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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
WEDNESDAY, OCTODEIt 17. 19C&.
II
JACKSONVILLE SA VES
MONEY BY OWNING
ITS ELECTRIC PLANT
Continued from page 1.
wfrf borrowed by the city at 5 per
" t ,,er annum, with the right on
the nart of the city to repay the
loan in annual installments, that
i V erf dollar, with interest, has
been fully repaid iu less than ten
^To see the fact clearly from an-
nt her standpoint: Suppose Jones
owned a tract of land (Just as the
",, v owns Its streets), and Instead of
i ildlnc a house on his tract permit-
K some capitalist to do so. from
irtom he rented this house, paying a
hla rental; and suppose Jones should
conclude he was paying too much
rent and arranged to build for him-
Lit'a house on its own land anil
„ d h- one-half or one-fourth of his
former rent In payment, and should
thus In less than ten years pay -for
the house, with Interest, ho would be
Aactly In the position of the city of
Jacksonville with reference to tho
electric light plant.
Secretary’s Financial Statement.
Tnml net cost ascertained by
expert to January 1, 1903 ..$69,275.26
Adding 5 per cent Interest for
year 1902 on above coat.. ..
3.463.75
, total debits to January
S IJW3 172,788.96
ctlng cash paid In 1902
J the plant to the city as
shown by the city treaaur-
er's hooks - - 22,000.00
Leave
net cost to January 1,
1,03 250,788.96
Adding 5 per cent Interest for
year 1903 on above coat.. ..
2,536.95
Gives total debits to January
1,1,04 153,276.91
Deducting cash paid during
1,03 by the plant to the city
as shown by the city treas
urer’s hooka .. j . . * .. *. 20.000.0C
Leaves net coat to January *1,
1,04 ..$33,275.91
Adding 5 per cent Interest for
year 1904 on above cost.. .. 1,668.80
Gives total debits to Decern
ber 1, 1904 $31,939.71
Deducting this amount from
the cash paid during 1904
by the plant to the city as
shown by the city treasur
er's books 35,000.00
It will be seen by the above that
the plant earned $35,000 net for the
city In the year 1904, and that a
handsome profit was paid to the city
in every year the statement covers,
and that there is an increase of
$13,000 in two years over the first
year.
A Big Increase.
The last report covering the opera
tion of the city electric light .plant,
Issued for the year ending December
31, 1904, Is as follows:
The receipts for lighting for the
[ast year amounted to $156,746.68, an
crease over last year of $20,502.80.
[he cost of operating the plant was
$77,125.61. The earnings of the plant
were $79,916.13; of this snm $59,615.64
was expended In extensions apd lmt
provementa, for new machinery,'
transformers and meters, and for ex
tension of lines.
"The output of the plant for the
year amounted to 3,283,878 K. W., foil
which we received $166,746.68, or 4.78
cents per K. W. The cost per K. W.
for current delivered at the switch
board based on the station expenses,
$49,852.46. was 1.52 cenU per K. W.;
based on the total operating expenses,
$77,125.61, It was 2.34 cents per K. W.
"The 200 K. W., 500-volt, dlreot
current turbo-generator ordered last
year was received the first week In
January, erected and put In service
•bout the mlddlo of February, and has
been In constant use since.
"The growth of the City was so
r»pld during 1903 that the capacity
of the new machinery put In last year
was soon reached, so the board de
cided to put In another turbo-genera-
stor of as great capacity as wo had
•pace In the station to accommodate.
After advertising for bids a contract
was made In June with the General
Electric Company for a 600 K. \V. Cur
tis 3 phase turbo-generator, guaran
teed to carry a 50 per cent overload
for live hours, and with the Wheeler
Condenser and Engineering Company'
for the condensing apparatus. The
foundations for the machinery were
put in during August and September,
•the machinery was delivered In Octo
ber ami November, and erected by
the middle of December, but owing to
••lay In delivering the exciter and
one of the step pumps it will not be
fvsdy for uso before January, 1905,
”Hh tills mnnhlna In sArvloa tho
Ith this machine in service tho
overload we havo been carrying on
•a of our machinery will be relieved
•id we will have some 300 K. W. fpr
jjerease in service, provided none of
me machinery Is out of uso.
