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Memories for the Week of March 30, 2016

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March 30, 1916

Electric Light Company may suspend operations

It is rumored that the electric light plant will close down the first of the month unless different arrangements can be made. The people of Malta will greatly miss the electric lights in their homes and businesses. The reason for the proposed shutdown is the high price of fuel and the lack of support. In the early evening the plant has a good load, but after 10 or 11 o'clock, there is little doing. The City refuses to give the light company a franchise and the company under the conditions do not care to invest more mone...

 

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