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It on two remaining holler: go out of comnloolon tho July the village would have for on! on porno-0| would be that stored Imagine. not over 48 hourl' It the people were economical. It"! with Ir. Slum mu .. to love two units. but to boy‘ 14'. I. ’. engine would cost n It I- well known to the Under- v-rlun‘ Auochtlon than our present phat mm at won-out equip”! unit In liable to so out of mil-Ion a my time tad leave as without us myhmdmflnd. Afltkll “manuals“! for you-l. night; A. to fuel 01] charges of 81,200. this Me is based on 27.3.0 I. v. I. at cut-rem produced. All the utter: of ollenglmotthelargermmt Dan the clean fuel oil. sun-tee Unpflono!oflvmpwlmfrol Dblblv.h..de'endllgoltlchll no fiche pulls. If full load, It .111 N vary nor 10 I. v. k. walnut . fuel on are less 1m «3 per gallon f. o. b. Whiting. Ind. Oll tar ls quoted It So per gallon f. o. b. Chm. Al to lnsmcq um, I acknowl- dga l have not looked into that plane of the question. but I do not “We that than! will he ny chm II rust. Ir. Beck Informs IN! that both (be D. La Verne and Dleoel engines are voter cooled. and engine. 0! the one we moo-e me not lea than 350 pt- lonn of tutor no hoer. vile! ls clreu- laud wand the cylinders. leeplu lien cool. and insures their mutual mallet Til: water I: used to lest the plant In cold weather. end II hot; weather passes through I cooling Cover and It then pumped heel to the can to he need min. They gur- mee mam operation no In a heating «need by operation I: co.- 170 the more of Downers Grove: flu reply to the commutation of ,‘I'. H. Sinner that snowed in the gut lune oi the Reporter. akin; that [1. u village president, give you more - information than is contained in the circular that l mailed you. setting .lorth the receipts end disbursements at our electric light and water plant ' for 1912 and an estimate or the oil-1 peace: for the lune work it we had the new equipment installed that the Board contemplate if you vote on De- tober 18th to give us the bond issue flu! we ask. 35553! g! gi§gifiggggg jag!!! giigzgigۤ:§§3 Q g 3 5 i .33! §.§: 3i! 53 :3: 5 Szifgigg 'gigfi ‘Ei’ giiiiaifis ;;2:§3§5!g:;3§!§§§§§§ 33h“? as§55='§§=§ ~fif:§5‘sig.u g! g :3 3§£m§=g.sail. we. l and noun to b. III-tum a that u.- no. I“ from not: I“ In; cal-nu m: the m. lint- n-onud in 1m to It!“ K.W.H. WI- you coo-Ida that an. at our noun are slow to Ind out llu lat The In. lulu- are located It (In W nu, collector's once. your fine. while "bun And the "(In al the out-Id. at tho m m VIII-[a collector‘s hooks show that 58.5“ K. W. H. were paid (or by gamma. the Nance. “.08! K. W. K. in mod for (M "nu. no. W and line Ion The plant! In Ill! nuanced “3.800 [V]. H. of current It the switch- board. 66,800 K. Wu. were used for W: "shun. 11.040 K.W.H. for more“! circuit. This calm-u.- was made by two moon. who are members of the Alsatian Association 01 Mechanical Moon. blood on (he use I for pumping I'uer. The estimate- “ to expenses If an on engine had been “mulled were furnished Trustee Kellogg by Mr. Bock. who represent“ the De LI Verne oil engine In Chicago. 1nd vu 1 Mod that con] cost 86.5%.“! and labor $5,817.60. leaving a balance oi “.465.” {or other expenditures. the larger portion being for remit: to hilar- nnd machinery. 1 did not check up the dlflerent Items of “expenditure and chnrge'to any part 0! the plant. but I did check up the coal and labor and charged up the “lance to repairs and supplies. I prepared the statement showing the receipts and disbursements from the village treasurer's annual report. “11.81 was spent by the tormen- hoard looking for a bond issue to re-‘ Mbilitnte the plant with steam. l deducted that flow the total disburse- ments. and the bounce. $17,928.68. mint he the cost of maintenance and operation, as no intemt or deprecia- tion was charged 3nd no new equip- ment was purchased on EXTENSION WORK done. not above the “on“ for good (he use of 126.000 K. “CH ”WWW. it we were