Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-07-13
One hundred and eighty-six lights to
burn $50 nights until O'Clock (half
Js.si0

puih ooo nights until O'oiOck (uhu
rc)''''''''.....''.''.'..'. 'e.sio
TotM..... ....................... Sas.no
or sl.tso more than In 1889 for the same
number of lights.
IL viii be noticed that according TO the
proposed contract the price of full arc lights
the case Of the divided arc light the price Is
e5 more than In the contract of 80. Suppose
the city adds To Its present number OF lights
simply this. The city will be the gamer In
that IL gets 30 nights more than In the old
contract with the privilege Of increasing
were to be put Ia II would add to the
amount To be paid the Pawtuoket Gas Com
pany s3;o. To this add l.lSo referred to In
proposed contract and IL makestl $50. This
would be the amount In excess OF the sum
paid In the 80 contract. III the contract 10
company then the amount to be paid tnat
company will be t5,040 In excess OF the
amount which would have been paid On the
basis OF the 's9 contract This would pay
for the additional apparatus needed by the
gas company at the station, leaving only the
line work for that company to pay for; We
would not only be paying for The lights,
but for the apparatus to run them.
IL Is not intended at this point to consider
the relative cost TO the city OF lighting by
contract with the Pawtucket Gas Company
and the cost by the CITY owning Its lighting
plant. but To give I'm detail the cost of build
Ing suitable plant for the city and then to
state just what II will cost to properly light
the city by the city owning its own plant.
thcn TO make comparison of the relative
costs.
The subject, as stated I'm the first part of
this report, has been carefully consider ell
by an expert electrical engineer. whose
references are OF the best and whose ability
questioned by those who are IN a position
To know of his ability. The gentleman To
iiSrriek h f'w of the Wright Hisctricsi Engineer.
ing Company of Boston. He was instructed
by the committee to ascertain In detail the
and running one which would bo suitable
for this city. From his report and from the
Investigations OF the committee based on
that report n may be said that the commit
tee recommend that the city build plant of
Its own and In relation thereto have this to
say
larly well adapted for the reasons that coal
can he brought directly to the station on the
because water can be had with only a few
feet liftlfrom the storage pond for condensing x
purposes. effecting the best economy In the
the river. An additional advantage is found
In this site In the fact that the city IL at no
expense for land and that. being In the same
be under the care OF the superintendent of
water works at n less expense To the oity
than II IL were Obliged To hire n man espeo.
The Diamond I'M reservoir has been csn.
sidered ms an available water power. This
sheet of water is situat ed eight miles from
he city and the suggestion was made that
the water.power there located might be
utilized 10 tight. In part. the city. A visit
was made TO IL by the committee and Mr
IIerrick and II IL found that the question OF
steam resolves itself into the difference be-
tween the cost OF producing the power by
steam at the pumping station site and the
interest on extra investment and cost OF
labor added, to operate machinery NJ Dia.
mond I'M. The cost OF producing .about 70
horse power by steam will be el 900 per an.
mum IN round numbers. This does not make
any account OF any item except coal and In
Quired as no extra building or labor Is noed.
cd. Against the water power We must
charge interest at per cent on t7,s0o, the
interest on es.S50, cost OF building, water.
wheel, shafting, betting, eto necessary to
operate dyDamos, or sl67i also wages or
ing a total OF 81, ,is2 90 You viii therefore see
that IL IL cheaper to produce ail the power
by steam than To make any use OF the Dia-
mond mn reservoir water-power. Eepeci.
| repair account. each at per cent. agains
| the cost of developing this water power
There are other good reasons against III
use, such as length of line, not easily acces
| sibie for making repairs and liability to &C
| cident especially I'm winter and the superi
| ority OF steam over water power In point oi
regu alfon OF speed which Is very necessa
rv factor In electric lighting. The line work
estimate IL made for hard pine poles and ID
foot mast arms with lamphoods. 1t VIII be
necessary TO use l,<76 poles and 62.6 miles OF
wire to operate the 800 lights OF nomfna nj
/, 200 candle power laid out by the com nit.
tee. The cost Will be e27,7S3.
This estimate for station Is as follows:
Building, brick, 75x6o IT,, coal and
wood sned, 50x30, and stack l0Oft.x
Min., brfck... ......................... t20OoO
I'm IN m.