The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-01-06
A VALUABLE PLANT.

President Andreae and the Council
have been holding up the contractor
for the electric light plant for about 80
days to require him to re-arrange arc
lamps at several points before making
final settlement. This is now being
done and the minor defects are being
speedily remedied. This will place
the entire system in working order.
1t is the universal opinion of tray
cling men and others who have means
of comparing our lights with those of
cities and villages throughout the
State, that no city or village in Mich
igan is better lighted and very few
have light that equals ours for beauty
and generally satisfactory results.
The council were unfortunate in the
purchase of two small barrels of incan-
descent lamps, but as they had little
knowledge as to the quality they were
guided by the recommendation of the
contractor. But this is very small
matter compared with the importance
of a perfect plant. New and better
lamps can be easily furnished, but a
poor system would haye been a con-
stant source of annoyance, dissatisfac-
ton and costly expenditure. 1t is con-
ceeded that the working of the water
works system Is now complete.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR is DUE.
1t is said that the village of Rich
mond originally raised $4,000 with
which to construct and equip a COM
plete electric light plant; that extras
and additional cost and expenditures
have raised this amount to $4,000, and
after delay of many months their
plant is still unsatisfactory in many
respects and that litigation may re-
suit in consequence. This has been
the experience of many villages
throughout the State.
We may congratulate ourselves that
the expenditures have been kept close
to the estimate of cost, and that con-
tractors have been restrained by an
iron hand from running up large bills
for extras as is almost universally
done.
1t is worthy the attention of our citi-
zens that this desirable result has been
secured by the firmness and faithful
efforts of president Andreae and the
members of the Council. The work,
attention and frmness of president
Andreae and the skill of his brother
Rudolph have contributed much to-
ward securing the very best machinery
and the proper arrangement of the
same at fair price.
President Andreae, in his travels
throughout the State before the con.
tract was let, spent much time in max
ing personal inspection of the plants
in various cities and villages. lie
made written memorandum as to
the systems, machinery, requirements
as to pole lines, types of dynamos,
machinery etc. and as to the character
and standing of the various contrac-
tors, and when the committee appoint
ed by the Council were ready to act he
was able to turn over to them and the
Council n vast fund of valuable infor-
nation that was invaluable and that
they could not have secured in any
other way. And after the contract
was let he at once began to give the
entire work the same care, attention
and shrewd business management that
he does his private business matters.
These together with the pains, care
and prudence of members of the
Council and the efficient services of
Clerk E. f. Fead has secured us most
valuable plant.