Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1916 — LIGHT QUESTION TAKING FORM [ARTICLE]

LIGHT QUESTION TAKING FORM

Mt. Ayr Tribune. There has been considerable talk among some of the, most progressive citizens lately, on the electric light question, to the effect that the most feasible plan is to organize a stock company, of probably $3,000, in ten dollar shares. The feeling seems generally to be that the stock would meet ready sale, and the enterprise would be easy to finance. No fear is entertained but that it would be a paying investment almost from the starL__ Wheatfield enjoys such a plant and report comes to us that it is a success in every way. While our town is not so large, it is by far more compact and would therefore be less expensive in proportion to wire and work than would Wheatfield. It seems to be the opinion of most of the men interested in the proposition to wait for the lower prices on products would be to delay the matter very indefinitely because the war conditions in the old countries control the prices of materials used in the construction may be a long way off. We. learn that Wheatfield provides power by an oil engine, which is giving them splendid satisfaction. They have a twenty-four hour current at a 12% cent rate. The plant is reported as a paying investment and all the customers well satisfied. Wouldn’t it be fine for Mt. Ayr to have light in all dark corners, to have power for the washer, the iron, and the hundred and one other things it could be used for?