to accept such a propoei. Itionitwoaldhenecmiorneto I spend about 85,000 in electrical am. rain: to my the water, after which . we would he. at the Ioweat estimate. sumo to the goodâ€"of which 820.000 , would remain in the pocketa of the ‘ taxpayers and the balance would go , into the village treasury. Anotherpointi for consideration in the fact that Dirt Copley agreed to give us a ten-cent rate. while the village traeteea an: that they could not reduce the pm ent high rates for some tinle to come. i ask any thinking man if there in any good reason why we should tie up; over $40,000 in an electric light plant when another corporation etande ready to do it tor us. take all the rink oi the business and give ua cheaper eel-vice? Let on give none reliable company a twenty-year franchiae and at the expiration of that time. if the resident- ot Downer! Grove want to take over the huaiaeae there will he nothing to prevent them. A twenty. year lraaehiae will not tie the hand- ‘a tutare lea-ranch. ‘l'ht oil allia- hay ha all richt b fit. but l understand the m w fill. that win lulled I! the an. i will he at he Illa coup.” vault! me a hill-I- oler o! ”0.000 for the plant, or rule, for a twenty-mt Mile. M fmnhnn «unannoun- ue Melba. A“ tin anon: to the seventh! ”muted (chum it total: I, to mom. Bel-g Il‘flch"! interested. u a tu- payer. In the proposed bond lune for rem-1min; the electric light pint. I wish to call the attention of other tax- myen to I few feature. of this [no posed Investment. The propositio- ulln for tho levying 0' a tax to collect from In 826.000â€" name for but. and 88.00 mm Outer-er vllhgo find”! out“ trunnmmmmmm New last a word at war-ha: ll In an loved up sell n wlll ”In our ‘ntor will our old nu- plat. ll 'm malnlanoI-umdndm nae help u the on engine. “.710 flu revolt: and null”, and It can’t help but I'll!" a deficit. Our “nu light) will cool about 84. 300 all lo be paid tn- the moral [and l The Oclobor "Rum of Rulers" an II. nu III: at Intern-I cou- Inmol MIC. ”and In much. Idea-cm Thur II. was no menial hm tho mun u-Inm Inn «- cm In 0.le all a! (halt not ballo- uIvu m lawful eta-mun on or 31-00. all It In "mm m: 'flII. I not! "I! o" «um VIII diam «can not-o- h a. Inn. 0! m I an luau-rod um um C~ n. I Q In luumn. ml! 0" clung. to pulp I'll" when new amnion“! In um four out-u have boon mama In (M out chm mus. The September “floated Phat" [Ivn . “It of it oil: that are callable tor on um". mlaonl. vnctnblo and mint-l out. It alto [m- the maul report at the Cumin. X. 1.. munlclnl eta-uh: plant tor 1912. 1'th operate In on out-e and AM not In the 001‘ bolt. leput. 30,198.19: ountlnr IM maintenance. 04,543.02. TM m the common that any bu when that ‘plnt um taunted urea! rem no I“ alum-rod and that they '0" my!" their Interest and holds Mom maturity out 0! tin naming: a! the plant. ml! rout" um ”33.08 on all commit. As to depreciation. Mr. Be'ck says an.oll engine will not last as long as a steam engine, and that 6 per cent Iran plenty to take care oi its deprecia- tion. Mr. Sinner lulu. “In it not a (act that all of the use" of oil engines you communicated with were located in the oil belt?” I will alum-er No.‘ They Were scattered. i will lay that llllnoll produced ot'er 18.6mm“ hate rein o! crude petroleum in 1912. the third state In production. (‘allrorula and Oklahoma only producinx more oil. So we might say we are in the oil belt oumlwa. - I As to the item or $287 tor repairs, i this figure was made by Mr. Beck and he bases his estimate from the expe- ' Hence or the users of his engine. The names of the users of oil engines that i wrote to tor ininrmation Were lur- nished me by the representatives or the De La Vergne and Diesel engines. 