The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-10

Company should be ashamed 20 come BE-
fore the house With such . remonstrsnce
Delegate Goodhue said ali be wanted
wes tine 20 find out vha. the people OF
this city wanted. Chapman said there
had slready been 50 much light shed on
this question that il vas getting dark
The question was Whistler electric or gsso-
lire lights should be used. and he had
been approached By many people renon-
strating against the use Of gasoline he
was opposed 10 gasoline IS matter OF
economy. Il would take forty men one
hour 20 light tbs gasoline lamps. James
corrected him by asking what differ
ence Il made how many men III took
a. long rs the city did not have 70 pay tor
IL. James said that Chapman lived in
ward " here electricity vas used altogether,
and that be made an elegant argument for
the corporations He thought IL strange
that all these objeations should come from
people who lived where they would not De
affected by the proposed ordinance; he
lived in ward where gasoline was 10 DC
used, and he had not heard 9 single re-
monstrance.
Little said that as q member Of the
finance committee he wanted to say that
the tar levy below ; per cent for
rhe coming year. The council had
done well by the corporations. and
this Was . question between the cor
porstions and the isboring men, and when
1t came 10 that he WIS with the laboring
men: If this contract was let IL would
leave balance of $500 or $500. which
could be used in grading streets. ETC.. AID
thus give employment TO the laboring men
through the winter. He had made
thorough examination of gasoline lamps.
and gasoline lamp gave . much better
light than q 15-candie incandescent and
nearly Is good a. 30-candie incandescent
lamp He was in favor of accepting the
bid as a matter of economy. and believed
that every taxpayer in the city would DO
glad IL the council should make this
contract.
James said he wanted just as good
light a. he could get and he would vote in
favor of giving this contract to the lowest
bidder because IL was cheaper. 5000
cheaper, than the lowest bid OF the Union
Electric Company. He was assounded
that the council would quibbie over the
matter when there was such q vast differ
ence in the bids. Little thought the city
would be justified In substituting gasoline
for electricity on account OF the financial
condition OF the city.
DIR. kilbourne, Of the Union Electric
Company, asked to be heard. and, the
courtesy being granted. he made state
ment explaining how the petition of re-
monstranee had been circulated, etc. He
had talked with A. A. Denny, Jacob Furth
and others, who were not in favor of the
city going back ward in the line of progress.
kistler moved that the courtesy of the
house be extended 10 any one outside who
had anything to say. C. S. Clark, of the
Rainier Power q Railway Company. said
that the cost OF arc lights was greater than
had been stated. and often ran up TO SIG
and 81 instead of $14
Crichton said that IL the different bids
had been made in fairness to ell parties
concerned, and the bid of the Rainier
Power & Railway Company was 5000
lower than the next lowest bid, there Was
only one thing for the house TO do and
that was TO accept that bid. James said
he had for eight consecutive winters seen
these same lights burning in Minneapolis
and ST. Paul and was perfectly satisfied
with them. Goodhue said that il the peo-
pie wanted gas he was willing to give IL to
them, but the bid Of the Union Electric
Company was for electric and not gasoline
lamps, and he thought they ought to have
an opportunity to make bid on that
basis. voigt said the only thing TO do
was what was necessary. even if
IL was not the best The city
mus, retrench. He was not in favor of
putting the city in darkness. but retrench
We must. We had been rich in our minds
long enough. II gasoline would answer
the purpose he was in favor of accepting
the bid. and as there would be . saving OF
5000 TO the city. he thought the loves,
bid should be accepted.
The discussion was finally closed by
Kistlcr moving for adjournment, which
was lost James then moved that the
ordinance be placed on final passage, and
IL was passed bv vote of to4
The house then passed an ordinances
providing for a sewer exte ending from
Twelfth and Howell streets TO connec-
ton with the main sewer az Depot and
Brook streets