New-York tribune., 1886-08-01
LIGHTING THE CITY.
now TT is DONE AND WHAT 1T COSTS.


sAcrs AND FIGURES ABOUT GAS AND ELECTRICITY.
Every new gas company formed IN th'S GU!
epdeavors as soon as it has laid down Few mics VI
mains to obtain the contract for lighting the ercc' gas
lamps along its routes This ia readily understood "eu
II known the city by far the pest consumer 'o
Gas companies have. The officers OF the o'er Gun"
panies the Manhattan, New-York Metropolitan anu
Harlem, must sigh when they think OF the od .'i'o
during the closing years of the war and those OF '"'
Tweed Ping when $50 per year for each street 'a"p
va. paid by the city, Whether all this found us way
into the treasures OF the companies IS an opo"
question. ,,o-
The Gas Commission consists OF tho T,"s' ',N.
Controller aud Commissioner OF fu'"o
Works They meet once year and make a"''u'
on the bid, OF the a. lighting tho street
lamps and public Offices For the year 1850 'ho
appropriated for lamps AMI gas AM electr'o III rn
wac $7lG.7OO. and S7O0.67l 81 was eHpeu"'' =,
total numbor OF gas Lamps lighted on Deceuo0i
1sso 23.555; OF electric lamps 1o9' anu u rho
lamps lin q part OF tho Annexed D'strcV oo' %
number OF miles OF gas m aims was az follows O'"
dated Gas Company. ZIG; Mutual 122; hqu'.""', o7c
Central. SO; Northera. 23i fonRers' ~, oc
o; thcso mains $50 miles are on M'"n' va, ,,, p,yar
are the annexed territory north Vi 'o =,
IN. Co,.oIid,ted Gas Company has caPa' vi
s2o o7o 600 and q capacity Tor manufacturing
oaOOOOOO cubic feet per day' LUZ '0 ~
Mutual Company has mains III various '
ana mart. OF street. between Battery Place ana
s,x,vsxth.st and lights few or the pubic lamps DO
,we.n Thirty fourth and sxtythiri sts Its capital
s350oOOo and the capacity OF its works. 1ooo'ooo
cnb,c f,et per day Tho Equitable Gaslight Company
tas mains In various streets AMI parts OF STREETS DO
tween Canal and Ffty-seventh sts It's capita, Is
81 900 600 and capacity 100000 cubic feet per day.
Tn. Central Gas,ight Company supplies gas to the
Twentyhiri Ward, formerly the town OF Morrisahi''
and lights all the public lamps IL mas c'p". "
Si5OOoo and capacity Of 100000 cubic rect per u!
Tho Northern Gasigh: Company supplies gas 10 tha'
town OF West Farms and lights the pubic lamps ~
has a capital Of $l2J,O0O and capacity OF l3o'ooo
cubic feet per day. The ionkers GasNgW |onp''
supplies gas to small part Oftho Twenty-iour'h war;
formerly known OF Kings Bridge It's o"p'ai
ia 100000 aud It a capacity OF 25oooo cnolc lee'
per day The Newly and New-Jersey GLOBE GSs
ght Company lights Its lamps by means OF naph'hS con-
tained III q reservoir In each lamp.
The reduction In the price OF to 81 25 per looo
cubc feet to the general publc has had no elect as et
on the city, The Gas Commission met on May l. prior
TO the passage OF the act by the Legislature lowering
the price OF gas and adc the awards for lighting Inc
pnbc lamps and city buildings for one year from tn"'
date. The price for each lamp was q, toilows 'oh
solidated aud Mutual Gas Companies, III oo cao"'
Eouttaple Gas,ight Company $l2 Central Gaslight Com
pauy, S2s; Northern Gaslignt Company $3o' 1ohhef'
GasIght Company, $780, ant New-fork ana new
Jersey Globe Ga.ght Company, SD For Gas In
the public buildings 81 so per 1000 c'oic ieet
is paid. Each street amp Is provided with pIr"er
which burns three feet hour The NUMBER OF hours
each lamp lighted during the year Is hxei at 4ooo
and each consumes 1900 cubic feet The number OF
gas lamps lighted January last was 2s3l3. Oh
electric LAMPS 7OS The OF gas Tor each amp h'
eludes lighting extngushing, cleaning and repairing
BY the OF the Legislature ABOVE meh-
toned the illuminating power of the gas furnished oY
each company must be not less than twenty caOdie-
power. Tho Department OF Public WORKS mas an IN
,nec,or who Is continually testing the Illuminating
mower OF gas furnished to the city Tor the street
lamps and public buildings Prior To the passaee o 'he
law mentioned the Manhattan Company FUR
nishsd gas ranging from ~ oo'Ioo "
nineteen candle-power Early IN May last one
te.t OF the gas furnished by TINS company showed
Is s3lOO c. ude.power Tho last tabuistsi sIatcment
on Juue % we'd she following: Manhattan Gas Com
p.uy u s5lO0 c.udc.power; Ncw;Iork 20 4oloo;
Mutual. 80 9ll0o: Municipal :? SllVo hduastSpar
~ 9s-ioo r.. ,rn,,,.,,n.
