The daily gazette., 1881-04-26
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.
Comparative Cost of Electricity and
Gas In Lighting Cttles.

Comparative Cost of Electricity and
Gas I'm Lighting Cities.
'1f the franchise for the general use
of the streets granted by the Aldermen
is passed over the Mayors veto, what
plans will you adopt for lighting the
streets, asked New York Tribune re-
porier of A. A. Hayes, Jr., Secretary
of the Brush Electric Illuminating
Company.
"The company has made two bids
for street lighting for the year begin
ming May /, 1881, said Mr.. Hayes.
1.-THE larger bid includes Whitehall
street from the Battery to Bowling
Green, Broadway from Bowling Green
to Forty-fifth street, F,urteenth and
Twsnty-third streets from Third to
Eighth avenues, Thirty fourth to
Forty second streets from Third ave
Due 70 Broadway, and Fifth and
EiChth avenues from Fourteenth to
Forty fifth streets and Madison and
Union Squares. 1t is estimated that
this will displaee more Than 1,700 gas
jets, and our terms are $50, 900. The
smaller bid is for lighting q section
shaped like figure of eight. This in
cludes Broadway and Fifth avenue,
from Fourteenth to Thirty-fourth
streets Fourteenth street, from Fourth
avenue to Fifth avenue hirty-fourth
street, from Broadway to Filth ave-
nue., and Madison and Union Squares.
Here it is estimated that about $50 gas
jets will be displaced, and our terms
| are 81, 400. The smaller bid ia at q
much cheaper rate than the larger one,
because we can light a much larger
proportion of space by our elevated
lights, such as are used at Akron,
Ohio, and are to be used in Cleveland.
The poles are intended to be placed in
Union Square, at the junction of the
lines of Broadway and Fifteenth OF
Sixteenth streets, and in Madison
Square at the junction of the lines OF
Broadway and Twenty fourth street.
In Axiom four lights, each of 4,00(
candle power, on pole 20s feet high,
in all 1870 candle power, light !
square mile satisfactorily. We pro
: pose to put six lights, each 1000 can
: die power, In all SO, 900 candle power
in each of the squares. The poles viii
probably be from 1875 to 175 feet high
They are hollow and q weight insid,
: more than balances the triangular
Carriage carrying the six lights. Tht
wins go to the top of the pole aud afiei
the carriage has been hauled dowr
and then sent up again, contact 10 Sc
/ cured by upper springs"
CHOW abou. the cosl?" was asked 81
has been stated that You could not max
working profit 3y putting YOU price q
: the cost Of gas"
9 "The company knows exactly wha
= their light will cost, replied Mr.. Hayei
"Thls light has been used in the street
u of Cleveland more than eighteen month
t and we have had four months experienc
here, besides accurate reports from a
pats of the country. We can make
fair business profit on either of our bids
/ ami shall on no account do business e,
I cept on such terms. Nearly all our tru
tees are active business men, and we pr
pose to operate on commercial basi
4 Of course we cannot expect to make q
0 much from city lighting as from privat
= customers. The gas companies IN Me-
York charged private consumers ias
a year $2.25 per 1000 feet, while they SUI
2 piled each street lamp with 1900 fe'
for SIS, or 81 25 per 1000 feet. The pri,
!, has been raised 10 SIT. The larger bi
of the Brush Company is higher and th
3 smaller lower than gas-company rate
o Those who pretend to say that OF
lighting will cost more than we chars
for it, cannot have the least compreheI
sion OF our system, but must have take
!. the figures given by owners of expensly
10 European lights. We run fifty-four lar,
at lights on one circuit and on one wine, ar
at can increase the number. For our larg,
n bid we should operate lights abo,
Fourteenth street from our enlarge
20 TwenIy-iith Street Station, and tho
he beow from our station betwe SecoI
in and Third streets. We should use abo
$50 lam. posts and two high poles"