Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1917 — MORE ELECTRIC TALK. [ARTICLE]

MORE ELECTRIC TALK.

' Mr. A. L. Clark, who formerly was interested in several telephone plants about here, was in town Thursday, talking electric lights. We did not get to talk to Mr. Clark personally but understand that hia.plan is to build a plant and buy the' current of the Utilities company, whose line comes within four miles of us already, being to the grain station, Julian, south of us. We overheard Mr. Clark make the statement that copper wire was extremely high, which fact we already knew, but he did not talk as iT thfs woiild make the project impossible. We are very glad that someone from the outside has seen enough in the proposition to become interested and this should cause our “own people to begin a more concerted effort to arrive at somethipg definite. If it is a good thing for outsiders to come into our town and erect an electric plant, there should be people here to whom it would mean mote. Of course, we are mighty glad to have Mr. Clark taking hold lof it and will Welcome him in the field, but it is promptly conclusive of the lethargy that surrounds us if we allow’ outsiders to come in and promote our enterprises. -