Nuwamba 03– Nuwamba 3–Yana da sauƙin ɗaukar wutar lantarki a banza. Haske yana ko'ina. Akwai nau'ikan hanyoyin haske iri-iri a yau - ta yadda za a yi maganar gurbacewar hasken da ke rufe taurari.
Ba haka lamarin yake ba a farkon ƙarni na baya. Ƙaddamar da wutar lantarki a birnin wani ci gaba ne da masu ƙarfafa Joplin suka yi alfahari da sanar da su.
Masanin tarihi Joel Livingston ya rubuta gabatarwa ga littafin talla na farko akan Joplin a cikin 1902, "Joplin, Missouri: Garin da Jack Ya Gina." Ya shafe shafuka shida yana kwatanta tarihin Joplin da halaye da yawa. Koyaya, ba a ambaci kalma ɗaya ba game da wutar lantarki ko hasken birni. An yi cikakken bayani game da hakar ma'adinai, titin jirgin ƙasa, tallace-tallace da tallace-tallace tare da ambaton haɗin iskar gas guda ɗaya kawai.
A cikin shekaru 10, yanayin yanayin ya canza sosai. Birnin ya samu bututun iskar gas da aka tsara. Gine-gine irin su sabon Ginin Gwamnatin Tarayya da ke Uku da Joplin an samar da iskar gas da hasken wutar lantarki. Garin yana da fitulun iskar gas da yawa da Joplin Gas Co. Lamplighters suka yi ta zagayen dare.
Tashar hasken farko ta kasance tsakanin tituna na hudu da na biyar da hanyoyin Joplin da bango. An gina shi a shekara ta 1887. An kafa fitilun baka goma sha biyu a kan tituna. An sanya na farko a kusurwar Hudu da Manyan tituna. An karbe shi da kyau, kuma kamfanin ya sami kwangilar sanya fitilu a cikin gari. An ƙara ƙarfin wutar lantarki daga ƙaramin injin ruwa a Grand Falls akan Shoal Creek wanda John Sergeant da Eliot Moffet suka kafa kafin 1890.
An yi la'akari da hasken Arc tare da iƙirarin cewa "kowane hasken lantarki yana da kyau kamar ɗan sanda." Duk da yake irin waɗannan ikirari sun yi yawa, marubucin Ernest Freeberg ya lura a cikin "The Age of Edison" cewa "yayin da hasken da ya fi ƙarfin ya zama mai yiwuwa, (shi) yana da tasiri iri ɗaya ga masu aikata laifuka kamar yadda yake a kan kyankyasai, ba kawar da su ba amma kawai tura su cikin su. mafi duhun kusurwoyi na birni.” An fara kunna fitilun a kan titin titi ɗaya kawai. Tsakanin tubalan sun yi duhu sosai. Mata marasa rakiya ba sa siyayya da daddare.
Kasuwanci sau da yawa suna da tagogin kantin sayar da haske ko kanofi. Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Ideal a shida da Babban yana da fitilun duniya jere akan alfarwarsa, wanda ya saba. Ya zama alamar matsayi don samun fitilu a cikin tagogi, kan rumfa, tare da kusurwoyin gini da kuma kan rufin rufin. Alamar "Newman" mai haske a saman kantin sayar da kayayyaki tana haskakawa kowane dare.
A cikin Maris 1899, birnin ya zaɓi amincewa da dala 30,000 a cikin shaidu don mallaka da sarrafa nasa shuka hasken birni. Ta hanyar kuri'ar 813-222, shawarar ta zartar da fiye da kashi biyu bisa uku na rinjaye da ake bukata.
Kwantiragin birnin da kamfanin samar da wutar lantarki na Kudu maso Yamma zai kare ne a ranar 1 ga Mayu. Jami’ai sun yi fatan samun wata masana’anta kafin wannan ranar. Ya zama bege marar gaskiya.