"Oil has been used for fuel under
“* boilers since the middle of Jan-
usry: after the firemen were broken
“to handling tho burners, and some
manges were made in the furnaces,
55®, 011 has made a very satisfactory
fuel and we have been able to carry
the increased load upon the boilers
'ith much greater ease than wo
•hoiild have been able to do with
,,°” d :> r coal for fuel. The ellmina-
uon of the smoke nuisance has been
J appreciated by all who live In
the v cinity of the p)anU
aii of our street lighting circuits
VL"""' overloaded, and It will be
Jr**? 4r . v to put in another 100-llght
,rmer and some new circuits
Plawd * ny raore ,treet Kght * can 1,0
Extending the Plant,
so great were the demands for tho
"tension „f light, an d water out-
f-I sections of the city that a new
“hh Issue Of $400,000 was voted a
L* r ,for this purpose. Of this
, j, “ nt 1->2,000 is now being expend-
I Man* 1 - ® xt> adlng the water and light
ST?. ' a:id when this Is done the
•lone '' arnln *» by the light plant
it i- c <2ie cvmservatlvely estimated
• '•>.009 per year.
[_ . N e* Profit of $60,000.
f " a l’l lr "prlatlon was made out of
I asI h° B d issue direct for extend
ing the light plant, as the plant Itself
furnished the fundB necessary for this
work out of Its own earnings and
above all expenses. For the year
1906 there will be $60,000 available
from the earnings of the plant, and
this will not be turned over to the
city treasurer, but will be used In
making needed Improvements In- ex
tending the services, etc.
The last report of J. E. Merrill, au
ditor, including tho waterworks
plant, which is also owned and op
erated by the city, is as follows:
‘There has been no change during
the year In the amount ($1,368,000) of
outstanding city bonds, tho Interest on
which, being at 5 per cent, amounted
to $ils,400. Of this sum there wan
provided from the earnings of tho
waterworks $20,000, and from the
earnings bf the electric plant $15,000,
leaving $33,400 to be provided from
the tax levy.
"The Interest paid during the year
amounted to $69,462.50, making a to
tal of $478,590.83 paid to this date on
these bonds, and leaving $4,775 of In
terest due. the coupons for which
havo not been presented to the city
treasurer for payment.
"The receipts and expenses of both
the waterworks and the electric light
plant are herewith given In the shape
of comparative statements for the
years 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904, and
therein show a gratifying Increase Is
the amount of business and the prof-
its to the' city resulting therefrom."
Plant Pays Handsomely.
The last official report of the audi
tor for the electric light plant, given
out for publication, was for April,
1906, and shows how handsomely the
profits above all running expensos
pay the way of the plant and leave
a balance for the elty exchequer. The
statement Is as follows: ^
receipts.
From commercial service $15,314.34
From public service 20I.9C
From miscellaneous
1.31
From deposits 478.(
Total $36,912.54
EXPENDITURES.
Superintendence and Office .. 833.10
Expenses Power Station—
Hilaries .'.$1,047.87
Fuel $ •. 3,193.11
Inspection «na
nance of Lines and Ser
vice#—
Inspectors $342.00
Trimmers 254.00
Linemen 694.74
Lump repairer 52.00
Shop, labor 107.W
Feed, care and tiro of
teams 164.50
74.23- 1,726.87
Hand-made, Hand-embroidered
Underwear.
Paris inspired; Paris wrought; selected piece by piece and sent suit
by suit by our own buyers in the very shops where nimble fin
ders and nimbler brains have devised and created until the very
name Paris lingerie is synonymous with all that’s neat and elegant.
You’d be a despiser, indeed, of daintiness, did you not love
add rave over such pretty pieces as these. , > •*
Paris, when it comes to hand-made lingerie, is certainly more
than just a name.
The finest of sheer nainsooks ahd linen lawns, trimmed daint
ily with ribbons and val lace. But of course the hand-embroid
ering, is the distinct charm;—the inimitable, tiny sprigs of forget-me-
not and other motifs.
