Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-11

ButhiuG, hyauiest oi tno hVOrs OI tne
moon, is but reasonable, and should be pre-
vided for In the proposed contract.
Amidst multiplicity Of duties incident to
the new management tkiog holi we have
found time to examite the several propo,-
tons submitted, with a view of ascertaining,
II possible, under which Of the bids on file
the city will secure the best light at the lowest
price.
The proposition OF the gas company,
while offering lower prices than under their
toruier contract, still seems excessive in view
Of he q lures we have given heretofore and
today present in the columns Of the GLoBE
RErurLlc regarding the cost of pre- dlction,
and more especially when compared with
other c les. For instance, the gas company
p 'oIo c--,he proposition having the endorse
III ut Of ur OF the Ave members of the COM
mit'e-to urnish the city, BY The moon table,
yor period Of fee years, gas at $40 per post,
while tn, existing contract between
the ci'y Of DIyton and it's gas company
-, ry OF vi icb we have before us--
provid' that bu' $40 Ier post per annum
sh, | b p,id fr all night serrices, the gas
tu' o 81 d to b. Of the standard quality Of the
ys,- O. Ohi,. Thus it appears that under
res iy siml Z c,rditions-so far as we
can sr' - i,h ,nl and labor costing sub.
.tsn,iUily the same, tie Springfield company
lem md TO- IN, gbt service one dollar per
amp more than Dyton pays for all night
t. b irg on he. year term. The p'oposi.
",pr gtsc IN any discloses the further
tact h., i demands $26---on the basis of
haSi Iii tie ,iy 10 t,-per light for light
lug h; city I'm "dark to daylight"
| Lcng sevea dollars per post
more tan Dayton pays. In psss-
z M, be well To tote that fiom dark
% Il y igh," is an ambiguous term, capable
o vribus constr C iJns acc rd.ng to the
| views # a parry interes ed. In considering
the gu ior, he query very naturally arises
tos tu ess mnc: Why sh, uli the Spring.
public he tax d so much more than
D yton ioi / Ugh C.uucilman who vote
| for the prices ref FRED T. above should be pre-
pared to answer the query satisfactorily be.
fore going upon records.
The argument has been advanced. in some
quarters, that Springfield is eIceptiopable
in the ore TACT that in excavating
for the gas mains, stone is to be
ren owed in many places instead OF
earth, but this plea has no force and is no,
tenable as regards the 7o3 lights now located
ard or which no excavation Of any kind il
n, cesssry. But it is to be presumed that in
| bidding for the lights required for the ex en-.
sion of the system, the price named by the
gas company-sls per po tie amply sufRc.
lent to cover any possible rock excavation.
Inquiry among business men and numteI
OF heavy tax payers develops the fact tba,
there is a large and hearty sentiment In the
community in favor Of the city contracting
for at least fifty electric lights TO be located
in the central part Of the city. As agains
the electric light 1t may be urged thai
it is somewhat more expensive thar
either gas sr gasoline. In It's favor it /.
demonstrated that 1t is bright, clear, far.
reaching and in every respect attractive as
street ht, and by its presence, as the lstes
device for Illuminating purposes, places tn,
city in which it is used 10 the front rank al
one Of progress and advancement. And ye
when it is considered that an electric light, o
1000 candle power, displacipg four gas o.
gasoline lights OF combined GA candl,
power, leaving over !, 900 candle power II
favor of the former, and that it Is burned al
night, instead Of by the moon table, it il
| questionable whether or not the electric
light may not prove the cheapest and also the
best. The investigations OF one of the stat
| of the GLOBE. REPUBLIC sho y tharsthe prices
| offered the city by the Electric Light Co. srt
much more favorable than are given in any
other city. Dayton probably has as cheap il
not the cheapest electric service in the coun.
try, paying 43 $40 cents per light per nigh,
for ia lamps while the Springfield home
mp'ny offers the city council fifty lights a
3s i-lO cents per light per night, running
from half an hour after sunset until hal
hour prior to sunrise.
| ", believe tina; the enterprise for which tn,
Chaml ion City has acquired well-deservet
repu ation abroad, IS well as the couvenienc,
and secri'y Of our citizens would requir,
that p"r'ion of our city be lighted with ,h'
eise'rc Ii. h.
| Il the statement to council accompanying
the report Of the g's committee, great sire.
l. hail On 'ie inc, th"t 10 adopt partially th
ekc, l.; light, would depleie the fund, anc
lsave neihi'g fr new posts and extensions
Were any member Of council dealing for him
'elf aIr.v,'e citizen a remedy for this d fiji
c.lty tou' d asily be found. Should the ga
company cine to reduce it's price to NOR
near! that p''d by Dayton, council ma,
adopt The g"so're system, as between th'
ights O. which an, gas it is claimed, by gooc
dG",.it.ei; hardly sn apprecisble difference
should Cnn,il be ID e to contract with tn
gs coTpsuy on tie Isrms given Dayton 70
l-,i.it rth ny $l9 per post-we cal
hsv- b tfy 'lcIic lighls, the gas in III,
nsdue he y, provide for lighting eugin,
n,ue e., etc. ard si have an ample amoun
rrret,ing srdi oral posts Or, should tn,
gaso'i2e u. ht ftrd by Mr. Yeazell. on clos,
n-ins'ion, rove as desirable as gas, Cou1
c., by I'd ptirG the fifty electric lights (sllow.
ga .pl ceneLt,f 100 gas posts thereby J.
cn,n1 $3.50 with 5l3 CAROLINE posts a,
sa77. ald allowing I ], 200 for engine houses
psrol s's,ior,,'c. nom the tax levy OF 81 SOC
th stu'd.t !! nm ia 81 ,J63 for additional
s1ol'ns pats. covering nearly two hundred
At 90 each. l. 10 claimed that the pre-.
posed gssoline MI are an improvement OF
any heretoftre used, and good business man