Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-27

tnst area arc 2e5 gas lamps. AT SIS each no
SS a,,,s5 oeing Ss6o.l per month. II wa
| i-,n. 49, .nat " embraces or takes IN 1fty-ryl
-. eIsectlons, or that number Of arc Iamn
70 cover said area, or one are Ianp 10 3 -
~ sas lamps, or little Over five and oae
ttlrd 70 one arc. which brings each ar,
amp 20 sslo.bI per month. and the whole Z
an .s 70 inc same sum as the gas to wit, SSsO
II per MONTH Besides this monthly casf ~
street lighting. for several rs,onfhs nas
mere nave been provided two arc lamps OF
ruin and sixth West Streets on south Ten
pIe, on account OF the railway crossing,
mere, hese two lamps are At sI7.59 each
per month, making total % street light.
ing Tor some months past Of Sss5.u or
November - the council ordered one more
lamp 20 be placed AZ the corner Of First
North and Fourth West Streets; also one
az the corner Of FOURTH East and Third
south. and six more arcs at the east end OF
Second Street 10 Tenth East, and run,
ming down Fourth south. This makes
] elst additional TO the old area
ars adds sl9j 4 month TO the
street lighting account, t0ialin= s9s04I per
month Your committee further report that
the petitions aforesaid call for dfty.nine
additional arc lamps, which would add about
| 80 10 the monthly street lighting bill, or a
| llttle more tnan doubling IL, which, we
think, Is more than the city Is able 70 pay
as al present situated and under the pres
/ ent circumstances.
But we would. however, recommend that
the arc light system be extended from First
North on Fourth West street. where an arc
I lamp was ordered two weeks ago. 10 the
southwest corner OF the University and
around the University block thence north
70 centre Street, az the northwest part OF
I Inc city has not heretofore been supplied
| with any street lights. The electric light
company, we learn, are purposing to build
largely IN the spring, and that they will be
amply able 10 supply all AID more than the
city viii require, 50 there will be no diffi.
Guilty IN meeting every public and private
u 'l Tor electric lighting for streets and
Report adopted.
\ communication was received
from I. w. Ellerbeck, enclosing the
last dividends on the shares Of gas
stocks held by the cIty-sI ,IsO.5O.
The dividends on gas stock paid to
anu received by the CORPORATION
amount to So, O3S.25. while the total
amount paid for the stock held was
I2s2S2.sT. The statements showed
that the city has received back near
~ ten thousand dollars more than it
paid, "and if judicially conserved
anu well managed for a year or so
longer the stock they now hold will,
at The proper time, together with
what the city owns in the electric
lighting stock, bring or ought 10
bring-I mean it can be made 10
brlng-abOut double what the city
originally paid. This, however,
cannot be done by an unwise grant |
ing of charters to parties whose OBJ
Ject II is 10 compel us TO throw away /
our dynamos into the scrap pile, |
aud buy theirs at a great cost so rs
TO advertise their system, or
to punish US, if We decline, by
getting a charter, The Thomson. /
Houston people have refused 10 sell \
us an arc dynamo for trial; they de-
mand that we sell them our dyna-
mos for scrap and pay high price
for theirs, or they won't trade at all.
This sort OF raiding may be repeated
every four years by other makers.
| respectfully submit that these
kinds OF people are not the ones who
have at heart the welfare OF this
city and It's prominent citizens, and
that such people ought not 10 he al
lowed an opportunity to deprive the
city Of the advantages it now pos
sesses."
The committee to whom had been
the claim OF DIR. Roach, OF
Ogden, for SlOO0-balance alleged
10 be due on a well-bOring machine
purchased 10y the city-recom-
nended that it be not paid. Adop-
ed.
John a. Groesbeck's bill for So95,
or use Of well-boring machine,
vas cut down to sos, and ordered
aid.
The question Of leasing the east
lalf Of Washington Square to the
Salt Lake Cycling Club came up.
The report recommended that the
hub be granted n lease for three 8
ears, with the option Of two more, !
Misunderstanding being that if the I
jOuncil needed the grounds for !
Iublic purposes before the expira- I
ion Of that time, the city could at a
ny time cancel the lease by paying \
he club for whatever Improvements !
lad been made up TO that time. A :
ease for three years was granted, at q
yearly rental Of $3.50. 4
The Council made approximations n
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