Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1919 — MT. AYR WANTS ELECTRICITY [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR WANTS ELECTRICITY

Will Confer With Rensselaer City Council March 10. \ _ A few people over at Mt. Ayr want to secure electric current from Rensselaer, and to that end a committee from that place, on invitation of Mayor Spitler, will. meet with the city council here on Monday evening, March 10, to talk over the matter. r / Of course Mt. Ayr is not a very * large town and not all the people If residing there will go to the expense of wiring their homes for lights, hence the income to the city, were terms to be agreed upon, h would be very small. The distance Rensselaer and Mt. Ayr is mine miles, and the cost of erecting poles and stringing the wires will be considerable at this time especially, and it is probable that the council will consider' no proposition except that the people there build and maintain the line at their own expense and pay for the “juice” as measured at the corporation line of Rensselaer, bearing their own shrinkage. At least, this appears to be the only sensible, buedness-llke position to take. Our light plant is a good paying proposition for the city now, and with the money owed the light fund by other funds and the surplus on hand, it has about sufficient funds to pay off all the indebtedness assumed when the city purchased and developed the plant, and the local patrons soon, no doubt, be given a reduced rate, which they certainly should be soon as possible. If we have anything to give away, let’s give it to the patrons, the people who have paid for the plant and 'made it what it is, should be the position of the city council, and this 'matter, of taking on additional burdens, which may mean much additional' expense, should be very carefully considered before such a step is taken.