The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
THE LOWEST BIDDERS.
The Mutual Electric Light Company's
Figures for the Claim.


submitted to that body a comparative
statement showing that their bid is much
lower than that Of the Brush Light Com
pany.
In an interview yesterday with Mr.
D. Douglas, secretary and superin-
tendent of the Mutual Electric Light
company. that gentleman said that
IN one respect the bid of the Brush light
company is misleading, because in giving
tne price per light per night, the Brush
company figured on 365 days In the year,
when the bid is for 329 nights-that is, by
the moonlight schedule. The Brush COM
pany do not now light the city except by
the moonlight schedule, nor do they intend
TO do SO in the event of having the contract
renewed. The Mutual Electric Light Com
pany, Mr.. Douglas says, made the compu-
tatlon per night on the basis of 329 nights,
although they might, with the same pro
prlety, have figured on 365 nights, for if
during the full moonlight period the moon
should be obscured the electric lamps
would have to be lighted, and the city
would not pay any more for it.
Mr. Douglas says that ''the offer of the
Brush Electric Light Company to give 100
arc lamps gratis to the city for the year
1890 can be interpreted either as sort of
bride to the council to award them the
contract, or it is a confession that their
present contract price of $255 per lamp,
which they have been drawing for four
years, is unjust and cannot be maintained,
neither of which suggestions rebound to
| their credit"
Referring to the proposition of the Brush
Electric Light Company to furnish 100 arc
lamps gratis for the year 1890, the PROPOSE
| ton is practically an offer to supply zoo arc
| lamps of an inferior kind to those now sup
piled for S25, 800 per annum, or $500 more
per annum than the Mutual Electric Light
Company offer to furnish 200 lamps of
| greater Illuminating power.
Mr. Douglas brings this fact out forcibly
by the following figures:
Mutual Gas Light Company's charge
for 1890. ...;c....... .....,.....e.$ 25, 800
lowing. ........... 80. ........... 1856, 9O4
Cost of Brush lighting for seven years 1874, 404
Mutual Electric Lights Company's bid
Ior seven years. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10000
| Saving in the lighting of the city from
Jan. i 1890, to Jan. l. 1897, by the
Mutual Electric Light Companys
or Sc, 343 per annum.
There appears to be a general sentiment
that the illumination of the city may be
| REINFORCED by gas lighting where the ter
ritory to be lighted is not large enough to
warrant the expense of an electric light,
such as IN short streets and lanes, and par
ticularly in places where there is dense
| shade, and yet not as frequently traversed
and the difference saved by the acceptance
of the Mutual Electric Light Company's
| hid would not only enable the city to avail
| itself of gas lights where needed, but could
from time to time increase the number of
arc lamps. In fact the difference in favor
of the Mutual Electric Light Company's
bid would enable the city to add, at the
| same rate, 90 more arc lights at the very
| OIL no Oif licrLk 20 4
| of 200.
Mr.. Douglas. when asked what is the
| difference per night per lamp between the
bid of the Mutual Electric Light Company
and that Of the Brush company, said the
best way to answer the question was to re-
view the comparative statement which he
had sent to the mayor and board of alder
men last Saturday, which is as follows:
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT
OF the differences in prices of electric lamps
per night as per tender of the Brush Electric
Light and Power Company and the Mutual
Electric Light Company, calcul ted on basis
| or 800 nights per annum The Brush COM
| pany's prices are for a / 200 nominal candle
| power lamp with guarantee Of 600 standard
| candle power:
| The Brush light figures are: For three years
contract, $3.50 per lamp per annum, equal to
2.SS cents per night
| For four years contract, STA per lamp per
annum, equal to 31.23 cents per night.
For five years contract. $iO9 SO per lamp per
annum, equal to 80 cents per night.
| For six years contract, S106 so per lamp per
annum, equal to 20 II cents per night
The Mutual Electric Light Company's prices
| are:
For 1000 nominal candle power lamp. with
guarantee of more than 600 standard candle
| power.
For three years contract, $1O7 80 per lamp per
annum, equal to 20. 45 cents per night. Differ
ence in favor OF the Mutual company S.49 cents
| per night
For four years contract, s1O5 per lamp per
annum, equal to 2S.76 cents per night. Differ
| ence in favor of the Mutual company 2 a cents
| per night.
For five years contract SlO2 so per lamp per
| annum, equal to 2S.OS cents per night. Differ
ence in favor of the Mutual company 1872 cents
| per night.
For six years contract 500 per lamp Der
| annum, equal to .39 cents per night. Differ
ence III favor OF the Mutual company 1.76 cents
| per night.
If, however the calculations be based upon
| the tenders of both companies for 2 900 nominal
candle power lamps which is more correct as
the lamps of the Mutual company will give as
much illumination as any 1000 nominal candle
| power lamp, although they hesitate to guaran-
tee 1000 standard candles in the photometer,
the comparison would be: Calculated on a
basis of 329 lights actually lighted. The Brush
company's prices are:
For three years contract, S149 81 per lamp
per aunum, equal to 45 As cents per night.
For four years contract, Sal 81 per lamp per
annum, equal to 43.1l cents per night.
| For five years contract, S132 40 per lamp Der
annum, equal to OBS cents per night.
For six years contract, 1872 40 per lamp per
annum, equal to 40.25 cents per night.
The Mutual company's prices are:
For three years contract, $107 50 per lamp
per annum equal to 267 cents per night Diff
ference in favor of the Mutual company 10 IS
cents per night
For four years contract, sos per lamp Der
annum, equal to 31.91 cents per night. Differ
ence in favor of the Mutual company II. 20
cents per night.
For five years contract. S102 so per lamp per
annum, equal to Bib cents per night. Differ
ence in favor of the Mutual company 90 cents
per night.
For six years contract, 800 per lamp Der
annum, equal to 1910 cents per night. Differ
ence in favor of the Mutual company g. So cents
! per night.
The Brush company's lowest price per
lamp for 200 lamps of 100 nominal
candle-power is Sl06 so, or S21, 300 per
annum for six years, 80. $127 800
The Mutual company's lowest price per
lamp for 200 lamps of 1000 candle
power is 500, or $4,000, for six
years Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Difference in favor of the Mutual Com
pany's tender -. .....:.............. 1900
The company lowest price per lamp
for 200 lamps of 1900 nominal candle
power is S132. ~, or S26,4S4 for six
year,. ...........; .;............. 15s, 9O4
| The Mutual company's lowest price
per lamp for 200 lamps of 1000 nom