There are skirts, corset covers, pants, gowns and chemise,
in single pieces or in suits.,
Do you need any further invitation to see these things?
hi .99
Material totting now Mi«r
fjtbor totting new ma
chinery $61.77
Material setting new raa-
cblnery 111.00
On .or,»unt new mncblnery 1,94S.SI
Insulator. 13.48
Humlrlm 23.09
1’ole. for new .treat
light v *9-61- 5.956.13
Total , $36,913.54
Estimated Plant Values.
The estimated property value of The
waterworks plant, electric light plant
and sewer ayetem on December 3L
1904, was as follows:
Waterworks plant (coat) $401,444.94
Waterworks grounds 30,000.00
Electric light plant (cost)... 325,620.39
Sewer System (cost) 284,412.55
v 81,042,477.80
These values have all been Increased
on account of additional Improvements
but they serve to ehow upon what
amounts Invested ere the eamtnge oh
talned, >
Opposition Won Ovor.
When the proposition of bonding the
city was first suggested It met with
forceful opposition, but since the
scheme has been so successfully car
ried out to the beheflt of the people
the opposition haa been entirely won
over, and those who opposed the
scheme now sing Its praises loudest.
The general public Is highly pleased
with the service, there seldom, If ever,
being a complaint. A minimum price
of 12.60 per month Is charged for resi
dence lights end a proportionate ratio
for other lighting.
Under private ownership the rale to
consumeis was 28 cents per kilowatt.
and now under municipal
the plant the .rate Is 7 ce
> nii-.waii,
1 ownership of
cents per kilo
watt, which ahnws a reduction In price
of three-fourths of the price originally
charged by private owners. This re
duction In price la atone sufficient to
convince the most skeptical opponent
of the merits of municipal ownership.
The city Is now arranging to take
over the power plant of the Jackson
ville Electric Company, which owns and
operates the street railway Itneq In
Jacksonville, and by so doing It will
then control the electric motive power
for business purposes, aa well as the
lighting business.
A Living Example.
Jacksonville furnishes a living exam
ple to thp world of what can be done
by any city In the United States In the
ownership and operation of her public
utilities. Prominent representatives of
cities throughout the country have
been attracted here to examine Into
the matjer of municipal ownership of
the electric light plant and they have
all pronounced It the moat satisfactory
Illustration ever seen.
The plant does the work, the tax
payers pay the price, and the figures
tell the story of a auccessfnl achieve
ment
NORTH CAROLINA
SOCIETY FORMING
North UaroUnana wilding In Atlanta are
Innnironitinit n Uidrement to revive tb*
XorthYarollmi Society, and It la expected
to enllat every nntlre of the Tarheel Htnte
In the near aovlety.
F. B. iHwicy la one of
workers for the orfanlaatlon. lie rjinw*
that every North ra roll nan In ABanfit
!<l. or her ns aw nnd ell/ sd.lrew^m The
Georgiau, where a record will he kept
TRIE UTES 7 O MRS. DA VIS
FROM ATLANTA WOMEN
Prominent women of Atlanta ex
press profound sorrow at the death of
Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Interviews were
given by several Thursday morning.
Mrs. Livingston Mima, who recently
had a great bereavement In the lose of
her husband, said:
Word cornea that the lest reveille
haa sounded for the widow of our Con
federate chieftain, Jefferson Davla, and
the South mourns as with one voice the
loee of her who becomes now one of
the sacred memories of the Lost
Cause.''
■ Among the Southern women who
were privileged to know Mrs. Jeffer
son Davis, few can talk so Interestingly
of the brilliant social life of which
Mrs. Davla was for some years the
renter, aa Mrs. Livingston Mima, the
late Major Mims having been among
the warm personal friends of the Da
vis family. .
Mrs. Mims numbered among I
tlmate friends Mrs. Joseph E. John
ston. who until the rupture between
President lAvIs nnd General John
.ton, was one of the few women Inti
mate with Mrs. Davis. ...
-Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Johnston,
said Mrs. Mims, "were known ae the
wlte of Richmond, and I remember
Mrs. Johnston's saying that If aha
were III, Mrs. Davla' bon mots were a
better tonic than anything her physi
cian could prescribe. . . . ,
»A favorite story of Mrs. Johnstone
was one of Mrs. Davis' witty sayings.
