Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-07-13
COMM ON COUNCIL.

Mr.. Davis, from the Committee on Fire
Department, reported on the petition for
increasing the pay of the firemen to the
following amounts: Chief, 81 ,5OO assis-
tant engineer, $500; captains, s225; call
men, $50; permanent engineers, s75;s
other permanent men, go, providing they
have served at least year.
The ordinance being wrongly worded 1t
was recommitted.
The sum OF $500 was appropriated for
hospital beds.
Mr.. Tingley reported bunch of rail-
road ordinances which were badly mixed
up. Franchises intended for the Paw
company were granted to the Union
company and vice versa.
After a short debate the ordinances and
petitions were referred back to the COM
mittee with instructions to prepare the
| ordinances I'm accordance with the petit
| tions.
The matter OF the layout OF Heaton
street was referred to the Board.
AMunicIpai Lighting Plant.
Mr.. Binford of the joint special Com
mittee on Municipal Lighting Plant pre-
sented the report OF that committee. In
the report the committee says:
To the Honorable City Council OF the City
GENTLEMEN-Your Joint special committee
| appointed under "A Joint resolution OF the
City Council ITO enquire into the matter of a
| municipal electric lighting plant for the city
| To enquire into the cost of building plant
| and to ascertain the cost Of producing and
maintaining an efficient lighting service
| adapted to the present and future needs OF
the city and To furnish and relate To the City
Council such other Information relative
thereto as will enable the Cily Council to
best determine what action To take In the
premises md to report to either branch of
the City Coun ell" begs leave TO report as
| follows:
Your committee organized by the choice
of Councilman Binford as chairman and
Councilman Pierce ~ secretary. IL mas held
several meetings and has considered the
matter for which IL was appointed In de-
| tail, and engaged the services OF an expert
| electrical engineer for the purpose OF ar
riving at It's conclusions as relates to The
cost OF introducing municipal lighting
plant and the cost OF operating sufficient
number OF lights as In the judgement OF the
committee II thought would be proper for
"A thorough lighting or the city.
IL may not be amiss TO state that the con.
| sideration Of the city putting In an electric
lighting plant Is nothing hewitt having been
before the City Couucil In lsss, when II was
approprIating sufficient sum to build suoh
| n plant was vetoed by the Mayor and IL
failed to pass over the veto.
Inthe consideration OF this question your
committee believe that their duty was to
ascertain what the cost OF plant would be
and then to ascertain the yearly running ex.
penses; also to obtain the relative cost of
lighting by contract with the Pawtucket Gas
Company and by the city owning Its light.
Ing plant. To begis with. II may be proper
In this report To make n statement OF the
different cont acts with the Pawtucket Gas
Company, and under those contracts to
state what the cost OF lighting the city has
been.
the first contract with the Pawtucket Gas
Company was made In 1883 and according To
the provisions OF II the cost OF lights was AS
Fifty (So) full arc lights to burn eli night
and every night IN the year, sioo,
One hundred an d three (l0S) full arc lights
TO burn every night In the year until
o'clock, &l}O.
In the second contract with the Pawtuck ket
Gas Company which was made In 1882 the
cost OF lights was N follows:
FIFTY (50l full arc lights To burn all night
and burn 800 nights In the year, sl40.
one hundred and eighty-six (ls6) divid ed
arc lights To burn until I o'clock and 500
nights In the year, ESQ
According To the proDosed contract with
the Pawtucket Gas q C)mpany the costs of
lights will be as follows:
Fifty 1907 full are lights TO burn all night
year, sI50 per light.
One hundred and eiRhty.six (Is6) divided
arc lights To burn until ! O'Clock at night
and guarantee OF $40 nights In the year. ss3
per light.
According 20 the contract OF 'ss full arc
light To bnru all night. cost s4l plus per
night
According To the contract OF 's9-only one
year lat, r-the cost TO the city for the same
kind OF light but TO burn only 300 nights (o5
nights less) In the year was 4G6 per night.
According to the proprosed contract based
on the proposition OF the Pawtucket Gas
Company, the cost for the same kind OF
light To burn about $50 nights, about 30
nights less than IN 'ss and 20 nights more
than IN SO, will be . Ass per night, which IL
about n cent less per light per night than
In 'es and about four cents more per ligh
per night than In IS. This seems peculiar
for the reason that In 'ss the Pawtucket Gas
Company was In an old building with n
plant which was far below the present plant
In efficiency. IN better mac hinery IL to add
To the cost OF lighting the city then perhaps
u would be good idea TO cell the improved
machinery ana TO purchase some antiquated
apparatus, thus encctirg large saving IN
capital, interest. depreciation and sink ing
funi.
The comparative cost TO the city for light
ing on the basis OF the contract Of SO and the
proposed contract II as follows:
CONTRACT on 1882.
Fifty (JO) full arc lights TO burn ALI
night. 800 nights In the year........ $1,000
One hundred and eighty.six divided
arc lights 10 burn until I o'clock at
night, 300 nights In the yesr........ H. so
Toiai"..............".. sgl.sso
ACCORDING IT, THE PROPOSED CoSrRAcr.