Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-11
GAS.
SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCILS.

SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCILS.
Gasoline to Supercsdo Gas-The Gas Com.
pany Criticised and Its Bad Rejected.
In accordance with call, made by the
presidents of select and common councils,
a special meeting was held last evening to
consider the bids made by several parties
for lighting the city for the ensuing year.
Select COuncil.
Present-Messrs. Barr. Bitner, Berger.
Doerr. Franklin. G.. w. Zecher, Philip
Zecher and Evans, president.
Mr.. Barr presented the following report
OF the lamp committee, which was read:
LANCASTER. Pa, June 10, 1881.
To the Honorable the Select and Common COua-
cits Of the City of Lancaster
GENTLEMEN: Your committee on lamps
respectfully report: That at their meet
ing held June 9Th the accompanying pro-
pOsals were received in answer to our ad-
vertisemcnt for the lighting OF the city, q
copy Of which is also herewith appended
for the information of your honorable
bodies.
Tho bid OF the Lancaster gaslight and
fuel company, viz, $1.7O per thousand
cubic feet for all gas furnished, including
the lighting of the street lamps, fails to
conform with the provisions of the city
ordinance governing the subject, which
provisions were specifically stated in the
newspaper advertisement. The amount
per lamp per annum is not stated as re-
quired, and other terms of the company's
bid are in direct contravention. of the pro-
visions of the ordinance Of February 9th,
1878.
The MalOney gas company, of Pittsburgh,
whose bid is S22 so for each lamp per an
mum, do not state the candle power of tho
light they propose to furnish, as asked for
in the advertisement, and no reference is
made to the lamps and posts.
The Automatic gas lamp and lighting
company, of New York, propose to light
the city throughout for the sum of s31 for
each lamp per annum. The candle-pOwcr
Of the proposed light is not indicated.
The Pennsylvania Globe Gaslisht COM
pany, of Philadelphia, in their bid conform
to the specifications contained in the ad-
vertisement, and propose to light the 1856
street oil lamps. and rs many more as the
city may direct, for the sum of S24.5O per
annum for each lamp.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
n. II. BARR,
HENRY SMEYCH,
PHILIP ZECHER,
CHAs. ]. WHITE.
Attest
HERBERT JOHNSTON, clerk.
The advertisement for proposals for
lighting the city was also read, together
with all the bids in answer thereto.
Mr.. Barr stated that the bid made by
the Lancaster gaslight and fuel company
was not in accordance with the ordinance
of councils nor the advertisement of tho
lamp committee, which required that the
bids for lighting the street lamps should
DO for so much per lamp, whereas the
gas company had bid 81. 20 per 1000 feet.
From an estimate made by tho commit
tee it appeared that the cost per lamp
under the proposal of the gas company
would be about $38.37 per year. These
figures were arrived at by supposing a
fivc-foOt burner to be used on each lamp
for an average Of 10 hours each night.
This would cost 81 cents per night per
lamp. and to this would have to be added
about two cents per night for cleaning, ex-
and keeping the lamps in re-
pair. ....-..
TO bring the matter properly before
Mr.. &. W. Zechcr moved that the
lamp committee be instructed to enter into
a contract with the Pennsylvania Globe
gaslight company to light all the street
lamps in the city ut the lowest terms that
could be secured. lie said he regarded
the bid of the Lancaster gaslight and fuel
Us exOrbitant, and was probably
intended rs retaliation on part of the |
company for the action of councils in hold /,
ng the company last year to something
ike i decent compliance with its contract. |
Of the other companies that have bid for |
lighting the city, except the Globe COM
1any, councils know but little, and as they
10 not comply with tho requirements of
he advertisement in stating the candle
'ower of the light they propose to furnish,
lc thought it would be we'll to reject their
bids and give the lighting of the whole
ity to the Globe company, whose past
contracts have been satisfactorily fulfilled.
President Evans suggested that if the
contract for lighting the entire city were
;iven to the Globe company the contract
night be made ut lower figures than the
ompany had bid for lighting the lamps in
he suburbs only.
Nh. Barr stated that 4 representative Of
he company had informed the mayor that
CHc COiHpduy WcTo given Cuc euClEe Guy 10
ght they would do it at 4 deduction of
/ so per lamp.
The question being taken ON Mr.. Zech-
RS motion, it was unanimously agreed to.
Common council cOncurred.
Common COuncll.
The following named members were pres
mt Messrs. Albert, Barnes, BOos, Brown,
'avis, D!ffenderffer, Everts, Fisher, Hays,
[uber. johnson, Lichty, Middleton, Oster-
layer, SHREDDER, Shulmyer, Smeych, Stone,
White, Yackly. Levergood, president.
When the report of the lamp committee,
it'll the action thereon, was presented
'Om select council, Mr.. johnson moved
lat common council concur. There SEEM
to he no inclination to discuss the mat
n, the members evidently having their
'inds pretty well made up. Before put
ng the question, however, President
evcrgoOd laid before council the follow q
g communication from Mr.. ]. II. Baum J
ardncr, secretary of the Lancaster gas
ght and fuel company, and said that if
l1ectiOn was not heard he would ask the
ERIK to read it. Nobody said nay, where
pom the president handed to the clerk |
le following document which was read d
LANCASTER, June 10, 1881.
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