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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.