The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-03

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esEssed the faes that only ore company.
this Grant Street Eleefrtc Railway corr
Isny. could zrord 10 bid foT the light
sng 81 the whole city for oTse year. ard
that kne only competitors o FkIs company
were ahe CON bfn-s Third Street and Sss-
harlan Raisvay Company ard the Tnlon
k-Ieefric Company. Yet thls consrrstsee lAe
dTided thai tie city could ard world
hxht il ont SO sfe representatives felt
I Il wsS hardly their time TO laugh. Tire
bids 10 be advertised for BY the board Of
puf.ifc no~ss wiII BE- SgbEnsfged 10 tho
coanca next Men6ay night
What Nr. sramhs says.
". j. Grarnb1. raee-veg OF me Grant
Street eleckrse railway. conssfers tas ae-
s1a 81 the council r. rnr0sing OFT fne I'd
Of RE Grant street I5ue Tor ETY. lighting
a very anbsss sssssslke matter. re says
efsa< ne ae<son Of TIE light COMMITTEES vas
fszx;y ard Without careful consideration
The acfsLa Of the council, continued
Nr fSrznsbs. IN throwing out our bid.
while * probably wzz nor 50 intended was
unfair 30 ~. az x s.yes undue advantage
- he other 1sdderz. who now can come IN
ard suGerod Us. and 3se others nov have
an opportunity 70 bid ever. lower al the
sext cali fcr BIDS than had We At the last
cali As sc czrnot affoTd 70 BID agy lover
zisa1 heretofore. fney have, OF course. q
clear field. as WAS intended they snoaid
have. Thus. BY thai fnansayer our COM
r..sstorz have aneceedsd tn learning our
flgnrez az well as oast-ng us from the CON-
petition.
DO we lrgtersd TO submit another bid
no. II would be folly for Va 70 do 80. as
we might b1 accorded che same treatment
aga.D. even though ours should be the lo~-
cSt bid. and consequently We do not mean
80 20 10 any more trouble about the mat
ter an We absolutely canno- make a lower
q he
underost by our competitors
why do ccnss.er Il impossible 10 Hsnt
khe city az a cheaper Tsteg
There are var.17is reasons You see.
the Grant Stree; Electric Railway Com
lsany's bid was ss.5a for each arc light and
sl55 for e4ch .ncandescent Light per
month. II will be impossible 10 light the
city cheaper anan thar. as In this latitude
she average time of burning for aii-nizht
LAMPS II thirteen hours. The cost Of fuel
alone for an ;ncsndescens lamp would
amount TO bout 81 cents per month"; owing
| TO the extreme long distributing circuits.
and In the care OF our Plant, the cost OF
poier lines and distributing circuits Is
nearly 80 per cent greater than the cost
OF the entire station apparatus. The
| large area covered by the street lighting
| system makes sfle COST OF maintaining and
| esrboniEg lamps very heavy. In submit
ting the Grant street bid we took into con-
ssderafson all these factors. and also the
/ actual cost 20 uS dur.nx the past year.
] which Was entailed By the destructive
/ work of the storms and the damage done
40 Us by the burn ng out OF apparatus and
LAMPS A. an Illustration. VIII state that
I during the recent snoHstorm We sustained
oeer 500 damages 10 apparatus and 10 the
distributing system. TO say morning. OF the
! loss ocssas.oned by che city dedueting for
I the tim. fhp lights were out. which vii
4 txtsxssyxf "a .4ssGs era HE item
/ ssHelafiye to the recent bids VIII state
| that we were accorded unfair treatment IN
! more ways than one. Our BID was the
lowest and would have saved the city
/ something under SS.oao. based on last year :
/ contract price, which was s24. ln5. 20. while
/ ours Is 81. ss5
There were a number OF figures sub
rnitted 10 fhe council on the cost OF Eight
| ing VARIOUS villages IN the East, which
ran all the way from 10 y cents per
ls-candie lamp. II electric lighting can be
furnished on an average OF thirteen hours
d day for So days az a cost OF from , 70 ~
:. CENTS per ig-candIe power lamp per month,
n - without question the cheapest llnm-
fant in the world. taking into considera-
| I on the number Of candle power. and
assume that the figures given are Tor To-
easssi!a power lights Coal oil Is very cheap.
btsf 4 cannot be furnished for thirteen
hours day at . cost OF cents nor even
/ q.
some Of the towns and cites quoted
are exeeptloniy situated. that l. TO say.
| they have water power and operate the
| xhssng o.arts with the water works, the
same force OF employees doing the work
FOR both plants. But even then the lights
cannot ne furnished al the figures placed
I sfore the public in communication flr-
| n.shcd by Mr.. Chapman.
"A number 81 the cities mentioned have
| employees IN other departments 10 do the
work Of tire lighting department and con-
| seauenssy DO not agure any expense on
a.af account Also. s44e interest on the
| lighting plant investment IS pad by a
special tax and = not charged up 20 the
srhging plant Nothing is allowed for de-
probation or maintenance and even the
actual cost Of operation = kept down.
II presume that the other bidders VIII
secure everything among them. as no one
ssse Is engaged n lighting.
"Ana I suppose that they viii take ad-
vantage of rhe situation" concluded Mr..
GRANTS.
General business.
An ordinance was passed authorizing
the Improvement Of Ninth avenue. Stew
| art street and Eighth avenue. by the con
Ntruction 81 "A sewer IN a certain portion.
under the immediate payment plan. Fhc
hin had been favoraeiy reported on by the
sewer committee After It's passage Ray
1
! flt "a the next meeting. stating at the
same time that number or property
! owners wished the matter 30 rest until
then The molten wus lost
| The hsli providing for the appointment
| 81 an electrical inspes tor was referred 20
| the corporation counsel, with the request
| thar ha give a written epinion as "a
! whether or rot Il conflicts with tho pro-
! visions of the new charter.
! report rejecting the petition Of J Nor.
san booth Tor free water Was adopted
~ xss a report fAvorfng grant of wafer
10 the Young Meas CHRISTIAN Association,
ere following other ordinances were
acted upon
I.svyinr a special assessment Tor ths
/ inprcyens Mt 81 East street and Twenty
second Avenue Willow street. Rernlng-
tnH avenue and T.eu0Fa street, Fifth av-
Tnue and Nirxinia street. passed.
Authorizing the purchase OF two horses
by the hnar8 ot puhiie works FOR the use
~ the me department. AZ cost OF $50
refeTrwa 10 finance committee.
The council adjourned untl ia.sa o'cio-os
( ihlA morning.
The Lcsdfus Farrier.
e FstkNvfts the figrrlsr Oh Marion
ssfvet. between First ard Second. has a