Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-31

The Board of City Trustees met in a,e-
cial session at 10 A. N. yesterday, all the
members present. There were also present
]. 0. Coleman and c. II. Hubbard, of the
Pacific Electric Light Company.
The meeting was called to order by the
Mayor, who stated its object to be the fur
ther consideration of the proposition of
street intersection lighting by electricity.
He asked Mr. Coleman what proposition
he had TO make.
Mr.. Coleman said he was satisfied that
the citizens generally were in favor of
maintaining the intersection electric lights,
some nineteen in number, that were now
scattered through the business portion of
the city. They had been in operation for a
number of months, and their superiority
was an established fact. He said his COM
pany was willing to maintain the lights as
at present for SIS per month per lamp.
This makes each lamp cost $2l6 per year,
and the nineteen would at that rate cost
the city s., 104 per annum. OF the nine
teen lamps seventeen belonged to the Pa
cific Company, and would be worth S3,672.
Trustee Gutenberger said he was in
favor of acceding to the wishes OF the petit
TONERS, but the amount asked for IN addi-
ton to the contracts already awarded would
be a larger sum than the Board could use
for street lighting purposes. 1t exceeded
their limit
Mayor Brown said it was the duty of the
Board to economic, instead of running
the city into debt He did not see any way
by which the city could afford such a luxury
as intersection lights at a cost of $1S per
month.
Mr.. Nielsen moved that Mr.. Coleman s
proposition be accepted Lost. Aye-Mr.
Nielsen. Noes-Messrs. Gutenberger and
Brown.
Trustee Nielsen said he was in favor of
electric lights for outdoor illumination.
Every electric light suspended at q street
intersection displaced gas lamp for which
the city was paying So 80 per month. He
said the citizens in the neighborhood of the
electric lights were willing to pay some
thing toward their maintenance, and
he could see no good reason why the city
should not pay the So 80 saved to them
by shutting off the gas. He therefore
offered a resolution that the Pacific Electric
Light Company be paid So 80 per month for
every light suspended at street intersec-
tons.
After some little discussion the resolu-
tlOn was IOSl, Drown anu OulenDeTSer NOt-
ing no.
Trustee Gutenberger then offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
ResOlred That the city of Sacramento pay the
electric light companies S97 80 per month for
the maintenance OF the nineteen electric lights
now in operation, suspended at street inter
sections for the term of one year.
He explained that the nineteen electric
lamps referred to displaced twenty-five gas
lamps, which at 50 80 per month amounted
to S97 80. This would make the city's
contribution toward each of the lights IS -
per month That was all they could stand,
and he thought no more should be asked.
The resolution was adopted by unani-
nous vote. The representatives of the
electric light company said they thought
there would be no difficulty in raising the
remaining SD 81 per light from the citi-
zens who lived or had business interests in
that section of the city lighted by cleo
tricity.
The city is now under contract with the
gas company and both electric companies
As each Will strive to out light" the
other, no doubt but that the city will be
well Illuminated for the next twelve
months.