Mr. Davla. after hla graduation from
West Point, married the daughter of
President Zachary Taylor, and always
adored the memory of hla first wife.
So when Mr. Davla gave expression to
his enthusiasm for West Point, or
talked of the Taylor family, as he fre
quehtly did, Mrs. Davis would say with
* "Vou y know Mr. Davla haa two hob-
hies, West Point and hla first wlfes
family." . ... ✓
Wa* Brilliant Woman.
In speaking of the mental attain
ments of Mrs. Davla. Mrs. Mima sold:
"It Is perhaps not realised by the
young people of today that Mre. Davla
was one of the moat brilliant women
of our tlma. . She possessed a truly
wonderful Intellect, and wee always
fully abreast with the time*. Her
by of her husband la a great
■ —* -*vaa, by the way.
biography 01 ner nu»u«
jrJSSrSffXfeaAuoS'a
Mr. Davla which I have ever seen In
print. The Intimate Insight which the
reader gels of Mr. Davis' fervent «p r-
Ituallty end of hla deep religious Ufa
alone makes the book compensating.
When asked If she knew why Mrs.
Davis lived In the North Instead of the
South after her husband's death, Mrs.
Mima replied:
"The reason given by Mr*. Davis her
self was that ber phyalclana urged the
necessity of the Northern climate aa
the only hope of ameliorating her ma
laria.”
"Did you know Winnie Davie also?"
was asked Mrs. Mims.
“Tea, and l can not speak too gen
erously of her. She was all that Is
womanly, gentle, true and loving, and
In addition to her mother's brilliant
mental attainments, ahe possessed
more warmth and affability of man
ner than did Mre. Davla.
The relations between Hr. and
Mrs. Davla wei
ful, and I have
which passed between them during the
troublous days of the Confederacy, be
sides being exquisitely tender, are val-
'' - ' view."
of strong loyal character, with a most
affable and agreeable manner," said
Mrs. Baxter. "She resided In New
York because she could better support
herself through her literary work In
the metropolis, where there was a de
mand for her newspaper article. Mrs.
Davis was always enthusiastic about
everything connected with her distin
guished husband's career and with
the'South.
‘The last time I saw Mrs. Davla
was at the unveiling of the Winnie Da
vla monument st Richmond; when aha
waa dressed In the deepest mourning,
but received every one In the moat
cordial and warm-hearted manner.
"Other members of the family were
B resent on that occasion, Including Mrs.
•avis' grandson, who, through legal
enactment, haa beeomo Jefferson Hayea
Davis, In order to perpetuate the name
of hla grandfather."
never again see the light, but that they
belong to the tender dead things
Sides being exquisitely tender, 1
uable from a literary point of -
Let ua hop* that these latte
never
may
of long ago.
Mrs. E. Q. McCabe. *
Mrs. EL G. McCabe, prominent In club
life and In the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, said Wednesday
morning, In speaking of Mrs. Davla:
“One was at once Impressed with
her striking personality; ahe waa a
handsome women, tall and Imposing
looking. Her mannar was cordloL but
always dignified.
‘‘I remember so often seeing Mrs.
Davla In New York. She uaually set
In a tall black chair and truly looked
the queen that ahe wae. What a pic
ture aha must have been when several
years ago ahe went before the legisla
ture of Mississippi, In Jackson, and
offered her home, Beauvoir, for sale at
116,606, on condition that It should bo
used for a boms for Urn veterans.
Think of the picture,' this widow of
tht South, twice a queen, offering her
home for sale! What a grand, yet
pathetic, scene. .
"Mrs. Davis lived In the North be
cause ahe could be more Independent
there. You know ahe largely aupport-
herself by her pen. She did not
. ,_ld a strong pen, but the mere fact
that Mrs. Davla wrote an article made
It of great value. Of course the South
would glady have cared for her, but
she would not consent to be supportsd
by the South, which bad become so
Impoverished fighting for the cause so
dear to her husband. Her spirit of
Independence was strong, for she would
never make her home with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Hayes, who was always so
anxious for her."
Miss Alice Baxter.
'Mrs. Jefferson Davis waa a woman
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
To Erect Nina Cottages.
Bpeclat to The Georgian.
