, 1874-03-03
Tho (sas Companies To Not Look on n1r.
Colbert's Monoy-Saying Schedule
with Fny0r.
Tho Matter is Postponed to Another
81 Mooting.

GOVERNORS.
Tho proposition Of Col. D. s. D. Baldwin, to
furnish tho city with improved meters mud gov
betwodn tho .priep Of gas bills previous to and
aftor the connection OF the improvements, ,1n-
I'll tho price should DO paid. as formerly
roportsd ~ TnE TRIBUNE, was presented. As
called on by tho Committee to oxplatn in re-
gard to hs Improved governor, md tho prob
ebie cost 70 tho e:ty ot putting thom in. In,
BY r Lonawo Tba ~ coonel q
plaitlod Tint 1t was . good governor :, that It's
patcntee WIS ct ono time olnploye Of liH {tlle
Coloncra) and That Lia governor WAS very Sim
self, represented.
Charles W Patton, agent Of blr. Lo otIlngwell.
also prosecuted q propositiop, and as ho was moi
prosent to cxplaln the advantages Of lin goy-
eri.or, action on the matter was poHtponod for
ono wook.
LIGHTING THE LA1lps.; e.
Tho Committee tlon took up tho question Of
lighting and extinguiBhing tho gas lights Of this
city, Aid. cul1orfon reading tic following ros-
olution Of the Common Council offered by AID
Moore.
W,tEnEAe, There presented to tho Council at its
tugushing tho gas-ights Of tho city, by which It ID
clai.el there will o save in tho cxpenHo Of Lighting
the ETY. .0Mc 19s % y to S9 wSh t.
R1.ols;d, That Tho Committee on ea.lleh!a he
directed 10 tako from tho files the said tme-table and
tho feasibility Of adopting tho same, nnd report to this
COUNCIL ut The earliest time rraettcabn.
AID. Schaflncr requested alr. Colbert to oxrlnfn
savo gas.
EXPLANATIONS.
h1r. Colbert presented diagram, showing tho
time Of sunrlse and sunset, mud tho length OF
twilight In summer aud winter. Tho sun in
simmer WAS moro than two hours after
actual HunBct in reaching q ocrtain distance
from tho horizon, while i'll March, for oxnnple,
was only ono hour aud half in raaching tho
tho same point.
AID. Sclafrner wished to know how tho timo OK
poudcd in lighting tho lamps could bo arranged.
Each lanlpightor had about eighty lamps to
light aud tho tinio required by zach man WAS
Mr. Colbert utatod that the timo required in
lighting had buon allowed for in tho table. Ho
thought tho city ought to hayo person III it's
Police: Stations tho exact timo OF lighting tho
lamps.
MIR. Billings wished to know whothor thia off,
cial would not have discretion III tho time OF
| ordering tho lamps lighted.
Mr. Colbert replied that this onioial could do
| ternino by the wcnthor-soports whit tho weather
would bo during the night. aud could thus know
whether to order the lamps lighted oil 1noou-
| Aid. Minor thought tho discretionary power Of
the gas companies to light mud oStinguiBll tlloir
| lampa whou they plcasod ought not to bo inter-
| ferod with.
viii II In artont ~ ,nvnv tho i,,a, Ii,.i,tei
cycrv nbt without rcsar to lin rnaon IT, tba
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bol,ovoa that tbc mon womld NH trr, o,,t
NJ nj hnnrs WV of tho "'"i ncht ~ 1n ,;snt ont
and axt;neuiah tne lnmns rbsv .,1,,a w,ra
not paid enough, md could not afford to tlcyuto
their whole simo to tho blainesa Tho Compa-
me ~ tho ,5mna than tba c;t9 avail III for ia
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