Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1919 — CAN ONLY BOND FOR $2,000 [ARTICLE]

CAN ONLY BOND FOR $2,000

Question of Building the Line Now Confronts ML Ayr. Some fifteen citiaens of ML Ayr met with the city council Tuesday evening to discuss the matter of extending the electric current line to Mt. Ayr from the Rensselaer plant. The Mt. Ayr people are very anxious to secure electric current for their little city and several farmers between Rensselaer and Mt. Ayr have signified their willingness to Install lights. ’ The line will probably cost about SB,OOO which must be built by the Mt. Ayr people, and Rensselaer will furnish them the current which will be measured by a meter installed in the plant here. The only question remaining to be settled, apparently, Is whether the people of Mt. Ayr can raise the money to build the line. The town can only be bonded for $2,000, and it is probable that a local company will have to be formed there to build the line, If It is put In. It is said that some 60 people along the line and at Mt. Ayr have agreed Ao put In lights, but when It comes to a show-down and they find that the cost of wiring and putting in the fixtures will run from $25 to $l5O per house, many of this number will no doubt "renig.”