Wsycrose, Go, Oct. 17.—J. A. Davla,
representative of the Savannah Morn
ing News, and Messrs. W. E. Slrmans
arid D. and O. Lott, $>f this city, are
preparing to construct nine dwelling
houses In Conway Park. In the west
ern port of this city. The houses will
contain five rooms each and will be oc-
cupled by employees of tht Atlantic
Coast Lina shops.
Damage Suita Filed,
Rpeelal to The Georgian.
Macon, Oa., Oct. 17.—Suita aggre
gating 126,666 for damages against the
Macon Railway and Light Company
have been filed In the superior court
and two of these are probably the re
sult of the recent strike. One le for
$10,666 for
from the beam oi
the car paaaed.
Itege'd Injuries received
of a bridge under which
Deaths ahd Funerals.
Miss Annie Pappe.
Mlaa Annie Pappo, aged 19 years and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pappo,
died at the family residence, 616 North
Boulevard, Monday night at 9 o'clock,
after an Illness of several months The
funeral was held at the residence
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
the Interment was at Weetvlew cem
etery.
Mre. Martha Gaston.
Funeral rites over the body of -Mrs.
Martha J. Gaston, aged 64 years, were
held at the residence, 61 Hayden street,
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, and
the Interment took place at Oakland
cemetery.
' J. $.' Brady.'
Special to The Georgian.
Dublin, Oa., Oct. 17.—J. B. Brady, of
this city, died Sunday night at the
home of his mother at Glenwood, where
he had been 111 for only a short time
with fever. His remains were brought
to Dublin nnd Interred Tuesday after
noon. The Interment was from tho
hlethodlst church.
Flora May Dawson.
Flora May Dawson, aged seven years,
n daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Daw-
eon died of diphtheria Wednesday morn
ing at an early hour at the family res
idence, on Emm6t street. The funeral
will lie held at the reehlenen Thursday
morning at 9 o'clock, and the Interment
Mill he lit Hollywood.
Mrs. Lola Christian.
Mrs. Lola Cleveland Christian,
daughter of Hon. and Mre. Joo S.
James, of Douglaavtlla, and wife of Mr.
J. H. Christian, a wall-known young
traveling man of Atlanta, died Tues
day afternoon at 5:10 o’clock at the
home of her parents In Dougloavllle.
Airs. Christian waa a beautiful charac
ter and her death, while yat In tho
flower of young womanhood, will bring
K nulne sorrow to a wide circle of
ends. She had been III for several
weeks, and though ahe made a brave
fight for Ilfs, finally succumbs. I, The
funeral will take place: In Douglaxvllle
Thursday.
BOAT AND SIX MEN
AT MERCY OF STORM
Newport News, Va, Oct 17.—Cap
tain Peterson, of the whaleback Bay
State, arrived In this port this morn
ing, reporting ( that ho'TUsUThs boigw-
Berkshire thirty miles north of Cape
Charles light yesterday.
A violent storm waa raging at the
tlma and the steamer refused to an
swer to her helm when the skipper at
tempted to put about to recover the
barge. On board the Berkshire ora
Captain A Ison Trudo and five men.
The vessel waa pounding along be
fore the wind when lost seen by Cap
tain Peterson.
CHARGES OF PEONAGE
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
Washington, Oct. 17.—Charles W. Russell, assistant attorney general,
will leave In the next day or two for the South, under special assign
ment by the department of Justice to aid In the Investigation of peonage
charges and In the prosecution of cases against defendants already In
dicted.
At present there are cases pending at Jacksonville, Fla., Pensacola
and Knoxville, Tenn. In the latter case there are a number of Joint de
fendants under Indictment for offenses In that state.
It waa the desire of the Southern people, who desired the prosecu
tions, that Mr. Russell should be sent, because he la a Southern man and
a Democrat.
HERRING
CATARRH
CURE
IS FOR SALE
AT THE FOLLOWING DRUG
8TORE8:
TODD DRUG STORE,
Peachtree Street.
SHARP BROS.,
Marietta Street.
BRANNEN A ANTHONY,
Both Stores.
JACOBS' PHARMACY,
WHITAKER-COUR8EY DRUG
CO-
SMITH PHARMACY CO,
Capitol Ave,—The Grand
Pharmacy.
