The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23

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wouldsthink for one moment of contract
ing for any power whatever, unless, as
you state, 1t hs delivered at any or all
time during the twenty four hours and
for every day in the year. Therefore,
unless this bid can be so arranged as to
include an auxiliary steam plant (Which
l understand MIR. Peterson q did not), /
am confident it could not be done at Mr..
Peterson's price for water power alone.
And feeling the responsibility attached
to such bid as this, l would not care
myself to make the city of Portland a
proposition unless l could do SO with the
steam and water combined, and at such
price as would be required for that
com bination. 1t is a fact. 1 am in
formed, that should holiday occur on
Saturday or Monday, it would make two
holidays including the Sunday inter ven
ing) when the mills on the stream would
not run. In that case, I find that the
owners of the stored water would from
necessity shut off the flow of the river to
economize the water in their storage
basins. And in that event it would
most certainly deprive the water power
of it's supply of water during the two days
for lighting purposes. This find holds
good on the Presumpscot as well as
the Saoo river. Should the time come
when the city of Portland can obtain,
as suggested in Mr.. Peuerson's PROPOSE
tion, a charter Of such nature that
could construct lines through the differ
emit cities and towns in this county
without restrictions, should then be
pleased to submit you proposition on
such basis as would be satisfactory to the
city and render the service absolutely
perfect Very truly yours,
FRANK RIDLON CO. Boston, Mass
FRANK RIDLON, Pres.
The proposition of Mr.. Jesse Peterson
of Eookport, N. Y, was presented to
this board at the Septemb Der meeting
and is now on file. 1t may not seem
the report of his committee, but for the
purpose of comparison, your committee
here presents 1t:
MR.. PETERSON'S PROPOSITION.
am met with special difficulty, grow
ing out of the fact that recent law of
your State attempts to confer monopolis-
tic privileges upon any electric lighting
company already occupying any definite
territory, without reference to the man
ner or extent of such occupation and
hereby attempts to shut out com petition
in this line; but assuming that this
difficulty can be removed on appeal to
the legislature and understanding that
in any event the city has the right to
j rs own, without referene to this law, l
am prepared TO submit to you the follow
ing proposition looking to the distribu-
ton of the current by the city itself; but
would add that in case we are permit
ted to maintain system of our own
within the city limits. will later submit
an independent proposition for furnish
ing and maintaining complete system
of street lighting. My present proposition
is as follows: To furnish all the neces-
sary electric current for operating arc
and incandescent lights reqired for city
use, said elsotric current to be delivered
atsor near the city line, the city to take
! same at that point and convey it on it's
own poles and wires to such points ms it
may desire, the electric company being
allowed when authorized. to run, wires
on the same poles, for conveying electric
ity for house lighting and other com
meroial purposes. The schedule bf
prices herewith submitted is based upon
the following conditions:
l. That all street lights may he kept
burning all night and every night during
the year.
2. That the electric current will be
furnished to the city at such pressure as
it may require.
a 8. That if this proposition is accepted
| a contract will be made between the city
| and the electric company for period of
DOT loSb bDaN G6n y0NfS. 10I5 communion
seems advisable in the interest of both
the city and the electric company as the
city would naturally desire, before in
vesting in lamps and wires for distri but
| ing the current to know that supply of
electricity for operating these lamps
could be had for a reasonable price for
definite period ana it is important for the
electric company, before esta blishing it's
plant, to know that definite demand
| will axiSt for If a eurrent
| 4. That the city will contract for not
| less than four hundred 1900 candle power
| arc lamps, or an equivalent number of
incandescent lamps, taking five 80 candle
power incandescent lamps as the equiva-
lent of one 1900 candle power arc lamp
and proporoionete ratio for other sizes
OF incandescent lamps.
s. Thar payment shall be made for
current Furnished, in equal monthly
payments.
SCHEDULE OF RPICES.
Each 1900 G. P. arc light, per annum,
S31.a
Each SO C. P. incandescnt light, per
annum, S14 80
Each 80 G. P. incandescent light, per
annum, 1888
Each IS G. P. incandescent light. per
annum, $4.15
MR.. DANA'S PROPOSITION.
A proposition similar to that of Mr..
nAA. tT