Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-02
CITY LIGHTING.
Facts vs. theories. U, llucd by Orc WHO
knows.


10 tho Editor.
The Salt Lake Herald OF THO morn.
Ing has IA article on the lighting con.
tract, claiming TO be a clear ana calm
statement BY a citizen and taxpayer.
The writer IL evidently mlsiuioTmed
In regard to certain statement. He
clnins thut tue cost Of lighting the
city OF Marietta was but siI.2i Per
imp per aunum, burning oil night
and every night Tue following 10 ID
lfue statement;
at costa Marietta s07.8i Tor yenr
per lnmT. Part OF the CNpuuic Il
charged TO other Copaitmeuts. The
superintendent also has charge Of ly
hlildiuR, uuHln aud lio department,
/ and his wages are chsrgcI 10 those de.
! paftmonts and not 10 ultc'r.c ligItug.
The ,ily's prisoners sTo urtd Tor
! handling tins coal, Marietta has found
! by actual experience, that { IA better
ami cheaper 10 rent lights NJ u private
comp ny, aud 10 negotiating a sale Of
! its pla4L'
Inc city Of Philadclphia hss recent.
| ly entered Into a contract Tor d. .sS arc
amp ptf month, which would too
tquivalun', considering tho ui1cIcucc
la coal AND cost ri electrical nl-
| pliancca, 10 about sii per mouth PER
lHmp In Salt Lake Cay. Arc lamps
cost Chicago sl65 puE lamp per yoat.
In III statements made, city lightlug,
Whsle water power h available, the
advocates for cheap light seem 10
| think that water power should .oiucD
the cost per lamp more then 90 per
cent; Ignorant Oi tho fact that 1, you
had the electric current absolutely
free. without any cost for depreciation
OF tho machinery. the expense Of taxi.
INK caro- Of thi lamps FER month r1-
oteda 50 90 per lamp.
Iudke Hamilton Of Albany, after
making q mObtexhaustivoo examination
"ahoWed Tao Albany city council
that iu lOl cities auu towns IN the
United states, having 1000 candle
power all night lamp, tho average
annual charge wns sl5Oi2 por lamp
While there arc many cities Ia tue
/ United States that are lighted Tor less
than $4,000 per lamp per anuum, there
IRE local COuaidHTaiiOns, which, N
| looked into, chow that the lighting IN
almost every Instance IL done iUT some
benefit 10 be realized Tor the privilege
I OF charging extra pTicos In some other
| departments; Tor example, Hon. Mayor
/ Glendiuniug, IN hia veto meusAgr,
quotes the city OF 81. Louie, having
/ 5000 arc llghtf, as securing " contract
/ tor lighting tho same at 500 per
| month; ignOant, probably. Of the
| fact that the lighting companies charge
| cents ger lamp PEE hour Tor iHcau-
| descent lighting IN Salt Lake city,
and HltO probably iOTgetlul 0i the fact
that the company, having the contract
Tor 1000 arc lights, at $40 psr year,
have offered TO pay the Ily 100000,
bonus, rather than continue tho con.
tract. Tho following statement IL
made regarding ~. LoulE
"Here We have case where tho
/ private company arc willing to pay
/ 100000 Tsth0r than furnish the lights
| for $40 per year, M they feel that
the LOIS would DO less than u would be n
they underworld 10 carry out the con.
| tract, Statements are made that u only
costs municipalities 500 FER lamp per
year to run their own lights, white
this company, equipped Ia the very
| best manner, with all modern improve
mentp, managed In the most scientific
way, by tho m II experienced, capable
men, under all tleso conditions fndr,
| by actual experience, that II n impUs.
siule TO produce the lights Tor $50 Per
year" T.
4. stands fr Truth.