlll amnmuu at (all. We would In 'llllu’ to accept n two-My ymr "Incline. under vhlch we could man. And all cnmm lbr lac nol p" kllowlll. or we um wllIlux to on" I rule 0! lie no! per known“. Ind lumllh “er light: (m. and" m "nun-ant nlmllnr lo the one '0 hue will: (In Vllhu 0! Glen Ellyn. We have your letter of Omaha In: In which you request n upmalon (mm In on the «onion 0! an electric light (machine In your Village. Aaron. "1., Oct. 15. 1913. Village of Downers Grove Mr. I. C. Mnhoney. Trustee. Villas: of Downer. Grove. Downer: Grove. 111. Don Blr: Your- vm mu. R. N. s‘rnmm. Vice Pmldcnl. Wutom United an nu mm: company. (8) Would you be agreeable to a re adjustment 0! ratea every five yeara. euch readjustment to be efloctod by a committee of three? village to appoint one. your company one and well two to choose the third? Youra very truly. (Signed) L C. MAHONEY. (7) Would you purchase them with the idea of having them under your control? (6) How low a price would you be willing to make to consumers (or lem.’ Our consumers now own their eleo tric light meters. (5) Would you be willlng to renew street and consumers' lamps free of charge? (4) What price would you be willing to pay for our systeni or lilms moh-s. lines, ctr.) meaning everything outside the power house? (3) What charge would you makea for lighting our strevtl all night and every night (our present'system con- sists of sixteen {EM-candle pom-r and i2! 32-(‘nndlo power lamps)? (2) What would you charge to pump approximately «0,000,000 gallons of water per year? (I) Would you furnish twenty-four- hour service? In the event you were ghinted a franchise for operating (not to exceed twenty years) in our village, In order that all possible Informa- tion (for and against Municipal Own- ership) may be secured. I am taking the liberty of asking you the following questions, and it you find It consistent would uppreclnte an early reply. The question of rehabilitating our electric light plant in now under con- sideration by our citizens. and the Vil- lage Board has called an election {or Saturday. Oct. 18, for the purpose of approving or rejecting a bond issue. Downers Grove. 111.. Oct. 8. 19134 Public Service Co. of Northern “1.. Chicago. Ill. Western United Gas nectrlo 00., Aurora. Ill. Gentlemen: "rd lame to you tor publmtioa. at just and reasonable men. ' Youn Very truly. Your! very truly. L 0- MAHONEY- CHARLES A. MUNROE. Vice Prealdenx. Cllclco. Oct. 9. "13. v ”WW-'2! WW‘j . MW, WNER‘B ' ova: REPORTER If the distribution lines are sold the consumers will receive 24-hour serv- ice, pay for their current at loss rates than they are now paying, and in addition in this, the consumers will receive free lamp renews”. and will be pald for their meters 3C a slight re- duction under what new meters would} A public service commission will have power on January 1. 1914, to regulate the conduct Ind rates of public service companies all over the state of Illinois. Since this progres- sive legislation has removed these reaâ€" sons for s muniripal plant. what good reason is there for embarking upon a venture of this kind with the credit of the village. when the chant-e for; profit is so doubtful. and the chance] for loss almost certain? i Years ago It VII neeeenry for vil- letee to build their on electric light plum In order not to be plundered by enriches corporations, who would charge what they pleased far the en- ergy and do as they pteued In the community. It in a serious (mention as to when. or the one": of the village could not he held criminally liable for allowing the distribution system to remain ll an unsafe condltion. 7. The electric light pint and die- tflhnuon system In Downers Grove cannot be put in proper shape with the proceed- ol the hon“, nnd It would see. to be e very nnwlne procedure topitfltflOOlngoodmoneyu‘mhnd end then have no money left with which to rebuild the distribution linen. 6. Internal commune all engine- hue. been used for a number at yearn. nml one of the largest Inmlletlontin this part 0! the mum In It Lebano on. lnd., where 120 “love“: of oil enflnee are Inn-fled. The electric light company a m. point In g: ml: tune displacing these engines. end In- etelllng in their place steam dflvel “rum Mum Ire based upon the u- Iunpuon (but the cm on breaking even on «in our-Hon o! In ohmic light yin! and pumping the village ruler. We know that this in not .0. If the proper charges were Ink for depreciation on the property belong- Ing to the village's phonic ”(it phat. me «mention 0! tho pint would nhow a loan of consldmbly more than: 31.000 per mt. TM- bal-ure would be not by "no 31.