Nov. 03– Nov. 3–Kulula ukuwuthatha lula umbane. Ukukhanya kukho yonke indawo. Kukho zonke iintlobo zemithombo yokukhanya ekhoyo namhlanje-kangangokuba kukho intetho yongcoliseko olukhanyayo olufihla iinkwenkwezi.
Kwakungenjalo ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane edluleyo. Ukufakelwa kombane kwesi sixeko yayilinyathelo elibalulekileyo apho abathuthuzeli baseJoplin babenebhongo ngokubhengeza.
Umbhali-mbali uJoel Livingston wabhala intshayelelo yencwadi yokuqala yentengiso eJoplin ngo-1902, "iJoplin, eMissouri: Isixeko esakhiwa nguJack." Uchithe amaphepha amathandathu echaza imbali kaJoplin kunye neempawu ezininzi. Nangona kunjalo, akukho lizwi likhankanyiweyo malunga nokufakelwa kombane okanye izibane zikamasipala. Imigodi, imizila kaloliwe, amashishini amakhulu kunye namashishini athengiswayo aye achazwa ngokukhankanywa nje kokucwangciswa koqhagamshelo lwegesi yendalo.
Kwiminyaka eyi-10, imeko yatshintsha kakhulu. Isixeko siwufumene umbhobho ocetyiweyo werhasi yendalo. Izakhiwo ezifana neSakhiwo esitsha seFederal eSithathu kunye neJoplin zazixhotyiswe ngegesi kunye nezibane zombane. Isixeko sasinezibane zegesi ezininzi ezibonelelwa yiJoplin Gas Co. Izibane bezibane zenza imijikelo yazo yasebusuku.
Isityalo sokuqala esikhanyayo sasiphakathi kwezitrato zeSine kunye nesesihlanu kunye neJoplin kunye neWall avenues. Yakhiwa ngo-1887. Kwamiselwa izibane ezilishumi elinesibini kwiikona zezitrato. Eyokuqala yabekwa kwikona yesitrato seFourth neMain. Yamkelwa kakuhle, yaye inkampani yafumana isivumelwano sokubeka izibane edolophini. Amandla ongezwa ukusuka kumzi-mveliso omncinci wombane owenziwe ngamanzi eGrand Falls eShoal Creek awathi uJohn Sergeant noEliot Moffet bawuseka kanye phambi ko-1890.
Ukukhanya kwe-Arc kwachazwa ngamabango athi "isibane sombane ngasinye silungile njengepolisa." Ngoxa amabango anjalo ayegqugqisile, umbhali uErnest Freeberg waphawula kwincwadi ethi “The Age of Edison” ukuba “njengoko ukukhanya okunamandla kwakusiya kusiba ngakumbi, (kuba) kwaba nempembelelo efanayo kwizaphuli-mthetho njengoko kuba njalo kumaphela, kungawaphelisi kodwa ngokuwatyhalela eweni. iikona ezimnyama zesixeko. Izibane zaziqale zibekwe kwikona yesitrato esinye kwibhloko nganye. Umbindi weebhloko wawumnyama kakhulu. Abafazi ababengaphelekwanga babengathengi ebusuku.
Amashishini ahlala eneefestile ezikhanyisiweyo zevenkile okanye iicanopies. ITheatre eNgcono kwiSithandathu kunye neMain yayinomqolo wezibane zeglowubhu kwicanopy yayo, eyayiqhelekile. Yaba luphawu lwesimo ukuba nezibane ezifestileni, kwiawnings, ecaleni kweekona zesakhiwo kunye nophahla. Uphawu oluqaqambileyo oluthi “Newman’s” phezu kwevenkile yesebe lwalubengezela ngokuqaqambileyo qho ebusuku.
NgoMatshi ka-1899, isixeko savota ukuba siphumeze i-30,000 yeedola kwiibhondi ukuze sibe ngabanini kwaye sisebenzise umzi-mveliso waso wokukhanya kamasipala. Ngevoti ye-813-222, isindululo siphumelele ngaphezu kwesininzi sesibini kwisithathu esifunekayo.
Ikhontrakthi yesixeko neSouthwestern Power Co. yayiza kuphelelwa ngoMeyi 1. Amagosa ayenethemba lokufumana umzi-mveliso osebenza ngaphambi kwaloo mhla. Kwangqineka kulithemba elingekho ngqiqweni.
