The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-09
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4 Sliding Scale of Prices.
A Proposition From Ben Harper.

At the last meeting Of the Council, there
was presented to the City Council, an ordi
nance in relation to street lamps, fixing the
price per thousand feet, at -. This prop
osition, we understand, it is Ben. Harper's
intention to accept, save that portion OF 1t
which refers TO meters, which he deems would
be an inadequate mode of measurement and
lay him liable to fault finding. He now in.
tends making the following proposition to
the Council, regulating the price of gas BY
sliding scale. The increase of the num-
Der of consumers proporsionately decreases
the price of gas.
From 800 to coo consumers at $3.50 per
thousand
From 500 to 1000 consumers at 81 co per
thousand.
From 1000 to 1900 consumers o. so'oo
Der thousand, or Chicago prices.
When there is population of 10000
neople in Rock Island, there should be at
least one thousand gas consumers.
The price of lamps is also to be regulated
by sliding scale Of prices as follows:
From 60 to 100 lamps, 81 90 per lamp all
night.
From 100 to $50 50 40 per lamp.
From $50 to 800 lamps So per lamp.
The price per lamp in all instances ii
burned till midnight, to be only $3.50.
Our gas district which occupies as large
q space almost as that of Burlington, Mus
catine or Davenport is lit with only 90 lamps
little more than half he number in these
other cities. There should in the necessi
ties of the case be at least hundred. Some
portion of the gas district is lighted very
much poorer than others, whereas, all 9spor
| tions pay an equal amount of the gas tax
There might be some provisions made TO
/ lighting all portions well, and do away will
complaints OF darkness in some parts o
the gas district.
Mr., Harper will embody in his proposition
to the Council the ACCESSIBILITY of having ga
lamps in the following places: On the leve'
and Eagle street, two additional lamps OF
the levee and Buffalo street, one more lamp
and one ON the south side of Illinois ant
Eagle streets on Orleans street, from Ohi'
to Arsenal street, twenty lamps; on Wash
/ ington, from Orleans to Spencer street, fv,
additional lamps; on Jefferson street, from
/ Orleans 10 Spencer, five additional lamps
and Que on the corner of Madison and Roc
River streets two lamps at the corner Q
Madison aud Highland, and one at the col
! nsr of Madison and Cable streets one i
the center Of each block o
Illinois street, from Madison to Deer street:
The length of Illinois street there is on
lamp to every corner, whereas in other po
tons of the gas district there is but on
lamp in every $50 feet. To put down tn
required pipe for these additional lamps Wi
cost the Gas Company $4,000, there bein
az aggregate of 3,400 feet of pipe requisite
The foregoing proposition which Mr.. Ha
per will make to the council, will, II satl
factory, have the effect of fixing the pric
of gas in the only equitable manner poss
Bile, By sliding scale, regulated by III
, number of consumers. Owing to the pro
: poets of the rapid increase of the populstio
Of our city, some such arrangement
whether the one proposed or not, we cannC
say, should be made, by which the price
gas can be satisfactorily settled for all tim,