An zaɓi wani wuri a watan Yuni akan Broadway tsakanin Division da Railroad hanyoyin a gabashin Joplin. An sayi kuri'a daga titin jirgin kasa na kudu maso yammacin Missouri. Tsohon gidan wutar lantarki na kamfanin titi ya zama sabon tashar hasken lantarki na birni.
A cikin Fabrairu 1900, injiniyan gini James Price ya jefa wuta don kunna fitilu 100 a ko'ina cikin birni. Fitillun sun kunna "ba tare da tsangwama ba," in ji Globe. "Komai yana nuna cewa Joplin ya sami albarka tare da tsarin hasken kansa wanda birnin zai iya yin alfahari da shi."
A cikin shekaru 17 masu zuwa, birnin ya faɗaɗa masana'antar hasken wuta yayin da ake buƙatar ƙarin hasken titi. Masu jefa ƙuri'a sun amince da wani dala 30,000 a cikin lamuni a watan Agustan 1904 don faɗaɗa masana'antar ta yadda za a samar wa abokan cinikin kasuwanci da wutar lantarki ban da hasken titi.
Daga fitilun arc 100 a cikin 1900, adadin ya karu zuwa 268 a cikin 1910. "White way" an shigar da fitilun arc daga titin Farko zuwa 26th a kan Main, kuma tare da hanyoyin Virginia da Pennsylvania a layi daya da Main. Chitwood da Villa Heights sune wurare na gaba don karɓar sabbin fitilun titi 30 a cikin 1910.
A halin yanzu, Kamfanin Kudu maso Yamma Power Co. an haɗa shi tare da wasu kamfanonin wutar lantarki a ƙarƙashin Henry Doherty Co. don zama Empire District Electric Co. a 1909. Ya yi hidima ga gundumomi da al'ummomi masu hakar ma'adinai, kodayake Joplin ya kula da nasa hasken shuka. Duk da haka, a lokacin sayayyar Kirsimeti na shekarun da suka gabata kafin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, masu kasuwanci da ke kan Titin Main za su yi kwangila tare da Masarautar don kafa ƙarin hasken wuta don sanya gundumar cikin gari ta zama mai gayyata ga masu siyayyar maraice.
Masarautar ta ba da shawarwari don yin kwangilar hasken tituna na birni, amma jami'an birnin sun ƙi yin hakan. Itacen garin bai tsufa sosai ba. A farkon shekara ta 1917, kayan aikin sun lalace, kuma birnin ya rage ikon saye daga Daular yayin da ake gyarawa.
Hukumar birnin ta gabatar da shawarwari guda biyu ga masu jefa ƙuri'a: ɗaya don $225,000 a cikin shaidu don sabon masana'antar hasken wuta, da kuma wanda ke neman izinin kwangilar wutar lantarki daga Masarautar don hasken birni. Masu jefa kuri'a a watan Yuni sun ki amincewa da duk shawarwarin biyu.
Duk da haka, da zarar yaƙin ya fara a shekara ta 1917, Hukumar Kula da Man Fetur ta bincikar tashar hasken Joplin, wadda ta tsara yadda ake amfani da mai da wutar lantarki. Ta ce kamfanin na birnin ya barnatar da mai tare da ba da shawarar a rufe kamfanin na tsawon lokacin yakin. Hakan ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar shukar garin.
Birnin ya amince ya rufe shukar, kuma a ranar 21 ga Satumba, 1918, ya ba da kwangilar sayen wutar lantarki daga Daular. Hukumar kula da ayyukan jama'a ta birnin ta ba da rahoton cewa ta tanadi dala 25,000 a shekara tare da sabuwar yarjejeniyar.
Bill Caldwell ma'aikacin ɗakin karatu ne mai ritaya a The Joplin Globe. Idan kuna da tambaya da kuke son ya bincika, aika imel zuwa [email protected] ko barin saƙo a 417-627-7261.
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba-05-2019