The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1903 Page: 1 of 12
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THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Chandler News.
HKST VAPEK PUBLISHED IN I.INCOLf- n>PNTY. H. ft. G1LSIKAP, KD/TOk Afit) PUBl.TSHFl*.
TWELFTH YEAR.
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CHANDi TJR, OKLAHOMA. JANUARY 2<>, 1<>03.
NUMBER 20.
foexcrelt an VHc^iinfeii.
W'' are fathered together tonight to recall his memory,
to pay our tribute of resoct to the great chief and leader
wh< fell in the harness, who was stricken down While hi
eyes were bright with "the light that tells of triumph
tasted." We can honor him best by the way we show in
aetvn deed that we have taken to heart the lessons nt his
life. We must strive to achieve, each in th-- measure th;r
he can. something ol the qualities which mad- President
McKinley a leader of men, a mighty p"wcr for good his
strength, his courage, his courtesy and dignify, his sens,
of justice, his ever-present kindliness and regird for the
rights of others. H<- won greatness by me^'ing and solv
irij; the issues as they arosf not by shirking them meet
ing them with wisdom, with the exerciseot th< most skillfi:.
and cautious judgment, but with fearless resolution when
the time of crisis came He met each crisis on ift own
merits; h>- never sought excuse for s-hirking a ta-' in the
fact that it was different from the one he had expected to
face.
A T ANY time the city may have the privilege
** of purchasing the plant at its actual value
Lighting Franchise Granted.
IN THE last issue of The News
we referred to the electric light
propositions which the city council
had under consideration, and told
something of the features of each.
On Friday evening of last week the
council met in special session for the
purpose of considering the proposi-
tion submitted by Mr. Carver, the
Missouri man, and the one submit-
ted-by Mascho Bros., of Chandler.
This special meeting was held be-
cause Mr. Carver had already been
waiting about two weeks for the city
to take some action in reference to
his proposition. Both ordinances
had been read and a vote was about
to be taken, when it was reported
that J. H. Draughon, owner of the
Shawnee light plant, would like to
submit another proposition, and in j
order to give him an opportunity to
do this, the motion to place the or-
dinances on their Final passage was reconsidered,
and the council adjourned until Monday night of
this week Mr. Carver, being unwilling to wait such value to be determined by arbitratior
here any longer, asked permission to -withdraw service given is an all-night service, and mus'
his ordinance, and conser" was giver;. On Mon be first-class in every respect. The ordinance
day evening th> council met again, and the provides that at the option of the light company
Draughon ordinance was presented by Council- or the user of 'he light a meter shall be installed
man Deacon, Mr. Draughen having been here and the rates are specified which shall be charged
during the day and returned to Shawnee .on when the meter is used. It also provides that
the afternoon train. The Draughon ordinance whenever there is a demand for as many as ten
was read and div-vsed. and the' the Mascho incandescent lights oj on- arc light the company
ordinance was read again and discussed and shall be required to extend its line at least 400
compared with the other. As a result the Mas- feet in order to meet such demand. There has
rho ordinance was passed, with but two dissent- been very little criticism of the action of the
ing votes. This ordinance grants a franchise for council in granting an electric light franchise,
ten years to A. E. Mascho and A. A. Mascho ; This at first took the form of a protest against
contracts for twenty arc lights for street lighting any arrangement for putting in a lighting plant
at a rate of eighty dollars each per year; fixes which would not be put in and owned by the city,
a schedule of maximum rales for lights for com- Wh;n it b^ca-n? a.iiir?nt, h we -et tint th 1 city
men ial purposes as fojlows For commercial arc was not able to make the needed improvements in
aghts, $7 per month each , for commercial incan the waterworks svstem, which it now owns, the
descent light, first light 75 cents per month, and folly of undertaking to put in a lighting plant
for each additional light, 50 cents per month; it this time "">s very plain, as well as th^ un-
incandescant lights for residences,first two lights reasonableness of asking the city to wait for
75 cents each per month, third, fourth, and fifth lights until its financial condition was such as to
lights, 50 cents each, and all in excess of five permit of its installing an electric light plant of
lights, 40 cents each pet month. Mascho Bros, its own. Since the ordinance was passed the
hav-«put tip the sum of $50 which w ill be forfeited ('handler Publicist which has shown its pettish-
in case they do not enter into contract under pro- uess b\ continuous and unreasonable criticism
visions of the ordinance, and they are to put up of the council ever since the council took the
The'Ordinances Compared.
