The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
NO SAVING ON GAS LIGHTING.
Council Committees VIII Spend
$4,000 More Than in 1898:


The committees on streets from the
board Of aldermen and assembly held
Joint session last evening and after three
hours discussion recommended Tor 2oop-
ton specifications for gas and electric
lighting. and also recommended that the
bid of the American Development COM
pany for gasoline lighting be accepted.
Providing the gas company makes the
same bid as in it's proposition submitted
to the council a week ago for gas and
electric lights the cost Of street lighting
for next year will be about $4,000, or
$4,000 more than for 1898.
The bid of the American Development
company is $16.56 per gasoline lamp per
year, and the gas company has practi-
cally agreed that gas lamps shall be light
ed for S23 and electric lamps for $94 per
lamp per year, The gas specifications
place the minimum number Of lamps at
1000 and the maximum at $500. The cleo
trio light specifications call for max
imum of Ais, tWenty-three more than Is
now in service Aid. Murphy wanted it
raised to 40, to get five lights for Fairview
avenue but failed. The gas specifications
were amended by Mr.. Albrecht so as to
provide that bids should be made for
lighting 1000 Of the gas lamps for 2,2OO
hours during the year instead of the all
night schedule. A motion to have the
board of public works report as to how
a saving could be made by displacing 500
gasoline lamps was voted down, the coun-
cilmen not caring to reduce the cost of
lighting at the expense Of votes in the
several wards.
The board of public works reported that
the objections Of the gas company to a
clause which, it is claimed waived the
rights Of the company to interest on dead
gas posts was unfounded, as the speci-
fcations for this year contained the same
clause. AS to the objection that the cleo
trio lights specifications might make it
possible to order 600 additional lights, the
board said this would be impossible as
the tax budget, when fixed, would not
allow of any increase in the cost of light
ing. In order to satisfy the company
however, the board fixed the maximum
of arc lights at As
Ten of the new lights are to be placed
In the parks, the others where ordered
by the board of public works The en-
tire city, the board said, could be lighted
with incandescent gasoline lamps, on the
present bids, at a saving of $4,000 This
plan provides for 600 sixty candle power
lights to displace the $500 gas lamps of
eighteen candle power, and placing them
farther apart.
There was long discussion as to the
practicability of lighting with the mean
descent lights in winter
Mr.. Pottgfeser thought about 800 gaso-
line lamps could be displaced on ungraded
streets and in localities where there were
no houses. saving of almost IS 600
could be made without any injury to the
lighting Of the city.
Mr.. Ellison said If the number Of gas
lamps was to be reduced from $500 the
price would be increased as the f5nmheY.
was decreased
Mr.. Sanborn and Mr. Albrecht wanted
to readvertise for gasoline lamp bids. but
the other members voted against # and
the bid of the American DEVELOPMENT
company was recommended. The mini
mum number OF gasoline lamps is 1900
in service now