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The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, FEB. 22, 1943
Vol. 16. Est. 1-31-28
Weather Saturday: High 71, low
30; Sunday, high 65, low 35 . . .
Dear Dr. Palmer, I am glad you
have brought before the people the
question of taking over the Duke
Power Co., transmission system
within the Town limits. After all
the people are the ones who will
pay the bills, reap the benefits or
suffer the losses as the case may
be in making a change. In com
menting on your explanatory note
which is given the same publicity
as the article Saturday I am not
questioning the right of the Town
Commissioners to buy and operate
ttje electric system, I question the
wisdom of it, and say that this
paper opposes the idea. We do not
believe in government ownership
private entrprise even if the
Power Co., should want to
We believe that private en
terprise gives better service to the
public and at lower rates than
government owned concerns. It
makes money because it is more
efficient. Try on Town government
may need money for its bonded
indebtedness, but we don't believe
in taking over any business just be
cause it is making money to get if.
If Duke Power Co., was not mak
ing money you could not persuade
the Town to take it.
As to calamities to the distribu
tion system, cold weather in many
North _ Carolina cities the past
week broke down power lines, and
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DR PALMER MAKES
STATEMENT
To Seth Vining, editor of Tryon
Daily Bulletin,
Dear Sir:
Please give this explanatory
note the same publicity given part
of my talk to the Rotary club on
Friday and your comments on
the same.
We would like the citizens of
Tryon to know facts divested of
propaganda. Mr. Ordinary Citi
zen, like me, would not call tak
ing over the transmission lines of
the Duke Power Co. within the
town limits, confiscation if they
knew, as I do, that there was a
contractual agreement between the
Town and said company to the
effect' that this might be done at
, any time the Town decided to do
so and that in taking over this
property the Town would pay a
fair price for it. This is set forth
in section six of the franchise
; which reads, and I quote, “That if
; at any time in the future the Town
of Tryon should decide to own
■ and operate its own electrical
lighting plant it may first acquire
either by purchase or condemna
tion the property of the persons
or corporations who shall then
be operating and serving the pub
lic by virtue of this franchise.
If the said Town can not agree
with the owners upon the terms
of purchase then it may have said
i property valued by three commis
sioners to be appointed by the
Judge of Superior Court and con
i demn the same to the public use as
provided by Chapter 86 of the
I Public Laws of 1911.”
Now in regard to the danger of
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