The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-31
-Four Arc Lights To Be Substituted
For Gas Lamps.
Auxiliary Plant Will
Soon Be Running.
Portland Co. Will Then Begin
Lighting Public Buildings.

4 Mr.. Mathsr, general manager Of the
Portland Elsctric Light COMPANY, In
formed the Dom IN ittee on lights . day
or two ago that the difficulty at the
apxuilry plant had been overcome and
3 at every thing will be In working order
In about week. Then they win be In
readiness b connect their wires with the
ps bllo buildings and do all tss lighting
for the oltv. The committee waits d on
Mr.. Mather Thursday to learn bout
when tins lighting system would be
completed. The comm ittss were very
oourteously resolved and given all the
Information desired. The COMMITTEES
were invitsd BY the general manager 20
Inspect the lights With him very soon, and
Judge for themselves whether the SPAR
arms ANA the lights are In tbs position rs
directed by the committee, II any Of
th sm are not Ia proper location. MIR.
Mathsr informed the committee that he
would see that their wishes were com-
pli.d vita. The lighting by incandescents
about the Soldiers monument. which 10
furnished free BY the Portland Electric
light company. will he changed some
what The burning out OF the glotes
around the monument amounts TO ten
or twelve dollars . month. As ths statue
Is of slch dark color 1t has never shown
err good advantage In the evening as
the lights are now located. After some
talk with Mr.. Msther, he told the COM
mittes that he thought that he could ar
range four arc lights In q manner that
would light the figure In satisfactory
way without expanss to the citJ and be
a saving to the city es fur Of the Wells
bach lights could be d discontinued. 9he
experiment wiR te tried immediately.
In relation to the extra expense OF
lighting two or three Of the school
ouses at so much a light instead Of BY
meter, the oommittss on lights say that
the Consolidated Electric light caJnpary
was In NO way responsible. The Consoit.
dated company hal nothing TO do with
the wiring of the North sohJol. 1t was
wired By men connected with the sohool
and they notified tbs company how many
lights thay had installed. and the COM
pany made . contract as directed. As
lar as the Vaughan street school is GEN.
csrned II was probably an overnight
those IN charge In not notifying the con-
mittss that thu lights were not nssasd
when the loom was vacated by the trsin-
Ing school.
There has been some talk Of Welsbach
lights on Peaks island. We are informed
by one Of the light committee that 1t
would ooft more than the present system
OF lighting, q greater part OF which wss
new last year, and gives perfect salts.
fact,en. The com mittes will not consider
fer a moment any scheme that viii add
to the eott Of last year on the island. On
the contrary they are In hopes to get
little reduction. By putting In meters
in Schools where there are none, and
the change at the monument, there APP
pears to be no question but what the
expense can be out do wn fully $500. The
expense Of lighting some of the engine
houses BY grs Ii quite heavy and this will
also he looked into. We learn that Mr..
GsroiA of the Welsbaoh company will be
in Portland shortly and take trip to the
islands and make a bid for lighting.