“!430. "ml the my would he Ihnd W230 per ”at by Mayo-um o! In dbmbnlm ”Mom and march. In; In «ml Hun Ind worn for pun-luau run from tom public will fly company. Auumlng that the city would have to my 88.600 for um: "shun at “Jun (or pumping rah-r. um would amount lo 85.400 nor your. Tho city now churn: "no" 83.00» not put for urn! Iluhunx. luv-Vin. u (ml-om o! $1.000 to be paid. 5. in cue the village decide. to b we 018.000 oi bond- boorinc 6 per cent inionu. the inter"! on than bond. would “soon! to 8000. Ind (he doprociuion on the property porch“- ed with the procooda of those hood. would amount to ".800 not you. .1 ‘IO par can! per annual. which would unto the inure-l and doprocl-iiol on m on money lo be put in Ibo plum 02.700 pm your, Adding to lhll “noun! um amount whlch the village would luv: u inromo in (no luv-y told the distribution nynlom. unduly. ”62.60, would mall. the mm of [3142.50 4. It the Village of Downers Grove can receive $12,500 for its property used In distributing electricity outside of the union wells. and it would cont "0.000 to rebuild its system, who- ever would purchase the system and agree to rehebilitate the name would have An investment in the village 0! ”2.500. This would yield I revenue in tut-I of 1% per cent. or $331.50. The intemt on the “2.500 It IS per cent would amount to 3825. making a rave. one of $90.50 per you. 3. Continuous electric service is a necessity in a community the size of Downers Grove. Extension of the service should be made [or all con- sumers who desire service. A well run electric light plant is an absolute necessity in every town of (his size at the present time. ‘3. Who!) the proceeds of these bonds have been expended in the station, tin- \'illage will nm then have sulm'ium ‘zunwlty Io furnish energy to indus- tries which “'0 an- anxious to hun- luvale in this town. and unless such industries can purchase power in such amounts as they require they will l0~ (-alo their plants in other towns served by publlc service companies. let. it is proposed to spend the proceeds of $18,"U0.00 of bonds inside the walls of the station, leaving no funds with which to'rehabilitate the distribution system. it is a well known fact that this distribution system is in an unsafe condition and that it would cost $10,000.00 to put this system in a safe. operating condition. Series street lighting circuits are operated at a high voltage and in case these wires are down and people come in contact with them it means that a serious injury will result. and possibly death. There is no question but what the village would be legally liable [or such dam- age, which might amount to $10,000 in a single case. In connection with the proposed bond Issue by the Vlllage at Downers Grove for the. rehabilitation of Its electric light plant, a few suggestions and figures are herewith presented tor the respectful and careful considera- tion by’all ol the voters and cltlzehs or Downers Grove. We must ronslder that our village ls going to grow greatly In the next thirty years. and the growth of use: ‘Yor electricity will be marvelous. Look back over the last thirty years and see the great strides It has made. and then contemplate the development In the next thlrty. Who should get the bene- fit of this, the taxpayers or a public service corporation? It the village, then. Mr. Voter. I believe lt la our duty and privilege to vote for the bond Issue thls Saturday, October 18. Should 820.000 be paid for our (ran- chine. 310.000 of this would pay (or the lines (tunable property) that would be turned over to n mime service corporation. This would leave 310,000 for the privilege of doing business, which would be a bargain for some one. Let us not rob Peter to pay Pull. At the end of thirty years could the village buy back the line system alone for 320.000? I think not. if we did buy it back there would then he a heavy bond issue. One thing s good many of our citiâ€" sens would like to see is ornamental street lights on our msln street. in keeping with our plsce among its neighboring towns of L- Grunge. Hint dsle. Nspervms. etc. This would wob- shiy not he curried through shosid we sell our plant. OIr public service corporation made ss estimted cost at shat $4.500 u- ‘susi chsrgs for lighting our streets snd public places with the present number of lights. The village. through tsxntion. now only snows $2,200 for this service. thus making $2,300 extra snnusl tn that would have to be levied. This one saving alone in a few years would pay for all the proposed new equipment. In the Immediate Mire we will lose our heaviest customer of inner. the Burlington nilrond. which In: your cool shout 18,000.00) gallons at a profitable rate. This loan 0! rovonue 'm be so much less for (he opontlol of the valet department No pub": wrvlco comm-Hon ‘mfld ‘buy our finer plnnt and system at Janina; like the rm! Imminent in the “no; they would no" no corn-n Jo [rump mm. or we could um use our pram! stem: plum. in whirl: case the