Nov. 03– Nov. 3–Kulula ukuthatha ugesi kalula. Ukukhanya kukhona yonke indawo. Kukhona zonke izinhlobo zemithombo yokukhanya etholakalayo namuhla - kangangoba kukhulunywa ngokungcoliswa kokukhanya okufihla izinkanyezi.
Kwakungenjalo ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Ukufakwa kukagesi kwedolobha bekuyingqopha-mlando abathuthukisi beJoplin abazigqaja ngayo ngokusimemezela.
Isazi-mlando uJoel Livingston sabhala isingeniso sencwadi yokuqala yokukhangisa ngeJoplin ngo-1902, "Joplin, Missouri: The City that Jack Wail." Uchithe amakhasi ayisithupha echaza umlando kaJoplin kanye nezici eziningi. Nokho, akukho nelilodwa igama elashiwo mayelana nokufakwa kukagesi noma ukukhanyisa kukamasipala. Izimayini, ojantshi bezitimela, amabhizinisi athengisa ngezitolo ezinkulu kanye nezitolo abenemininingwane ngendaba eyodwa nje yokuxhunywa kwegesi yemvelo okuhleliwe.
Eminyakeni eyi-10, isimo sezwe sase sishintshe kakhulu. Idolobhakazi lilitholile ipayipi legesi yemvelo elalihleliwe. Izakhiwo ezifana ne-Federal Building entsha e-Third nase-Joplin zazihlomekele izibani zegesi nezibani zikagesi. Idolobhakazi belinamalambu kagesi amaningi ahlinzekwa yiJoplin Gas Co. Lamplighters enza imijikelezo yawo yasebusuku.
Indawo yokuqala yokukhanya yayiphakathi kwemigwaqo yesine neyesihlanu kanye ne-Joplin kanye ne-Wall avenues. Yakhiwa ngo-1887. Kwamiswa amalambu ayishumi nambili emakhoneni emigwaqo. Eyokuqala yabekwa ekhoneni likaFourth and Main street. Yamukelwa kahle, futhi inkampani yathola inkontileka yokufaka izibani edolobheni. Amandla engeziwe avela esitshalweni esincane esiphehla ugesi ngamanzi e-Grand Falls eShoal Creek esasungulwa ngu-John Sergeant no-Eliot Moffet ngaphambi nje kuka-1890.
Ukukhanyisa kwe-arc kwaphakanyiswa izimangalo zokuthi "isibani ngasinye sikagesi silingana nephoyisa." Nakuba izinkulumo ezinjalo zazichichima, umlobi u-Ernest Freeberg waphawula kwethi “Inkathi Ka-Edison” ukuthi “njengoba ukukhanya okunamandla kwakuya kuba nokwenzeka kakhulu, (kuba) kwaba nomphumela ofanayo ezigebengwini njengoba kuba njalo kumaphela, kungawaqedi kodwa kwamane kwawadudulela phakathi. emakhoneni amnyama edolobha.” Amalambu aqale amiswa ekhoneni elilodwa lomgwaqo ibhulokhi ngayinye. Phakathi kwamabhuloki kwakumnyama impela. Abesifazane abebengagadiwe bebengathengi ebusuku.
Amabhizinisi ayevame ukuba namafasitela esitolo anokukhanya okukhanyayo noma ama-canopies. I-Ideal Theatre e-Sixth and Main yayinomugqa wamalambu embulunga ku-canopy yayo, okwakuyinto evamile. Kwaba wuphawu lwesimo ukuba nezibani emafasiteleni, ezindongeni, emakhoneni ezakhiwo naphezu kophahla. Uphawu olugqamile oluthi “Newman’s” phezu kwesitolo somnyango lwalukhanya ngokukhazimulayo njalo ebusuku.
NgoMashi 1899, idolobha lavotela ukugunyaza amabhondi angama- $ 30,000 ukuze libe futhi lisebenzise imboni yalo yokukhanya kamasipala. Ngevoti lama-813-222, isiphakamiso siphasiswe ngeningi elingaphezu kwezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu ezidingekayo.
Inkontileka yedolobha neSouthwestern Power Co. bekumele iphele ngoMeyi 1. Izikhulu bezinethemba lokuthi kuzoba nendawo yokusebenza ngaphambi kwalolo suku. Kwabonakala kuyithemba elingenangqondo.
