Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-05-08


council was held last evening to roneiye
proposals. for lighting the town by cleo
trioity, nad as result Newark Is step
nearer this new kind of light. Judging
| from former osertures which have from
time to time been made by electric light
| log companies it was thought that the
| advertisements for proposals would bring
very general response. This was not the
Gaze, hcNover, an council was surprised
to find only one bid lying on the table at
its meeting. This bid was from the
Knauf Orgao Company, which is anxious
to do the town lighting in connection
with the lighting Of its own teetory and
operatiyes' houses. This proposal was
very advantageous ons indeed for pri-
vRte consumers. 1t covered many pages
and gave complete schedule of rates
which 1t agreed to charge II the franchise
wore granted to it, On street lighting 40
inoandescsnt lights or more Of IS candle
power, each burning every night in the
year, were quoted ct this rate of $18 per
lamp per year. Arc lights, of coarse,
were much higher, being quoted ct 35
cants per night per lamp for 10 1000
candle power lights; the lights to run
every night In the year all night long.
This would amount to 81 9l6.25 per year
or 81, 376 25 more than the town IL now
paying for gssolene illumination.
Council has for several weeks been
conducting private investigation into
the cost OF electric lighting with view TO
having the town erect its own plant for
street and commercial lighting if the
citizens 80 desired. Superintendent Oar
penter Of the Knadf company tbrsH
quite bomb shell into the meeting when
he informed the council that 1t could not
legally under the present charter mske or
sell electricity TO private consumers and
that it had power only to light its own
streets and public buildings. To do any
thing else it would have to have Its ohRS
ter amended by the next Legislature.
Even then the question ns TO the legality
or constitutionality Of q corporate town
selling light or power to private con-
sumers would probably come no as this
same question is now awaiting decision
in the United States Supreme court. MIR.
Carpenter was backed up by the opinion
OF Edward G. Bradford, Esq, who de-
clared that under its present charter it
has not the right to sell to private con-
sumers. This effectually and quickly
disposed of the question OF erecting a
municipal electric light plant for this
could not be run without recourse to the
commercial or private lighting. A petit.
tion to council asking for the calling of a
special vote to authorize the erection of
an eleotric plant was withdrawn before
council took any action upon it. The
whole matter was postponed until next
Wednesday when the Knauff company
will almost certainly receive the franchise
for commercial lighting.
| Tha 1ota Yar tha BYiahiyr, ~ kha ms,
tract by Burd p. Evans of Philadelp hia
on the Knauf organ factory falls on
Thursdsy, May 18th, and unleAs the
building is on or before that date turned
over to the company, for each day there
will be q heavy penalty attached. 1t il
thought that Contractor Evans will
manage to pull his contract
through in proper time. The Knsun
company will soon build an cleo
trio light plant in their new building and
place there some OF the machinery
shipped from the Philadelphia factory OIL
the company. Before the great new in
dustry STARTS there must bs houses fol
the hundred or more skilled artisans to
be employed. In recognizing this faoI
the KDauf company found itself con
fronting condition not theory" and
SGT themselves promptly to planning for
the erection Of at least 20 neat aud oTna
mental houses for their operatives to live
in. This will no doubt be great benefit
10 the labor. The work on the houses
: will soon be commenced, 1t is thought.
NEWARK, May 5.--Uns a the latest and
most improved locomotives of the b tldwlu
works IN Philadelphia has been run experi
mentally during the past week as the mo
tive power for the b. i D. south bound yes
tibnlad express due mere at 9.Ol a. IN. Thls
locomotive preserves the usual form and
J is made Tor vary high aud even speed. II
i Is Ii compound engine, having two cylln
ders on each eide In which the steam II
twice used. There is also great deal o.
complicated machinery around the front
not found around other engines, and there
! Is built on the front over tbs toow-catohar'
I Il secondary cab TO accommodate ssvera
Y mechanical experts VINO are employed eaot
9 trip to closely watch the working OF the
! machinery, Keep 1t ia order, etc. 1t has &c
/, far worked satisfactorily, and has proved
+ its ability to make even faster time rear
: the schedule or this fast train requires
three hours from Philadelphia to Washing.
; ton-and the time will accordingly be
S lowered when tile next schedule goes into
. effect on May nth.
4 The Dsla,rore Ledger tells OF colored
woman who boardoa a tralE on the r., W
" D. EhilTOhu ublOS ntT0 lhel Wbek hltL
1 ner small child. When tho train arrived
9 at lion Hill station the mother left the
!. trGin aud with rare absence OF mind en-
l tlrely forgot her chilli, Tbs train pullet
out and soon after tbs mother discovered
her Offdprings absence and made thing,
very lively 4rOuud there. The baby Was
discovered b. the conductor and was pu
8 of at Newark to ba sent back On this mex
train TO lis frantic mother at Iron Hill
? This meeting between the two was said tC
be very affecting.
/. Joseph smith, living on Delaware avenue
was awakened sew raj nights ago by queBl
sotlops OF his dog IN the yard. dst;lng nj
: he discovered the animal had every symp
/: tom OF rabies. The dog had spasms every
/ few minutes and oncs made d bold and
!, fsrocous attack on his master who barely
1 succsedei ia escaping through an oner
T window. The dog WAS OF course tnata ntly
d shot. 1t ia not thought any other canine.
4, we're bitten.
a Tho assessment lists OF SCHOOL district.
E Nos, 30 aud Al, has been placed IN the bank
s for public inspection, and discount Of
3 eight per cent will DO allowed on all taxes
d, paid before May 9Th.
NEWARK, May THE Delaware Colleg,
Athletic Building fund grows apace, thank
In equal parts to tho generous spirit OF tn
Newark and Wilmington friends ant
9 alumni OF the college, and to the persisten
!, endeavors OF Lieutenant Brown to sroust
interest in tho new projsor. 1t will b8 re
called that ssveeai weeks ago, after Ions
2 persuasion, the Delaware College tru5te
7 purchased ten acres Of choice land aGiOin
= ing the college, Ave acres to be used as NJ
a athletic aud drill ground. This grounC
y was not at first In a condition to use fol