The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-26
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Appropriation for Municipal Lighting"
The second Plan esB." under which
proposals were invited was in the main
an electric arc light plan 1t was divided
asked for electric arc lights IN three
districts and for gas and oil lamps IN
three districts. The electro arc Mgnt
districts comprised all that part of Jer-
sey City lying between the Hudson River
from the Hoboken City line to the Gap;
Garfield avenue, from Grand street 10
f from New. York Bay Cemetery to the
Morris Canal on the east; the Morris
Canal Grand street, from Henderson
street to Garfield avenue and the Morris
Canal where it intersects the Bayonne
City line and Communipaw avenue, from
the Boulevard to the Newark Bay on the
south; Pamrapo avenue to Ocean ave-
nue.. to Grant avenue. to the Hudson
boulevard, and the Newark Bay and
Hackensack River from Communipaw
avenue to the Morris and Essex Division
of the D.. l.. & w. r. r. ON the west.
and the Morris & Essex Division of the
D., L. & w. r. r. to ST. Paurs avenue,
to Summit avenue, to Hoboken avenue
to the city line of HGboken to the Hud-
son River on the north This covers a
very, large portion of the city and leaves
only the section known as Old Hudson
City, the west slope of Greenville and
Old Bergen to Cornmunipaw avenue and
Lafayette to be lighted by gas or oil.
In the electric light portion which was
sub-divided into three districts, bids We're
asked on the basis of 700 arc lights. There
are at present in those districts 1885 gas
lamps, 480 oil and 153 arc. In the gas
and oil districts under this plan bids
were asked on the basis of $50 gas and
100 oil lamps II Taere are az at present in
arc lights. The bids received were for
arc lights.
p PEOPLES Light and Power Company
County Electric Light Company, sliO for
eacn lamp per year; Jersey City Electric
Light Company, $11e5o for each lamp
In the gas and oil districts bids were
each light per year from the United
for each oil lamp per year from the
N. Y & N. J. Globe and Gas Light Com
pany.
the Peoples Company, the United Gas
Improvement Company and the N Y. &
N. J. Globe & Gas Light Company the
result is as follows
Cost OF
Dist. No, on bid Ratio iqSssf Sis. PEes, Re,
~. 81. 100 arc gas or oil to s665o 90 1896 gas
] are. or 2arcs 4So oil
sc 81 81 ses5s s5ss g lss sssssii 81
PLAN &C..
This plan was laid out in such a man
ner as to invite proposals from, the
Consolidated Traction Company and the
North Hudson County Railway Co. The
electric light districts do not comprise
scrne OF old Bergen and Greenville as
laid out in Plan "B - but are of prob
ably larger area, as they take in all of
old Hudson City lying east OF the Boule-
Yard from West Newark avenue to
the West HolooSen line, to the Hoboken
city line and Hcboken avenue. The gas
and oil districts are, with those excep-
tons the same as under Plan 3. There
were four bids for arc lights on a
Light & Power Co.. s109.50. for each light
S1l0 for each light per year; j.. C. Eiec-
tric Light Co, sll6.50 for each light per
year: John e. Macarthur, S11S. 40;
In the gas and oil districts the
same prices for each light per year We're
lid by the7United Gas Improvement Co,
and the N. Y. and N. j. Globe & Gas
Light Co. as under Plan A and with
out competition.
The result in this plan was
prices
lowest
Is. sq, s,,t ni0 pres no. Ratio. 0!a yeaP Fer
o.n.n.l.. 700 arc 1ssa gas. 600 oil. A. s7s.s5o 90
ia.....- sogas $ gas. y arc sas ss6 s55 g g
sssa S5 81 sI q 81 81 ssIi ss5sS s5S 6 6
PLAN
This plan comprised jersey, lily s as s =
whole. Bids we're asked on LIE w M pa M:5,s ~ -
900 for gas oil or l.igs a q
end on The basis Of -geQ ler IL LIZ : :
Hne total number f lamps ~ Eae clly - -