The Portland daily press., 1898-09-07
ELECTRIC LIGHTING QUESTION.
Full Text of the Cumberland Iliuminat
ing Company's Proposition.

LIE NoMpduy'S HrOpOslt1ons
The following is the text of the Cum
berland Illuminating company's PROPOSE
ton, submitted at the meeting of the city
council, Monday evening:
The Cumberland Illuminating company
respectfully su bmit the following propo-
sitiop, agreeing to install system of I'M
foreground conduits and manholes with
wires and cables to be placed there in
under the surface of the following streets:
Congress, between Washington and Grove
streets: Exchange, between Federal and
| Fore streets; Mluule, peoWeeh feafI anu
Market streets.
Also underground conduits, man holes
and cables and wires for the purposes OF
connecting the main condul6s With poles
| in said streets.
| Also TO erect a line of poles. and run
the necessary wire for conneetlng win
streets lamps required Tor Hgh1ing tne
streets of the CITY, using AZ lnaay po, 10
and making such specific location or the
same as the city government may olrect,
said poles to be Is5 feet apart ana TO De
| set on the side of the street as may DO oe
| signete by the city governments eaio
| poles to be chestnut or cedar, REASONABLY
! straight and of height ranging from 20
to 70 feet, as said city government may
direct, and subject to their apr 'val. -
| Location ana number OF poles IS 20 w
| according to the following list OF straels
| or as near as practical 10 the location
given on the map, giving the prcse1t
location of lights rs at present located,
which lights are shown on said map.
| Then follows q detailed list OF desire q
| location of poles
| further agrees to install 40 lights OF e
candle power 1l5 lights of 80 candle
power, and $50 arc lights of 1900 candle
power, including all wires and necessary
| fixtures, putting them in complete run
ming order, ready to receive current,
locating said lamps in about same
positions as the present lamps for light
| ing the city are now located, which loca.
lions are to be arranged for by the city
government, and shall be as they direct.
| The price to be paid by the city for this
complete line Of poles and underground
system. together with the necessary fancy
decorative poles to be used on streets
where underground lines are used. to be
800, 600, or if it is deired to use no under
ground and have q pole line arranged to
cover the same streets, SO the locations OF
| lights can be arranged satisfactorily to
! the city government, then the price shall
be 81 600, including all pole lines lamps,
and fixtures complete.
It is further agreed by the Cumberland
Illuminating company thai. they Will pay
an annual rental to the city OF Portian1
for the nse of the said pole lines and any
other poles that are the property OF tne
city, a sum that shall be equal to five per
| cent on the cost of the lines, providing
that sum does not exceed 800, 900 or $4,000
| per year.
The. Cumberland Illuminating company
will make further agreement with 5ne
city of Portland accepting contraot %
| light the streets of the CITY for term OF
one or two years furnishing the 20 In.
candescent lights OF e5 candle power, 14s
incandeseent lights of 50 candle power
25S arc lights of 1900 candle power (neN
| type). from sunset to sunrise every night
| in the year, for the sum of $40, 69O.
The Cum berland Illuminating company
| further agrees to furnish lights for all q
the public buildings Of the city OF Fort
| land for the sum of ten cents par lO0t
watts, said current to be furnished BY
meter, allowing special discount OF Al
per cent to the city on all bills whers
current is supplied by meter.
| It is agreed further that in case the city
government prefers to make q contract
for lighting the city streets and all pubic
buildings, taking the bills of the pas
| year as q basis, furnishing the same nun,
Der of street lights and the same amount
| of current as the bills have shown thai
has been furnished to the city by meter,
then the net price per annum shall bs
SIS, 900, which sum is $15, 77434 less thar
| it cost the city the past year. The Iole
lines, lamps and all fixtures to DO fur
nished by the Cum berland Illuminating
| company, also care of lines, lamps, etc.
free of all expense to the city same as a
the present time.
Respectfully sum bitted,
| Cumberland Illuminating Company
George W. Brown, Manager.