The Brush and United states Electric Illuminating
Companies by agreement. do not encroaeh upon each
Others territory ana ney eO.a ehrrSs S, 'no o 5 So per
year United States takes that part OF tHS c'ty o
Ilu niuatng Company takes that part OF the city lying
above Fourleenih-st and furnishes ~ isns nv so,
trcu dsproportion.te,, TAe ''r,e' SS enri and
prr annurn Tho extent OF territory would require
52lI gas lamps. witch at 81 90 amp woud cost uno
ey SJG 49, 50. Tho excess IN the cost OF electric
n1n,s ns ,.Ercu las. year with their usual disregard
OF ecouomy penditGro OF tna pI'llc money';
recommended that y large hunper VI ettcc'. NV
avenues covering nearly ome-Ihrd OF tho territory OF
the city Harlcm River oe lighted WIN eiecIio
lights. ejaculation by 5. Mccormick. superntendent
Of lamps and gas Of tho Department OF Ppolio Works
saow, nat number OF electric lights required wouid
be O02 At aggregate cost OF S336s45 These would
replace 5, 1876 lamps; which st si| % per iamp:
for the electric ghts woui lie S436977 % Tue cos.
OF gbtpl tho CITY would then have amounted to mole
eIcct,i Illumination would be rather TOO expensive aud
preferred stick to the old meihoi. ,,,.,
WHAT the small boy can do with his uesd!y 'nstru-
nent the beau shooter" Is SHOWN by tho records Q;
the rintendeut OF Lamps and Gas On the naht CT
Ibir lave to AveA lighted FOR Le nrst tl'nc on
the following day 1t was found that the Eass III heaIy
all lamps had been broken ana tns uas peen re-
record pf the Consolidated Gas COMPANY shows thai
during the month Of Dccenb1r alone .Oio pahcs Oi
gla the public lamps Oi THIS cOu any.
adding reports FROM the other gas coinpaies
Was found that $500 panes we're broken in that
month This at the rato OF looOoo pahrs per yrSr
Most of the caused by small pebbles thrown
from srip OF rubber attached to stick or stout wire
Uurng snow when snow hee on tue
rround are substituted for beau shooters
with equally destructive results. When the glass Is
broken the wind blows th" gas OUT ana Tue heighoor
the Elevated Railroad traius In tho upper part or the
city we're subjected 10 iuslade from
e,nal with bcaDshOOtcr-. breaking tho car VIII
dows ard inJuring the PASSENGERS seveIai o. @ .ne
youngsters caught II, the act by detectives en-
ployed by the company. and sumnsry puni,nnen. naa
the effect OF putting stop u this sort of thng super
intedent McCOrmIck asks that an ordnance DC Pasbcu
by the Common Council prohibiting The use OF peAn
shooters and the could then give hetter ASSIST
ance the protection OF public lamps Ubtli TINS u
doLe small boy will consider that tho laups
are as much fair gamo his wsspon the windows
OF unOccupied houses which have scarcely whole
name OF glass them. There 10 penalty OF 80 Tor
breaking. mutilang or obstructne any OF tho pnbIc
lamps In tns city but apparently the ordinance IL
dead letter.
DULL TIMES IN THE DOG TRADE.