The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-19
NEW COUNTY HEARD FROM. =
Still Another Side of the Street Lighting
Question.

Question.
Mr.. EDIToR:--Yourva valuable columns
have recently been taxed somewhat
with letters from parties interested in
the street lighting question; but quot
ing from Mr. Wheeler's letter in last
Saturdays issue of the News, The
articles written for publication by GER
tain we'll meaning persons have
been SO misleading that the writer
thinks the public should know some
thing further, not especially about the
electric lighting question, for we have
all heard enough Of that already, but
something more about the street light
ing question.
The Kenosha Gas, Electric Light &
Fuel Co. has bid in for city lighting,
which, if viewed impartially, is more
advantageous offer than any yet made
We propose, and offer to light the city
with 500 Welsbach lamps, each burn
ing all night, from dark to daylight, on
every night in the year, for the sum Of
1880 each per year, winch will give
as fine an illumination as any city in
the country, for the sum Of $6,750.00
a year, for a term of five or ten years.
The Wesbach light as applied to
street lighting uses, is no longer an ex-
pertinent, they are being used and Civ
ing entire satisfaction, in Reading, Pa,
Camden, n. j., Philadelphia, Pa,
Evansville, Md, Excelsior Springs,
Mo-, Columbus, O. and Brooklyn, N.
7. The lamp which we have fitted up
on Prairie avenue speaks for itself; but
for the information Of the uniformed,
and those who have not seen it, we
would say that it gives light Of 60
candle power, (actual.) Let each arc
light be replaced with five or six of
the lamps as our bid contemplates, and
there would be an infinitely better IL
Illumination than at present. More es-
pecially would this be noticeable dur
ING the summer months when the foil
age is so dense that with the present
system, everything would be black
darkness, excepting in the immediate
vicinity of each arc light. AS to the
candle power Of the are light, it is
claimed for them, that they are 1000
(nominaD candle power don't forget
the nominal, for no electrical expert
will say that any company can guar
antee to supply 1000 c. P. arc, and
no electric light company will contract
to do so. In fact it has been stated
that the so-called 1000 (nominaD c. P.
arc, is actually not more than half that,
and judging from the two lights in
juxta position on Prairie avenue, the
Welsbach for which we claim 60 candle
power, and the 1000 nominaI) candle
power arc light, one is inclined to be-
lieve in the latter theory.
Mr.. Wheeler says he proposes to give
(sell) the City of Kenosha a plant
which will not only be self sustaining,
but will add revenue to the city treas
urY, as we'll as give the city lighting
free. We do not say he cannot do this.
but it is in direct opposition to one
city we have in mind, viz: Danvllle,
Fa., where the city engineers state
ment for 1896 recently issued, shows a
deficit of So, 1927, or after deducting
the cost of new dynamo net deficit
of $2,33227 on the electric lighting
plant.
If Mr.. Wheeler is correctly quoted,
he also says that if his proposition is
allowed to go by, it strikes him that
they (the counciD will be left to the
tender mercies Of the present company,
and $4,000 a year will be the size of
the bill
This is mere twaddle; there is plenty
of good material in our council, good
men and true, who are amply able to
see that the city is not left to any COM
pany's tender mercies, nor are they
likely to spend $4,000 year, where a
better service can be provided for
Sc, $50 a year Let there be more
light"
T. g. LITTLEHALES, Mgr.