The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-20
Local News.
N'EnNNsDAN. SEPT. -. l>@9.
In Drleu>, OF lhr Electric Lights.

lipa,ll nii tip ictllic Light CpiniHnl .
~ m,iu.iil, Would moi notice one.
nt ~ iu- one i inn, i,'iic- ~
iri--iat,iurili~ Ar iiin4-h 1t l'ii'I Il"
,Ml.,l lllciu. ! ,rcir> ilai i nla,
81 M..ui ,l,w~ A,lA hidl, W Wlrn lir
,mhli~hr~ u lncai ,.llcilairi 10 damage
b ,ninpanl. tiihrG lindin= o,il the
irei~ in Tie r.,>r lie starts ont by
SAYING. hr dpc-li'i KNOW vino i rcspon-
,iblc ioi me lcil insulliricni service
.Iscii lirrit, by this Company. lie
fnN>t indeed be IN i"n"lAInms if he
.i,r not know that he President Of II
Nn.np.uN j. responsible i"! rs inanagc-
~, IT,
~rrond: "l'l.it ~ i" the point OF
h,iiliIics and cnnslancy we have The
inri,.~! I.lis III he State We air
u>ln- lfm ll,li"> lamp. 1900 rnn'lle
l,nNrl llrir were more 9! his pnl
iicliIl lamp iii 49,. in he 'niicd states.
Wi,m purchased. tlan of an, other
ma,,cil dc world EACH, l.ilnri, ta.,'n
tn 'ic Station and taken Il, pieces and
'i'dl'd lns!trtly cvstN iNrniA one
hlA- lld Wr are ilinini'd lIlht there.
j. Iol annihc, ciiy III ~"uli, Carolina
tlri rlrai,> then iunr~ "'icnrr than
rl.l! >iN wcck>.
lai another '.iii~' Of the poor
lights is that iilrl are not elevated
cnmiglI. Ar. l'i> Company had moth
in- 10 do iii iln. hri.Ilt of The ialnp;
thar WAS dcri'icd hy :; former City
Council. aud WAS very r"rltril, de
cllcd. lol il ilir lights had hcen uh"ro
Ill il,,'-. the streets would have Irn
almost totally dark: the ilc:,vcii~ would
I.l>, been lighted we'll, but ~ ynni
reporters sirr probably not going in
thar direction we dnnI See WHY the,
should kick
\ rl.,nl dead lights ON.
iir,!> ia Il .!t.. ~ii"l. any night" hat
l. .in":ii'i little mi-takc. as he could
haN, lrA,.i uii by asking TO examine
the daily reports of our trimmer. or
inspector, OF the Chief of Police. The
last rrpuii showed that The Company
liad furnished - per cent light ont of
II possible l00. There IS no record in
his state or III amy "ilrr that can beat
it. For the past year the lights have
done exceptionally fine and have given
satisfaction to The City Council and We
think the public, and although we have
expended over 500 more on them dur
ing the past year, We have never
"kickcd. but were labnrill= under the
fond dcluSion that the public were
satisfied
lIc further complains "of he albi-
trary shutting oiloi the lights upon the
approach of any little cloud" 1t isa
lamcntablc fact that electrician, all
over the world have never been able
eto absolutely protect machines against
The lightning. There are several light
ming protectors on the market, the
most prominent and popular being
the Stanley, the Westinghouse and the
General Electric Co.'S, and while none
OF these will guarantee protection, yet
hey are the best made. We have on
our circuits nH three ot these ma krS. and
hcsidcs this. have had made for us
special. designed choke coils for our
further lr,.trctiOn, and in spite of all
this, have lost by lightning in the past
two years five thousand dollars worth
"i electric machinery. This fact is
enough to make us careful about light
ming storms. and while We have r,lll
right through storms enough in past
two months to burn out - 800 worth
"f machinery. yet we have shut down
nn several occasions. How often have
the city lights been shut oil for I he
'iii,i;h, ui July. August ans! 10 date
In July they were Shut OH on 2ith,
from $40 to $40 o'clock. lust 70 min
utcS, no other time. In August they
were shut OF not Il single time that the
city contracted for lights. In Srptrnl.
Der they were Shut of OH hl from :::n
to 500 o'clock. - minutes. On Sth. for
one hour and fifty minutes, the same
terrible storm that blew he roof on Of
Whites house near Poriman Shoals.
iSrc your last issue giving account OF
it,. So during the past three months
Wien we have had Il great deal of
electricity in the atmosphere We have
shut the city lights on! three times, and
Vet your reporter would have the pub
lie believe that they have been shut of
an the approach OF every little cloud.
1.-The time is now quite ripe for the
city to pay more for Il better service or
obtain control of her lighting fran
chiscs" II your reporter had cX-
amincd the records for himself instead
of listening tO some Smart Alec" gas
awhile. he would have found out the
facts already quoted in this article,
that more efficient service could not
have been obtained. Now, as for the
city obtaining control OF the lighting
franchises. We don't think there will
he any trouble about that, for we think
the directors of this Company would
not only surrender them. but would
give the city $1,000 to be relieved of