1 selected from their lists the people to whom I wrote. The reports i re ceived from the users of the De Ls \‘ergne were to point favorable. The reports read no trouble of any kind or 3 little trouble with crscked heads at wrist pins. The reports from the municipalitles using the Dlesei Were favorable. but from the public service comp-mes they were very unfavorable. I drew the inference that they were trying to discourage municipal owner- ship at public utilities. our Milan and inter condemned two of our boilers), to whom we have out- .lned our plans. He writes that it the boiler: are laid up as be direct: they. Would allow us to use them without inspection and without voiding our in- surance. in that event it would take 1about an hour to fill the boilers god set up steam. But we do not anticlâ€" pate that we should be called on tel use them at all. as the board expects. it our plant earns the money we ex- pect it to. to be able to buy a second oil engine from the profits of the plant. l have I letter flit-m thy :hlel luv "Doctor of the Hantord Insurance Gauging)! (the commny that Insure: runioo pump and are Ito-m power held on one shallow won (we have not used one of our Ihaiiow well: but Jule in three years), than giving us A complete steam auxiliary. We lave never had an luxiiiary system before. A. BACKUB. A“. R Slnce the people had fonnally voted ‘nnfavorahly on the proposition to ‘sell. we. in the necessity of the situa- tion, put it up to them to vote on the proposition .of inning bonds for the rehabilitation at the pint. Thim proposition was defeated by a margin} of only he votes and l was one who voted with the majority only because I thought it would be foolish to try to rehabilitate with two-thirds of the a position when l! the voters old sanctlon a bond lane for this work that we could only legally nine 81:.- 500 or only about two-thud: at the The III! Incl substance of the above expert report was that It would take “out 817,000 to properly re. intimate our plum and we were in rum have mac-fly disappeared and we have since been getting very goodnrvkgndlnmlnfmedw a bushes Inn II I authoring town cunt it I. better than them. which I: supplied hy 1 public service corporation. on ma would likely be amderformplutnouflwebe forced to sell. having trouble with our holler; which 1 mm m the to the Ignorance of themllcham.hndalllhow we were henrllg that the that 'u In I ”“11er damn. conduct. Hahn to him: up at any the; hut file. Ir. Willi-n has has. haeh on null um we learned very lmle that we dld not Already know. bdl ll dld put um knowledge ln concrete form. gave n: a report an could be put before (he voters with the feeling (in It was the new: of an expert and would be given mum-ding credence by the lumen. ‘ llama. m I‘ll lam-c rigidly and over-nu «mm were a Man Comm“: he... no u that wt I“ to lo not-«Mac. and then the voters n4 mum-1’ and do" ‘tlo props!!!“ lo sell. the hm hm finally took up the mun of mm tow-rd the rehabilnulol 01‘ the mu will an: power. The some” of an expert end-corms Ilm were away“ to so over the pint and make I town n to what won“ he menu: to put our plum In Im- clm shape. and the estimated cost at the am. In «In line no report um undo and submitted wltb the re Oct. 8. 1913. Mr. C. H. aunts. Editor’- the "Re- > Donor." but an: I wish to take adv-nun at your kind Invitation to use [he column: of your vapor In making I luv nmarlu on tho electric light no water qua-non am will soon be be-‘ fore the Voters 0! thin village to uulo. It In. been brooch: to a point when I. III] In" to spud the voters are opposed to wlllng (lu- planl lo a private corporullou. but they have evidently m‘erlooked (he he! that all cull-es mulre all and lhe Sundial Oll (‘omlmuy makes the price (or the oll. Some member: 0! I110 Board are In- fluenred In their action on um propo- sltlou by um Defle! that a mum-It)- or so. but the Pgbllc Service Company and the Copley concern are both wu- linx to serve us at a lower rate and relieve us (mm the burdens and risk. If we Were cut all from a source of supply We might be compelled to do ! Let us look at this proposition straight and decide it on its merits. re- gardless of the fact that the Board or 'l'rustees recommends lt. The simple proposition ls. do we or do We not Want to Invest over “0,000 In an electric light plant? That‘s me proposlllou and all of It. ‘ .