Indawo yakhethwa ngoJuni kwi-Broadway phakathi kweCandelo kunye neendlela zikaloliwe empuma yeJoplin. Amaqashiso athengwa kuMzantsi-ntshona weMissouri Railroad. Indlu yamandla endala yenkampani yesitrato yaba sisixhobo sokukhanyisa esitsha sikamasipala.
NgoFebruwari 1900, injineli yokwakha uJames Price waphosa iswitshi ukuba ilayite izibane ezili-100 kwisixeko sonke. Izibane zakhanya “ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka,” yatsho njalo iGlobe. "Yonke into ikhomba ukuba iJoplin isikelelwe ngenkqubo yokukhanyisa eyeyayo isixeko esinokuqhayisa ngayo."
Kwiminyaka eyi-17 eyalandelayo, isixeko sandise isityalo sokukhanya njengoko imfuno yokukhanyisa ezitalatweni isanda. Abavoti bavume enye i-30,000 yeedola kwiibhondi ngo-Agasti 1904 ukwandisa umzi-mveliso ukuze unikeze abathengi bezorhwebo ngamandla ngaphezu kokukhanyisa ezitalatweni.
Ukususela kwizibane ze-arc ezili-100 ngo-1900, inani lenyuka laya kutsho kuma-268 ngowe-1910. Izibane ze-arc "indlela emhlophe" zafakwa ukusuka kwisitalato sokuQala ukuya kwi-26th kwi-Main, kunye ne-Virginia kunye ne-Pennsylvania avenues ehambelana ne-Main. IChitwood neVilla Heights yaba ziindawo ezilandelayo ezafumana izibane ezitsha ezingama-30 ngowe-1910.
Ngeli xesha, i-Southwestern Power Co. yadityaniswa nezinye iinkampani zamandla phantsi kuka-Henry Doherty Co. ukuze ibe yi-Empire District Electric Co. ngo-1909. Isebenze izithili zemigodi kunye noluntu, nangona i-Joplin yayigcina isityalo sayo sokukhanya. Ngaphandle koko, ngexesha lokuthenga iKrisimesi kwiminyaka engaphambi kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I, abanini bamashishini ecaleni kwesitalato iMain babeza kwenza ikhontrakthi kunye ne-Empire ukuseta izibane ezongezelelweyo ze-arc ukwenza isithili sedolophu simeme ngakumbi kubathengi bangokuhlwa.
UBukhosi benza izindululo zokuba benze isivumelwano sokukhanyisa ezitalatweni zesixeko, kodwa zakhatywa ngamagosa esixeko. Umzi-mveliso weso sixeko wawungagugi kakuhle. Ebutsheni bowe-1917, izixhobo zokusebenza zonakala, saza eso sixeko sancitshiswa ukuba sibe namandla okuthenga kuBukhosi ngoxa kwakusalungiswa.
IKomishoni yesixeko yazisa izindululo ezibini kubavoti: enye yeedola ezingama-225,000 kwiibhondi zeplanti entsha yokukhanya, kwaye enye ifuna imvume yokufumana amandla ekontraka evela kwi-Empire yokukhanyisa isixeko. Abavoti ngoJuni basikhabile zozibini izindululo.
Nangona kunjalo, emva kokuba imfazwe iqalile kwi-1917, isityalo esikhanyayo saseJoplin savavanywa yi-Fuel Administration, eyayilawula ukusetyenziswa kwepetroli kunye nokusetyenziswa kwamandla. Yayilawula umzi-mveliso wesixeko ichithe amafutha kwaye yacebisa ukuba isixeko sivale umzi-mveliso ngalo lonke ixesha lemfazwe. Oko kwavakala kukufa komzi-mveliso kamasipala.
Esi sixeko savuma ukuwuvala lo mzi-mveliso, yaye ngoSeptemba 21, 1918, senza isivumelwano sokuthenga umbane kuBukhosi. Ikomishoni yenkonzo yoluntu yesixeko ibike ukuba igcine i-$ 25,000 ngonyaka ngesivumelwano esitsha.
UBill Caldwell ngunoncwadi odla umhlala-phantsi eJoplin Globe. Ukuba unombuzo ongathanda ukuba awuphande, thumela i-imeyile ku- [i-imeyile ekhuselweyo] okanye ushiye umyalezo ku-417-627-7261.
Ixesha lokuposa: Nov-05-2019