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THE FRANKLIN TIMES Issued Every Friday ?15 Court Street Telephone 888-1 A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES HOm Tear $1J? ?W MomIIm 1*0 Six Months 78 fo?r Months .... JO National Advertising Rtpr< American puss Association fw*w York ? Chicago ? Datrolt ? Philadelphia Entered ?t the Poatofflce at Loatebnrg, N. C. aa second The people of Louisburg should riot misunderstand the "Wholesale purchase of electricity plan to reduce their electric rates. The town will continue to have full charge of the sale of current and the rates will probably remain the same. Should they be reduced in all probability the difference will have to be made up in extra taxes, a por tion of which will be passed on to renters. The only proper thing to be done, in fairness to all, would be for the Power Company and the Town to secure the service of two entirely impartial engineers to make a survey of the electric plant and properties and establish a fair price for same and then the Power Company take it over at that price. This action would come nearer bringing the results asked for wid expected by the public. ooo NO RECONVERSION ? BUT Few people realize that agriculture is one of Ameri ca's largest industries and employs approximately one fifth of America's total workers. During wartime, our farm families have performed their difficult task of supplying food for' our armed forces and Allies, only by working long, hard hours, seven days a week, 365 days a year ? eppiug daily with the shortages of farm ma chinery, equipment and manpower. While this indus try will not need time for conversion of its processing plants at the end of the war ? it still faces a tremendous responsibility of producing greater quantities of food than ever before in history ... so that the peopje in these Umted States and throughout the world may have tei*ftrt>d, better health, and a better life. ? Dairymen's (gu? -Cooperative Association, Inc. ? MAGNIFICENT FAILURE Lftqriuicking a head wind for eight and a half hours, tha Handley-Page, bound from New York to Chicago, non-stop, was forced down in a farm meadow, with a frozen water line, several hundred miles short of its ob jective. And so ended the first air express experiment on 'a bleak fall day in 1919. The cargo continued by trtin./ * the* twenty-fifth anniversary of the foregoing inci dflbt, marking the beginning of air express, is being cel ebrated this November. The Handly-Page was a cum bersome, four-motored ex-bomber ? a "crate" 'of the Worst kiijjd, measured by today's standards. Yet the fact that the experiment was tried shows the pioneering iji?tinct inherent in the American people. The comment o^?n official of the Express Agency at the time of the attempt, is prophetic: "The attempted flight of the Handley-Page shows the necessity for aviation maps which do not now exist ; for proper starting and landing fields; and for a proper type of commercial machine which will have a revenue-load lifting capacity of a suf ficient amount to make it worth while, without sacrific ing tHe necessary speed. All of these things will come, and the day when we shall have regularly established airplane service between New York and Chicago and many other points throughout the country, is near at hand. We are in no way discouraged by fhe fact that the first attempt did not succeed." "All of these things" have come. Unified air express covering our nation and many foreign countries, now carries millions of pounds annually on scheduled flights. ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE NOW? It might improve the perspective of our Washington coal shortage prognosticators to read a news release from Paris describing how the matrons of the maternity hospitals of that city are appealing for "coal for ba bies." It states that: "At present, births average six ty daily. Because the mothers have suffered many pri vations, especially in the matter of food, about one third of the new babies require special attention, but . in cubators and other appliances are operated by electric ity, and current in the city is dispensed most grudging ly, since there is very little coal with which to generate it. . . . Hot. water bottles are being resorted to." And we think we are short of coal I Coal mine opera tors have claimed steadily that the coal shortage of which so much has been heard, is small in , spite of strikes, and could be made up if strikes would cease. They have gotten precious little encouragement from the government that dominated every detail of their opera tion. The positive, hopeful attitude of the coal producers is in sharp contrast to the pessimism of officialdom. But then that is the way it has been all through the war. The bureaucrats delight in saying a thing can't be done, private individuals^ private industry go ahead do it in half the timef in which the official " exlperts " ! it comdnyt be done lat all. In the past, the responsibility of production has been left to those who have demonstrated they can produce. That is why the United States has always . ^een a land of plenty. ? i llOO in The Franklin Times C.P.