\‘o doubt the Board of Trustees are sincere and honest in the proposition they have submitted, but We may, also honestly, question the wisdom of their plan. it is too much 0! a gain- bie and the chances are all against us.‘ Crude oil was quoted a short time ago at 2% cents and now the market price is‘ over -I cents. On account or the increasing demand for crude oil and for its by-prou'ucts. there is bound to be a constant intrease in its prite. and it is not improbable that it “ill go so high that its use will become as expensive as coal W hat win then happen to )our plant? The entire argument in tavor of this oil engine is based on the cost of crude oh, a product absolutely under the control or the Standard on Compmu ~lne daddy of all the corporations. Looking backward st the record of the electric light and water plant. we see nothing to jultlty u. in making a tanker investment in that direction. Ever since the electric light plant was installed it has been a constant trouble and burden. Why continue it when an: other is willing to take the burden 0113 our hands and give tine consumer cheaper and better service? The demand to: electrical current In um village Is not “melon! w Juouly "In oneyanqn qt In Independent plant. will then have ta mule another in- vacuum. wagon swarm Ember tho nucâ€"Donn’n-nd an no «in; “jay-puma!!!“ their "name! and mtéd um I} Iidun 'm a fun. Don's mm, mm unwind my m m n- movoa the aches nu pm." For ale by m anion. Price, so can. Mar-unbur- 00.. Male. Immrâ€""flllnutthorhvhgco mymnurwhtluunm.wm "Mummtnhf' In. (no monk-"Oahu”! Imus.â€" mammmmntplgm sew York. «no mu for a. mum n-on Wag or mud m"! ii- and Incl! In In! way. I ha chirp pm- throughout a, hotly. TI. IM- Andrew E. Wehrll. 164 Canter street. Nmrvlne. Ill. an: "Then m a 9"“: am note In the man of III Not only he?! in Downers Gran, lit in our neighboring town. then-c good story I. heard. An «co-rash; tum-c2 Iro- mm". In um Ian. and will be rat! by an vml amt In- NOT ONLY IN (To be continued In next inert lam.) Openu-g labor a: plant ..... M on ................... Lubricating on ............ Mal-(mace M mine-L. Power plat "ppm. and n- equip-mu .............. m.“ Power plant wnllu and null! ................... mu Motor Inspection and "um I“): “but trim-m And "NF In. um: I...) .......... 846.00 numb. Ind mum and ElocI rlcâ€" Opumlu labor at plum ..... Pool on .. ............. Lulu-tau». all . . . .. ..... Mullen-m at power plant Alumni Report or March 28. ms. Revenue. «lo-ctr“: lulu n- . colon ....... . ........... "0,019.67 new-nae. water «unseat 8301.10 The village board. with the excep- tion of Mr. Halter. made a trip to Mannshn. Wisconsin. in the early part at September to inspect the municipal plant there. when) they used oil on- gines. The laws or “'iuonsin are such that a munit'ivnltty must make a very detailed report of their openr tiotu oi the public utilities to the proper state board net: year. so that at )lenuha we not only had the op- portunity to inspect the physical plant but were privileged to so deeply into the light um! um accounts. and with Inch reunit- tht we hue been thoroughly contorted to the on engine idea. Below I am givinl soun- olure- tram their published moor“ tint make. mighty inure-tin. study. Water-â€" Mr. C. H. Dicke. our fellow towns- man, has one or the earlier types of the De La Tet-me engine that he has had for about ten years. and he is an enthusiastic booster of our installing one for village purposes. Mr. Dicke's seventeen-year~oid son Installed his and ran it. in (act. Mr. Dickie says the engine runs on the minimumoi fuel met and operating expense. and requires very little attention. I These engines are of very recent introduction in this country. the first, i understand. being exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition The originals were from Germany. where