New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
srREET-LIGHTING BY ELECTRICITY.
~ovr THE COST WOULD COMPARE WITH THAT OF


now THE COST WOULD COMPARE WITH THAT on
"H the franchise for the general use OF the s.rer.
sranted by the Aldermen IL passed over te hnas tb
veto what plans will you 2 ps,preI Of A. Hayes
ir'' secretary Of the Brush Electric Illuminating
fSs Company has made two bids for stresths sad
inc for the year beginning May j, 1851 ip, su
Ws VI Havss 1.-THE larger bid includes White
hall-st. from the Battery to Bowling o Ee.h
ar Fourteenth and Twenty .thirdsts ,, from
Third TO Eighth.aves. Thirty-fourth to f GSfi
secondstH from Thrd-aye. to Broadway unG s Oh
Sna anS Mason and JJnion-squares 1t is estimated
that this will displace than 100 gas .'I 1bt
our terms are $50 900 The smaller nd Is iS Tbs in
,ggdss T Rroaawax and Fifth-sve from Fourtheenh
20 THIRTY .fourth-sts, Fourecnth-st IRON rouI.u
tn e Fi}tb.sve' and Madison and Union-square,s
Herr il il estimated that ahout 500 gas lets VIII oe
displaced and our terms are Sh4oV I've "ygsr one.
because we can light a much larger propoIh-
ton of space by our elevated lights s,o Suf to
be used in Cleveland. The =, poles are NJ IL.
tended 70 he placed in Unon-sqnaIo nt
the junction of the lines OF ,roadway anu @
ar Sixteenth-sts and in Madison square ut the J'c-
ton OF the lines of Broadway and Quill
at. In Akron four lights, each OF aoV oo cai d
nower ON pole POS feet high III all lO,oOV canuIe
power light square mile satisfactorily we Pm IN
pose 10 put six lights. each 5000 candle poWeIf ~,
all az; 600 candle power each oil the squares; nc
1,oles will probably be from l25 to 10 fcet h,e''
They are hollow aud weight inside more thsh o.,,
snoes The triangular carriage carrying the e slA
lights The wires 20 to the top OF the pOlc anu av
the carriage has been hauled down ana thcn SUN
mn again contact is secured by upper springs. ,.
inv about the cost 7" asked. " III mas oc =,
stated that you could not make workhe Pio"' ~
uniting your price ut the cost OF gas -: I'LL.
The company knows exactly what tn'I nsn'
will cost replied Mr.. Hayes. THIS iight mas oee e
wsd in th. streets of Cleveland more than egnVeen
months and We have had four months e1peIssc.tSe
her, besides accurate reports IRON All paris VI ~
Dm,ntrv. we can make fair business proht on
either of our bids and shall on no account 90 nus-
pess EXCEPT on such terms. Nearly al our lruS
tees are active business men, ana VIC PUVf
NOSE to operate cOllInercal panis. VI =,
course we cannot expect to make ~ hnO"
from CITY lighting as from private cuSI"n .,
The gas companies i'll Ncw-lork chsrgeu priN"u
consumers last year - 20 per 600 feet "inie ny
sIpplied each street lamp with l2oOO icet LOT TIT
or ST 20 per 900 feet. The price mas 0ccn i, =;
foSI7 The larger hid of the Brush COMPANY u
6,rher and the smaller lower than gas coonptIN
rmtrs Those wh,' pretend 10 say that our llghlhg
will cost nor- than We charge for IL cannon nave
tbe least comprehension of our system, but must
baye taken the figures given BY owners of e1PcnSNe
Enromnu lights We run fifty four large nghts on
one cirruit aud on one wire, and can increase the
number For ouI larger bid We should opcratc hghls
aboye Fonrtccnthst st. from our enlarged Iweny-
Tfth-st station and those below from our station
irtwcrn Second and 1hirdsts. We should use ABOUT
$50 lalnp-posts and two high poles