operating cm! vould be nearly us grant an the (on! cool of operating mm the elec'flc and under depart ml. by (he proposed new monument. Supposing we sold our plum to: .20.. mm and gun n thirty-year Irnncmun which. to my (hinting nould lu- a had bat-um. huh-9d. Sumac-Ina u- had ‘I trnnvhln- cnnlncl drun- up lhal wind "Il‘ c-wry m-rd um Ilw filing» muld Inllrlpnw. but just an more In alway- llluwly Io rumo- up. flu- umn- In um ynnrn [mm mm I'M-rs I lurbouo palm. ‘Mch Hm holdor 0! "w tram emu do" not um ‘mh. Hun final anon-NW MI "w VIII-xv? ll um me. but It becomes mighty oxwullvc‘ 'hvl legal "0qu In Mnrlvd with n M; coffin-(km. I Inflow with the Inuullulon o! In all engine plum In this will." and with the Drum: arlalnu Una-whom We could no out In the own mule! and ream wmo of nu- bonds. Just a few days :30 Mr. Mnrtln White landed ‘me 3 letter I. nun-er to one the board members muntod Man to write. [mm m- brotber In (‘on- nor-ville. hut. Importing on - nertalu ‘plaut there. when they lun- I Inc- ul engine. I DeLlVet‘uw and I IIBIUI engine. Ho touml tlut the all undue: were one-Jul! u ulpvuulw to produce the name rnultu u nteutn.‘ Ind o! tlw (to all en‘lnen tho ”1"“ Venue “- pn-lvmd. prlnclpall; bev' came at Its low urn-urn future. I i believe the Della. Vergue oil eu- gine suits our purposes best. it is a horizontal type of engine. and con- structed so as to be easy to set at in case of trouble. which is liable to occur sometimes in anything mechan- ical. it is a low-pressure engine. It will burn low grades of oil Ind only recently we were quoted 1 price which with freight charges added. would be 3.87 cents per gallon i'. o. b. Downers Grove. .hunnuu llilb luau onllux In our Mun-s, mul me; iur In need 0! re- nulillllullbll. lln')‘ '01" “0| All llt'ld ul l‘r- lmmluuuun aulu our pUIL'l‘ proved U. h. Mn-n m- lual hm one in un- slcel storm 01 luat March. when nmny tele‘ grupn poles went down. Our lines uu need exu-Iuling to men the menus- lng demand for vurrent. and slme the passage In the lust It'glblulul’t m a cer- tain act this village can legally oper- ate and sell the proceeds on all publlc uulilies, which before. in many in- stunceu, were illegal. our village board expects, it [he wwrs let us I'rhillulflilh,‘ the plant, to g.\:- 24-hour aurnrc, auu any!" the mamlluuuu of mu aalue'fl'ul. as \w (an. rcu’ucu the run- so as to no as “en, ur Ln-(u-r lhuu uur nmgubux'mg umua. , uc leurneu at .uenusua Lulu Ap- ptuon, “'15., nearu)‘, new A mw years «so gn'tn 'u lmncmau [0 a puma: set V- ue corpumuun and now When mcy wumeu to buy It. Duck Were Ion-ea (o gnu wuupuu, uuuough ,mey only got MICK 9.10.00" “or!!! 01 mugww plop- eny. “‘ch allows mu! Luv spa-ml pnnlegc “as worm $330,000. The city of Menusha some years ago has womsh enough to gran; a. very generous franchise to an elec< trlc railroad and power corporation. and the city has since had some very expensive lawsuits on their hand» over disputes on the tranchiae. but the city has won all the decisions to date. and has recently ordered another 225 H. 1’. engine to meet the [net-growing de- mand for current. Among other things there, we learned that 18 gal- ions or [no] on runs their 225 H. P. engine one hour, which makes cheap power, With all at 4 cents yer gallon. JASON LITTLEFORD. ionflnuq How to Test Tee's Purity. A remarknhly simple method (I hating the purity oi ten for coloring latter is to use an ordinsry inhls knife and 1 sheet of white m. upon which I smell qnsntity oi the teetohetuudisplsosd. Thumb then rubbed with the knife. WM: lb leaves have been reduced to s m the paper is dusted clean with n brush made of common bristles and Its surface examined with the naked‘ eye or a microscope, It the to: It artificially colored little spots a streaks of vivid Prussian blue will appear in the ilber oi' the paper. These stains are so distinct in their color- ing that they cannot possibly be con- fused with my other shin thst m be in the paper. mmmmammnmwmfi ' ’5; gmwwwmmwwwwwwwwwwwmmmg if; Your Sunday Dinner E Monday, October 20, ’13 Owing to the Inclement weather the peflormanee ot “SATAN” Or the Drama ol llama-fly, In the five Gm! Reds :: Over 120.000 tons of pébiles are a) many pioked up on the Normandy beachml. Most of It is sent nbmtd. Their color is blue. spotted with brown. yellow or rm stripe? Thu, are used to manufacture can” stone and earthenware, and M dust ls even employed to make mint and rifle powder imitatlon. Pew. Industry In Normandy. Tho pebble lndnnry ll becoming quite Important In upper Not-mam. tune». The cmrs of the Can to don. undermined by mmmm springs and by the Invo- of the In.- Iluh chmnej. slip. fan and break 'l'Iq‘ any forum! of a calcareous man an- wnlng 'Hnts. Those am: full to (h bottom of filo son, “'hr‘P they hem flat and take an nvolu shape Gr: Nici M n am