The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-11
Improvement Boards Estimate as
10 Municipal Lighting Plant
i'll New City Hall.
RECOMMENDS THREE OF A KIND.
Shows How the City Would Profit
Substantially by Furnishing
Lights to All of It's Own
Buildings.

In report made yesterday to the House
OF delegates. at the request of that body,
the Board of Public improvements goes into
Detail concerning the cost of installing a
municipal lighting plant in the new City
man 10 supply light TO the principal down
'o"n public buildings. The report was COM
piIeu by special committee and was
auoP'ed by the board al It's meeting in the
morning. 1t is as follows:
IN response TO resolution Of the uousa n, nolo-
'.eiiIei:ts submits tie following report a.d
IN electric light plant in the new City Hal
fiisii1.ins SAID plant to supply electuci;y Tor
Jali. Old city Hall and Coarthoisc -
., 1ne huiiber of lamps row in use in these build
1.-ie power LAMPS. OLD C1ty Han. igi l6-caIlt!a
::.n,,i. Iaillpsi -Four Courts and Isil. Us 10
p.%er lamps. Total. 2.sl2 IG-cai.de power lara.,.
1sca1d ne% n Tity Ha, is wired fer total Of 5l2
- uat over s.UUy VIII ever be lighted at any
particular time. Possible increase in number u
y, ,silps al the other buildings is estimated at 20
- ~ .t.7 Tower lamps Ine plant estimated
ana is oSapoSs Of Of se na po Which a n
Mcu , orGlnsr'y he in reserve. The boiler plant
OF the rev city hall is OF ample capacity hence
sle estimate Is tor machinery. conduiss. wiring
Estimate cost Of instaIlstion-Thre. ,sx1s en-
s 5ir, ~ cco,,npiete 1%s. three Ios X ".
with switches. einpore meters. volt meters syn
feeder par sS pSs Sr s.i 80 one
ths Gyh.tinos To switch board. $3.50. Watt meters,
conauiis, cable and service boxes. S. 40: ismn;
40 sOIhets. siv,o. wiring Courthouse, $40:
City hall. $50: contingencies 81 500 total, Sc O0S
E.stnlite OF operation and maintenance: ON.
so Per month. $40. one electrician al $50 PER
,l,' ID; one assistant electrician at So Ter
$40. enc coal passer at so per month 500 f..e
estimated cost In addition to heating new city
chirerL resar+ $780, lamp renewals SIS; '. es
Irecla1oi' per cent on .-s9So, SI4O; interest
maintenance. yearly. sl2. 90.
The actual cost Of lighting these buildings dur
tors report. was So ll0.ls
COST o. iEhting With city plant. as estimated
Difference SloI1oIa.
Al the present time tn. buildings are seing
hEhted under q contract which has not f7,n long
enough 10 enable 4 safe estimate OF tie 'ctsf
surely be Is per cen, more tEa a.. ' 9Sr ISs y Tl
IT, s!spo: or say 50 that the saving by =
=, From the above figures it appears that the en-
cre eos' OF a city plant will be save In about
as basis Of comparison. and in alyyit Two 49,
II me present contract ta.cs 10 taken FOR the
II st0',ld be noted that the estimate OF opera
LIB and maintenance cost is for services and
,,s building II the new ci;y Iisii Should H' 5e
EQUIPPED With elevators. the elevator service
penss for engineer, fireman. coal pssssr and
would actually be greater than shown BY above
The plans for the new City Hall have always
Included lighting plant. hence room has been
reserved for IT and ample boiler capacity has al
above IS for the completion Of partially exist.
Ing project. end not Tor entire lighting plant.
buildings and the lighting Of other buildings be-
lonsing to the city IS SO obvious that the board
ing a FF97~,
port adopted june r. iss5G'' '''' It's annual re-
Public building lighting With eIectricity Is
s ssn sgeSseTl6es, ~ and timely Provisions
$50 20 800 the contractor furnished the wiring
for buildings ard all appurtensnces, The city
and fixtures under the terms Q: that contract
and did no; make provision for putting in It's own
necessity done Unde. specification that the con-
tractor furnish ami maintain wires and fixtures
its buildings with wires aal fixtures 70 20 be
able TO contract for current from any electric
conpany-or TO put in electric plants and 10 It's
own lighting. the contracts were made for a
1t IS scarcely probable shat the city viii soon
establish municipal plant 10 do all Of its elec-
tric lighting. but there IS good reason why II
may not operate such plant IN the new CITY
Hall and light The public buildings in the ycla-
ity. Such a plant In connection with heaIirg and
service OF the City Hail VIII be econ
em!caI. and the same may be said Of lighting the
Insane Asylum. Female Hospital aud Poorhouse
by electric plant located at of the in-
and tho others served from II. But
II each Institution should undertake 10 do It's
own lighting. the result would surely be IN
economical. The Waterwcrks also could econ
oucaiiy operate plant far lighting tie three
pumping stations. grounds a1d buildings. and
operate tho railway connecting tho stations.
but the scattered fire-eagne houses Police
S:atiors and other detached buildings. cannot lie
economically lighted by the city unless the city
should alsr undertake commercial lighting.
Early attention should he given u thts sub
feet. IN order that necessary work be done be-
fore the expiration q present contracts II the |
way Is not oIen 10 providing for al II the buiid-
inEs suggested, the wiring % buildings by the |
for the Waterworls can be provided for without |
financial difficulty. At the now city Hal. |
dynamos represent the principal item Of cost,
which would he moderate. The wiring In this |
building belongs to the city"
From the above quotation, y VIII be seen that |
the hoard IS Of the opinion II it would he for
the ADVANTAGE OF the city 10 provide city plants
at the earliest date practicable fO- three groups
OF buildings. viz:
First-Sew city Hail old city Hall, -Four |
Courts and Jail. Courthouse.
Second-insane Asylum. Female Hospital Poor-
house.
acknowledgements High Service Station No. l.
Waterworks IIish Service Station No. 2 Water
works High Service Station No. :. Waterworks
Low Service Station No. /, electric railway con-
NJ citing these stations,
The first ard third groups should Be provided
for the present ns.al year. and the SECOND group
be reaiy for operation BY September !. 1901 Re-
o. sctfully.
tSigred) Z. A. HERMANN
CHARLES VkRREhsfANN
+ T.. RyDGELY
WILLIAM GILLESPIE,
Acting Wster c6mrn.ssfoner
HENRY AIT.
ROBERT v. McNATTI
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