Out of the past
June 26, 1896
Sidney stands a good chance of being in darkness come next Wednesday, the date the present contract with Sidney Electric Co. runs out. Council considered the matter at a special session last night and declined to accept the proposed contract, calling for 10 years at a rate of $100 per light per year. This is an increase of $10 per year per light over the present contract. Council proposed an offer of a contract for three years at $90 per light per year. Mr. Hanely, secretary of the electric company, refused to accept the contract, saying the company could not afford to furnish the lighting at that rate.
Out of the past
April 20, 1896
The board of education has authorized the sale of the old colored school building in the Fourth Ward to John Burkhart, Jr., for $18. A committee composed of C.F. Hickok, W.M. Crozier and John H. Taft has been named to select the site for the new building which will be arranged for a high school with several rooms for primary and grammar grades. It will be located in the Fourth Ward.
100 years
April 20, 1921
The Sidney Electric Co. has erected two posts in front of their place of business on the south side of the square, one near the curb on the outside of the street, and the other across the street in the court square. The posts are to be lighted by the company to show the effect of the white way lighting system about the public square should the city decide on that system of street lighting.
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