The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-03
EIGHTY-FIVE ARC LIGHTS WILL
BE ADDED TO THOSE IN
USE
ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS NAMED.
These Would Do the Work Most
satisfactorily to All.


bids for lighting the city with gas and
electric lights was to have been con-
| sidered. The specifications being
locked in the desk Of the city clerk
nothing was done except to listen to a
proposition made by F. w. M. Clutch
| con representing the gas company.
The board of public works on reso-
luton passed by the council, reported
plans for lighting the city with gas
and electric lights, and recommended
that the number of eletcrfc lights be
Increased from 120 now in use to 359.
| The committee on gas has been talk
ing in favor of preparing specifications
which would allow the contracts for
electric lighting to be let in small dis
tricts instead of making the entire city
in one district This plan it was
claimed, would give small plants in
the several parts Of the city an OPP
portunity to enter into competition
with the gas company and would re-
duce the cost of lighting the city by
lower bids being presented both by the
firms anxious to 90 the work, and also
| the gas COMPANY Present at the
meeting were Aid Shepard, Dona-
hover and Sanborn, and Assemblymen
Dix Thompson, Albrecht, DAILY and
Kirke The gas company was repre-
sented by F. w. NJ Cutcheon and
! Manager Ellison. The deputy clerk
reporting that the specifications were
locked up, a motion was made to ad-
iourn. Mr.. Albrecht, however, OPP
posed this and suggested that as the
only question to be considered at this
time was whether the bids should call
for district lighting or the entire city
in one district the matter could be
settled without having the speclhca-
tions before them.
Mr.. Donahower said if the city was
to be divided into lighting districts he
desired to have the district comprising
the Fourth ward enlarged.
Aid. Sanborn advised that bids be
advertised for under both plans, dis
tricts and the city as one entire dls-
trict Mr.. Albrecht moved that the
committee recommend that the adVer-
tisement call for 1853 arc lights. MI.
Kirke thought this number, although
recommended by the board of public
works, was more than was absolutely
necessary. The cost Of this number of
electric lights was going to increase
the amount for lighting and especially
in districts where it was unnecessary.
Mr.. Cutcheon said the company was
willing to enter into an arrangement
with the city The object of the COM
pany was, in making this proposition,
to keep the gas output as large as pos
sible 1t was also an object 10 OBTAIN
a contract with as little trouble as
possible. The price of gas and cleo
tricity to the city was as low as II
possibly could be made. Inc company
was willing, if the city did not accept
the proposition, to go into 'compet1-
ton with other firms for the lighting
The company would keep installed the
100 arcs now in use and add e1ghty-nVe
more. to be put in certain streets. Inc
council could advertise for bids Tor gas
| and electric lighting, and the contract
be let to one bidder The eighty-fiVe
arcs would cut off about five and a
half lights to the arc. These would be
replaced by adding them in the gaso-
line district. the price on the l2O arcs
now in use to be the same as now. The
gas lamps displaced to be charged for
at the same price as now, $23. The
company had always figured the in
terest on posts and lamps into the con-
tracts, and it had been reduced. The
price of the eighty-five additional ares
would be $84.50 with the understand
ing that the interest resolution be re-
scinded or the eighty-five arcs would
be furnished at SOB each, and the city
could go on with the suit as to the
payment of interest on displaced posts.
In Detroit, Mr.. Cutcheon stated that
| the cost per arc was S103. Under the
proposition Mr.. Cutcheon said the
| lighting of the city would be practical
ly the same, except that it would be
better lighted. The posts displaced by
the additional arc lights would be
! placed in the outskirts and gasoline
| lamps displaced. A suggestion as to
the location of the additional eighty
| five arc lights was made by Mr.. Clutch
| con. This distribution he thought
would do the work better than suggest
ed by the board, and would make no
! great expense for the extension of the
| system The company advised or
| agreed to the location of the lamps
as follows;
! Eight lights on Eighth street, between Wa
! basha and Robert.
| Six lights on Wabasha, between Tenth and
| Rice.
Four lights on Rice between Wabasha and
| Como.
Nine lights on Payne avenue, between Min
| nehaha and Case.
Nine lights on East Seventh, between rail
| road bridge and Hope street.
| Nine lights on East Sixth, between the rail-
| road bridge and Hope street.
| Seven lights on East Fourth street, below
| Broadway.
| Four lights on Third street, below Broad
! way.
| Six lights on Robert street bridge.
| Four lights on Wabasha street bridge.
! Four lights on Sixth street, between Sew
| enth and Summit avenue.
One light Third street, between College
| and Pleasant.
Eight lights on West Seventh. between
| Smith and Western avenues
! OH street between
| enth and Third.
| One light at Seven corners
The question as to what the addi-
| tfonaI cost under this plan would be
was figured as $1,621 by Mr.. Cutcheon.
| but in return for this increased ex-
pense there would be eighty-five addi-
| tional electric lights and 467 gas lamps
| to displace gasoline lamps. This propo-
| sition, Mr.. Cutcheon said, could be ac-
cepted by having the specifications
| call only for bids to light the city as
| a whole, both with gas and electric
! lights. If the council did not do this,
| the company would go ahead and sub
nit bids on the district plan and do
the best it could Mr.. Cutcheon sug-
! gested that the committee could con-
| slider the proposition and adjourn to
meet at some other time when the
specifications could be either amended
| or allowed to stand as now fixed. This
suggestion seemed to suit the COM
| mfttee. and an adjournment was taken
| to Friday evening at o'clock.
Joseph Gfsch Divorced.
Judge Lewis granted a divorce yesterday to
| JoseDha G.sch from Joseph Gisch. Mr. and