The
a certified check of $1,0(10 as a forfet to guaran
teen to the city that they " ill begin and complete
the work according to the terms of the ordinance
city printing from the Publicist and gave it to the
Tribune has asserted that the ordinance' was
"railroaded through" the council, that the
and that everything used in the construction of Draughon ordinance was not given a fair consid-
the plant will be first class and that all the ma eration, and that the latter ordinance was more
chinery and appliances shall be new. The plant
shall have a capacity of not less than 1,500 in-
candescent lights. Work of installing the plant
shall be commenced not later than March 1st,
next, and the plant shall be ready for operation
July 1st, 1903.
favorable the interests of the city. The Publi-
cist then undertakes to name six respects in
which the Draughon ordinance is better than the
one passed. The editor of The News was
present and head both ordinaces read and thor
ougly undeVstsnds their contents.
OUR contemporary says that the
Draughon ordinance fixed the
price of 10 incandescent lights at
$4 a year, while Mascho charges $5.
The truth is the former charged $4
a month for 10 lights with service
to 10 o'clock only, while Mascho's
maximum rate for the same number
is but $5 a month for an all-night
service. Draughon, too, reserved
the right to put in a meter whenever
it was to his interest to do so after
three lights had been taken, so it is
probable that the 10-light rate would
never have come into use. Draughon
agreed that after 800 incandescent
and 20 arc lights were in use he
would establish an all-night circuit
and that street and incandescent
lights would be put on this circuit,
but he made the price for commer-
cial arc lights on an all-night cir-
cuit "special" and gave no guaran-
tee that incandescent lights for business houses
could be put on the all-night circuit at any price.
The ordinance in regard to the time of service is
very indefinite, contradictory, and uncertain, as
can be seen by any one who will take the pains to
examine it. Th- Pub says that Mascho may put
in any kind of poles he pleases, while Draughon
was to put in cedar poles. T he truth is that
Mascho guarantees to put in first-class matertal.
and forfeits his franchise and his $1,000 if he
fails to do so. He can use any kind of poles he
chooses so long as they are first-class. The
Pub again'says that Mancho can under his fran-
cnise suspend his plant at any time he may wish
to do so. If our misguided contemporary would
read the oudinance before discussing it she would
find that Mascho is bound to give first-class ser-
vice, while under the provisions of the other ordi-
nance it would only be necessary to have some
electric il expert say that a suspension of service
wes necessary in order to cover up the fault. The
Publicist says that Draughon agreed to put in the
meter system and make a 25-< ent ratwper month.
Draughon did reserve the right to put in meters
at his own option, but there was no provision
whereby the consumer could get a meter unless
Draughon wanted to give it to him, and of course
Draughon would not put in any meters as long as
the flat rate was best for him. The Mascho or-
dinance provides that either party may have
meters put in. The Publicist further says that
Mascho does not agree to extend the lines in
order to accommodate consumers. This simply
is not true. The Mascho ordinance was amended
on motion of Mr. Deacon to make it agree in this
respect with the Draughon ordinance. Likewise
the statement of the Pub that Draughon agreed
to erect the plant on real estate belonging to the
city, is also false, in so far as it refers to any
agreement in his ordinance, for there is no such
agreement in the ordinance.
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1903, newspaper, January 29, 1903; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117646/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.