they have been used {or some years: the type which the board favors is the invention or an Italian. Our attention was attracted this last summer to the marvelous reports of the operating efficiency and econ- omy of oil engines. Very few people have heard a! this type of oil engines. J‘hey are somewhat like the ordinary ‘gasoline or kerosene engine without the complicated ignition and car- buretion system of these. In the oil engine‘the oil is discharged u a spray into the explosion chamber where. instead of by a spark. it is exploded by the compression of the revolving piston head. rate. we still to own our ouulpoient and tend to the local distribution This [Imposition of buying. provided We could contract at a suitable rm. i favored; but lately. when we wish to take their proposition up with them :again our vlllue clerk reports that they do not answer his communicev tionl. Can you surmise why? This would leave us only two bidders for our franchise should we have to sell now and who knows how long before one oi these might withdraw. the" how much competition would we have for our rx‘auohise‘.’ Respectfully nbnlued. JASON urn-man. Openun‘ 8:90am. DOWNRRS GROVE. “.012.“ i 3 061.00 "1".“ 1345.30 306.?! l “.68 10.10 175.01 "I.“ ll.“ fl.“ It.“ But'each employe n courteous and mm regarding his. damn-uncut, and the lpirit of th- £AAA a page of information about Telepliode‘ This information is necessarily condoned. intercuing and useful intelligence on tlu would fill volumee. But'each emolove in mum. “A .au As with the big mercantile homes, ”Iain u make them feel at home, and to cultivate M acquaintance, and cement a lasting friendship” For their benefit we have inserted in each Directory I ma. n3 :nln-_-.:-_ -L,,,. râ€" Thousands are joining the Bell Con-Inky Cid month, and acquiring the popular Long Distance 11-1.2. The Younger Generationâ€"When Michael Riley, a poor laborer. unex- pectedly fell heir to two thousand dollars he, did not spend it in riotous iiving. instead. he decided to use it to give his daughter Maggie an edu- cation. 80 Maggie was packed oil to‘ n fashionable boarding school. while‘ her heartbroken mother went, and her WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15‘ "A GENTLEMAN OF FASHIO " (\'itnsruph).~.lohn Bunny plays as a plumber who. once a week, goes forth. as a “gentleman of fashion." Flora Flnch plays as u very romantic splnw Blel‘ or great wealth. They meet. He thinks her a shop girl and she thinks that he Is what he appears to be. The situation ls cleverly carried on and makes a very amusing oflerlng. Fran- ces Cook is the authoress and George Baker the producer. The. audience seemed to enjoy it much and there was hearty laughter. Allan H. Barnhart Poultry Vegetables Central Market Motiograph Theatre SATURDAY, OCT. 1!. “Bell Chicngo Telephone Company R. N. WIDE-u!“ Ml“ Fresh and Salt MEATS out-Patrons O. Telephone” Boyd came to the Riley home and met Maggie's uncouth parents. The rude surroundings and the reek of her Women; pipe were too much for him. and he turned away disillusioned. A8 . he walked down the street. however. he suddenly realized that all the joy and happiness were going out. of his life forever. and so he turned back and told Maggie that she was the only person who had ever reafiy mattered anyway. of the wage wde.â€"'Bulllo fin"... Love's song In all the; III”! I! o minabletormhthehl‘hm Afterwards, at the commencement dance. he asked her to marry him. Maggie was on the point of accepting him. when suddenly she remembered. Who was she that she should marry this young aristocrat? She temporlzed and bade him come to her home (or his final answer. xlo won 3 chum!" yam girl. Io John Boyd [all In love with her. no w» the son 0! the mayor o! the town where mule wont to school, He Wu 3 rich young man, an monolith! young mm. and mum, A nice young man. So the principal of the school had no hesitation in asking him to give away the dlylomas on commemo- meat day. Te'cvhone Series: