The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-03-07
CITY LIGHTING .

CITY LIGHTING
Was the Question Discussed at
Masonic Hall Tuesday
Night. ~
Monday the village council had
iIbills printed and circulated request
ling the citizens of Worthington to
inject at Masonic hall, Tuesday even
ling, and discuss the. question Of
flights for our beautiful city,
is Judging from the number that
Responded to the call the question is
zone in which all are deeply interest
ga.
q, By request of the council Messrs.
Palm and Plots, some days ago,
made trip to River Falls, Wis, for
the purpose Of inspecting patent
arrangement, known as the Acme
gas. The gentlemen were highly
pleased with what they saw and
.Iheard, and came home loaded with
I figures and statistics for the informa-
I ton of the public. .,~--
..ii1 After the temporary organization
was perfected by the election of
Frank Glasgow as chairman and
] JAS. Ramage as secretary Mr.. Palm
Twas called upon to give up what
Information he had. MIR. Palm
] spokc for about thirty five minutes
j and in detail explained the Acme
! system, which, in short, is gas made
from crude oil, which must be pur-
chased of the Standard Oil Company.
He said gas could be manufactured
Lat cost of about IS cents per 1000
feet in quantities of 5000 or 10000
feet per day, Larger amounts at
.even less rate. Mr.. Palm said the
lights are similar to ordinary coal
I gas, but by using the patent ''hood'
which sells at IS cents, more bril-
liant effect would be the result. We
understand Mr.. Palm was until re-
Gently an advocate Of electric lights,
.tbut is now considered a gas enthu-
.siast, as he regards it as being much
4 the cheaper, and ready at all times,
Eday or night. r.
H. r. Mr.. Plotts then took the floor. He
had made an estimate of the cost of
IaE gas plant and four and half miles
I. lE5cf,ft5s;ping. His estimate for all COM
1 plete is about $4,000. Mr.. Plotts
a}tacught that an electric plant could
be4put in for about 1000, but would
cost more to operate it. The main
argument adduced in favor of gas
was it's cheapness, and the fact that it
could be used any time, day or night,
which is certainly good deal in its
favor.
The notice of meeting was so
short that the friends of electric
lights were unable to gather any au-
! thentic information, hence that side
of the question could not be present
! ed. However, Mr.. Geo. j. Day had
written to parties at River Falls
where the Acme Gas Co. is located :,
and the replies received, and read at
the meeting, did not appear to en-
thuse those present in favor of the
gas. One party wrote that under
favorable conditions the system vas
all right. Another wrote that the
Acme was good but that he consid-
cred electricity THE light. DR..
! Moore said he came to the meeting
impressed with the idea that gas was
what we wanted but after hearing
the letters from River Falls read was
inclined to change his mind; at any
rate he thought the matter should be
further investigated.
At the suggestion of MI. Manning,
Dr.. Moore, Geo. j. Day and G. j.
Smallwood were added to the council
committee and instructed to further
persue the Investigations and report
at a meeting to be held later.
There seems to be quite diversity
of opinion in regard to lights for the
city, and we hope this discussion
will result in giving us the best,
whether it be electric or gas.