. History of Wright County, Iowa, its peoples, industries and institutions . contract was let in May, 1892, to construct a system of electriclighting in Clarion. lionds were floated to the amount of si.\ thousandthree hundred dollars and sold to a Chicago firm uf brokers. Lights werefirst turned on December i, 1892. This answered the purpose for a fewyears, but with the progress of the times and the growth of the citv, anothersystem had to be installed. The light from this new plant was first turnedon for ]nil)lic use on August i, 1904. In April, loio, the lighting i)lantwas sold to M. \i. Moz
. History of Wright County, Iowa, its peoples, industries and institutions . contract was let in May, 1892, to construct a system of electriclighting in Clarion. lionds were floated to the amount of si.\ thousandthree hundred dollars and sold to a Chicago firm uf brokers. Lights werefirst turned on December i, 1892. This answered the purpose for a fewyears, but with the progress of the times and the growth of the citv, anothersystem had to be installed. The light from this new plant was first turnedon for ]nil)lic use on August i, 1904. In April, loio, the lighting i)lantwas sold to M. \i. Mozingo for eight thousand five hundred dollars, and headded three dollars worth of new machinery. This ])lant wasdestroyed by fire from an unknown cause in August. 1911; the same fireburning the Clarion opera house, after which ]\Ir. Monzingo took in apartner, by which change the firm became known as ^tozingo & M;ick, wlioIniilt the present plant—the fine brick building near the water tower, equippedwith adequate machinery. fflSb. • i«ss»=sr^ g|r p iSI m. ;ol;nty, iowa. 273 At one oclock on the morning of Octolier _^i. i88j, a twelve thousanddollar tire visited Clarion, destroying the store of Aluion ,& lUittertield, thetwo-story business house of 1. l\ Woodman, J. Al. Overbaughs furniturestore and contents, Doctor (iannons (_iftice, S. 11. lirowns two-story framedry goods store, the residence of W. H. 11. Aliller, J. D. Smiths residence,a boot and shoe store, etc., making a total loss of twehe tlmusand dollars,only parti) co\ered by insurance. The second big lire that visited the town was in March, icSf)^. Thislatter blaze was supposed tn ha\e been the work of i^cendiarie^^, who soughtto rob the stores of goods. In this fire there were fifteen buildings burned,the loss being only half covered by insurance. October 10, 1899, occurred the great hre in which twenty thousanddollars worth of property was destroyed. This lire also was of incendiaryorigin. The loss fell
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