Isiza sakhethwa ngoJuni ku-Broadway phakathi kwe-Division and Railroad avenues empumalanga yeJoplin. Izinkatho zathengwa eSouthwest Missouri Railroad. Indlu yamandla endala yenkampani ye-streetcar ibe isikhungo esisha sokukhanya sikamasipala.
NgoFebhuwari 1900, unjiniyela wokwakha uJames Price waphonsa iswishi ukuze akhanyise izibani eziyi-100 kulo lonke idolobha. Izibani zakhanya “ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka,” kubika i- Globe. "Yonke into ikhomba ukuthi iJoplin ibusiswe ngohlelo lwayo lokukhanyisa idolobha elingaziqhayisa ngalo."
Eminyakeni engu-17 eyalandela, idolobhakazi lanweba imboni yokukhanya njengoba isidingo sokukhanyisa emgwaqweni sikhula. Abavoti bagunyaze enye imali engu-$30,000 kumabhondi ngo-Agasti 1904 ukuze kunwetshwe imboni ukuze kuhlinzekwe amakhasimende ezentengiso amandla ngaphezu kokukhanyisa emgwaqweni.
Kusukela kumalambu angama-arc ayi-100 ngo-1900, inani lenyuka laya ku-268 ngo-1910. Amalambu e-arc "endlela emhlophe" afakwa ukusuka kumgwaqo wokuQala ukuya ku-26th Street ku-Main, kanye nemigwaqo yaseVirginia nasePennsylvania ehambisana ne-Main. IChitwood kanye neVilla Heights kwakuyizindawo ezilandelayo zokwamukela izibani zasemgwaqweni ezintsha ezingu-30 ngo-1910.
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Southwestern Power Co. yahlanganiswa nezinye izinkampani zikagesi ngaphansi kuka-Henry Doherty Co. ukuze ibe yi-Empire District Electric Co. ngo-1909. Yayisebenzela izifunda zezimayini nemiphakathi, nakuba i-Joplin yayinakekela imboni yayo yokukhanya. Naphezu kwalokho, phakathi nezinkathi zokuthenga zikaKhisimusi zeminyaka engaphambi kweMpi Yezwe I, abanikazi bamabhizinisi eduze no-Main Street babezokwenza inkontileka ne-Empire ukuze bakhe ukukhanya kwe-arc okwengeziwe ukuze benze isifunda esisenkabeni yedolobha simeme kakhulu abathengi bakusihlwa.
I-Empire yayenze iziphakamiso zenkontileka yokukhanyisa emgwaqweni wedolobha, kodwa lezo zenqatshwa izikhulu zedolobha. Isitshalo sakuleli dolobha sasingagugi kahle. Ekuqaleni kuka-1917, imishini yaphuka, futhi idolobha lancishiswa ekubeni namandla okuthenga e-Empire ngenkathi kulungiswa.
Ikhomishana yedolobha yethule iziphakamiso ezimbili kubavoti: eyodwa nge-$225,000 yamabhondi embonini entsha yokukhanya, kanye nenye ifuna imvume yokwenza inkontileka yamandla e-Empire ukuze kukhanyiswe idolobha. Abavoti ngoJuni bazenqaba zombili lezi ziphakamiso.
Kodwa-ke, lapho impi iqala ngo-1917, imboni ekhanyayo yaseJoplin yahlolwa yi-Fuel Administration, eyayilawula ukusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli namandla. Yabusa imboni yedolobha ukuthi yamosha uphethiloli futhi yancoma ukuthi idolobha livale imboni ngesikhathi sempi. Lokho kuzwakale kusho ukufa kwemboni kamasipala.
Idolobha lavuma ukusivala lesi sikhungo, kwathi ngo-September 21, 1918, lathola isivumelwano sokuthenga amandla e-Empire. Ikhomishana yezinsiza zomphakathi kuleli dolobha ibike ukuthi yonga u-$25,000 ngonyaka ngesivumelwano esisha.
UBill Caldwell ungunobhala wezincwadi osethathe umhlalaphansi eJoplin Globe. Uma unombuzo ongathanda ukuthi awucwaninge, thumela i-imeyili kokuthi [i-imeyili ivikelwe] noma ushiye umlayezo kokuthi 417-627-7261.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-05-2019