&L. SURVEY HIGH LIGHTS The following Is the main features of the Carolina Power & Light Co.'s survey facts, dealing with why the Town of Loulsburg should purchase electric current at wholesale: OPERATING STATISTICS Under the above heading C. P. & L. lists Itemized by months from July 1943 to June 1944 Inclusive the cost of generation and oil consumption, the totals of which are as follows: x Gals. Oil Consumed KW Gen. Fuel Lubricating 1,644,100 134.488 2,465 Total Diesel plant auxiliaries only Net Plant Output 65,200 (includes lights In engine room) 1,588,900 OPERATING EXPENSE OP DIESEL PLANT 134,488 gallons fuel oil at 8.18c per gallon $1*1,001.12 4 gallons lubricating oil at 37c per gallon (912.05 i to engines 1^806.96 610.38 444.93 Irs to engines Repairs td plsint equipment . Supplies for power house Salary 2 engineers (1 additional engineer charged to waterworks)' v-. .y. . . i . Part of salary of eujjkrintendent (Remainder charged to water works) ... \. .""v.* . . One-half of sundry labor (Other V4 of this Item chari-. ed to distribution system Insurance on engines .'<? 2,789.90 2,*91.2(T 5*1.37 403.46 Sub-Total, Operating Expense of Diesel Plant $20,991.42 COST OF PURCHASED ELECTRICITY TO REPLACE DIESEL PLANT OUTPUT The total net kllowatthours required to supply all the electricity needel by the Town, Including bo tb for municipal services and dis tribution system losses, is 1,588,900 Kwb (See Section II). The totalizing meter between the generator bus and the single outgo ing feeder (see attached drawing) is equipped with a demand meter attachment and the registrations from this meter have been recor ded in the plant log. This meter measures all the power genera ted, including the Diesel plant auxiliaries, which aggregate 10 KW and which load will be eliminated when electricity is purchas ed, except that the series street lighting circuit feeding 70- 250 c.p. lamps (11 KW) is taken direct from the generator bus. Therefore, by adding a net load of 1 KW to the actual demands as record, the actual demand for each month can be determined-. Rate Application Month WK Demand Kwh July 1943 336 126,510 August 321 124,660 September- 421 139,49.6 October * 451 139,480 November 434 135,230 December 434 135,240 January 1944 434 135.230 February 451 131,750 March 396 134,270 April 366 124,600 May 341 131,650 June 331 130,790 Net Bill on Rate Schedule P-21 | Less 3% (Term Discount) $1,585.69 ' . 1,546.43 / 1,828.76 / 1.876.69 1,814.44 1, *14.52 1,814.44 1.812.95 1.745.70 1.617.96 1,636.07 1,612.98 Total Cost If Purchase * All Power 1,588,900 ^$20,7p6.63 It is observed that all the power requirements of the Town I could have purchased tor $285.00 less than the bare Operating Ex pense of the Diesel plant. OPERATION' OF DIESEL PLANT VS. PURCHASED POWER Based on the price obtained for two used Diesel engines in this territory last week, it is reasonable to assume that the three larg est engines can be solff for $24,856.63 (roughly . <^26, 000. 00). The little engine is twenty-seven years old and would ' probably not bring very much if offered for sale. Therefore, it might be much more desirable for the Town to retain this unit ?8 a standby to the water works in making available to the property owners of the Town the lowest possible fire insurance rates. SAVING IN CAPITAL OUTLAY AND INfERES* Such a retirement would save the Town the following: Paid in retirement of change-over certificates ......... $2,816.64 Paid in retirement of now engine certificates ......... 4,386.60 Paid in retirement of portion of. 1923 bondsvto be retired 557.00 Interest paid on change-over Job rr;. .. 166.70 Interest paid on new engine 886.33 Interest paid on portion of 1923 bond issue to be retired 517. 65 Total Saving in Capital Outlay and Interest $9,339.92 SUMMARY OF SAVINGS IF SURSTITUTE WHOLESALE POWER Saving in operating expense $ 285.00 Saving in capital outlay and interest 9,330.92 Total Saving to Town If Substitute Wholesale Power . . $9,615.92 OUR DEMOCRACY by Mat ? Home and Family "Tuc *LPriH4|Ty AND ELEVATION OP THE ML NO OF FAMILY LIFE ARE THE jx ** ~ JECTS OF CIVILIZATION AND &>? , C->f ULTIMATE EN 05 OF ALL INDUSTRY 4 ->0 l,V * J TRADE." -CHARUSSW.eUOT Ever since the first settlers built their. CABINS, STORED THEIR. FOOD AND FUEL, ITS BEEN TYPICAL OF THE NEW WORLD TO REGARD THE SECURITY AND ELEVATION OF THE FAMILY AS PRIME OBJECTS. THAT o JNC BIG REASON WHY OUR DEMOCRACY IS WHAT IT IS TODAY- WHY SO MANY OF US OWN OUR HOMCS , HAVE MONEY KIT ASIDE IN , . CiwJWAR BONDS AND SAVIN** ACCOUNTS, FAMILY SECURITY IN LIFE INSURANCE ~ WHY OtMk . COUNTRY /* THM AMW ?Y TNM WOm.O* -HEART OF OUR. CIVILI2.AT/ON, . 1 CURRENT LITERATURE C1.UB The Current Literature Club met &t the home of Mrs. Malcolm McKinne Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 14. Mrs. Patten, the president, called the club to order and the minutes were read and approved. The program for the afternoon wag "The Japanese Warrior." Mrs. Moon discussed "The Army and Japan" and Mrs. Welch gave a I " ' ? " I paper on "Imperial Way anil World Government." - After the program Mrs. Mc Klnne invl(?d ber gutstc Into the dining room which was beautiful with its long table, candles, cut flowers and window plants. A supper course was served to the following club members: Mrs. V. R. Kilby, Mrs. I. D. Moon, MrsrvWalter Patten, Mrs. |B. H. Welch) Mrs. S. P. Burt, Mrs. A. Paul Bagby, Miss Bessie Harding, Miss Mary Yarborough, Mrs. T. C. Amick, Mrs. M. S. Davis and1 Mrs. Harry S. Cobey, a special guest. V Young and Inexperienced fath er, gazing at triplets the nurse had just brought out: "We'll take tho one in the middle." ?On Pay Day, Buy War Bonds? ? ? ___ Thanksgiving News Deep piled warm soft wool takes to cold weather like a polar bear. " The Right Coat ? The Right Price. Just a smooth step from a daytime job to a after-dark date for our color bright dress. ? Sparkling new Hat Fashions for every costume all at budget prices. #?
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