Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-29
LIGHT AFTER AUGUST |
GETTING READY TO CHANGE FROM
GASOLINE TO ELECTRICITY.

Lamps to Burn Until Midnight from
August 1, 1894, to March 1, 1895, and
After That Date to Burn All Night.
viii Start With Fifteen Lights.
The members of the borough council
met in special session on Monday even
ing. All the members were present,
and the president stated that the bust
ness before the meeting was the ques-
ton of adopting arc electric lights for
street illumination.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to confer with parties offering
to supply the borough with electric light
made its report. They reported having
met IL. E. Sweeney, representing the
Freeland Light, Heat and Power Com
pany, and examined the proposition sub
mitted by that company at the last meet
ing. They referred the matter to the
borough solicitor, who suggested certain
alterations to be made in it. This the
company agreed to do and the PROPOSE
ton was now in the hands of the COM
mittee.
The proposition was read by the
secretary, and in it the company agreed
to light the streets with arc lights of
1000 candle power all night and every
night in the week for term of five
years, at the rate of 800 per lamp per
annum; lights to be furnished along such
streets as the borough may require, and
the number of lamps taken at no time
to be less than twelve; payment to be
made on or before the twentieth of each
month for the lighting of the preceding
month.
At this point the council discussed the
advisability of having the light burn
until II o'clock, claiming that by so
doing they could place more lights at
about the same expense. The question
on being put to Mr., Sweeney would his
company agree to light until 12 p. m.
and if SO at what rate per lamp, Mr..
Sweeney added the following to the
proposition: I'm reference to the num-
Der of lights, S75 per lamp per annum
from August l, 1894, to March l, 1895,
the lights to burn until ~ p. m, and at
no time to be less than fifteen lights"
The proposition as amended was read
and general discussion of it took. place
by council and several of the citizens
who were present. A motion to accept
the proposition and have it referred to
the light committee was made and then
amended to have it accepted and after a
contract is drawn up by the representa-
tives of the borough and then submitted
to the company and if accepted by it to
become final and put in operation.
1t was agreed that the burgess and
council meet the borough solicitor on
Wednesday at 3 O'Clock to draw up
contract with the electric light company.
The secretary read a statement pre-
pared by the auditors asking what dis
position, if any, should be made of bills
presented to property owners and others
for shoveing snow off the sidewalks in
1892. 1t appearing that these bills were
placed in the hands of a collector it was
agreed to leave them out of the audit.
YESTERDAYS MEETING.
The members of council and the bur
CESS, together with H. f. Sweeney, rep
resenting the Freeland Electric Light
Company, met at the Office of j. d.
Hayes, Esq, yesterday afternoon and
formulated an ordinance which will be
presented to the council at its meeting
on Monday night After the passage of
the ordinance it will be submitted to the
burgess. Then a contract will be enter
ed into between the borough and the
electric light company 1t was decided
to begin on August with fifteen lamps
to burn unit II p. m, then if they can
see their way clear to take it all night
they can make the change any time
before March /, 1895.