Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-06-27
LIGHT CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Wilmington City Electric Co. Gets Eiectr
and NNelsbach Go. Gaa Lighting.

Wilmington City Electric Co. Gets Electric
and Welsbach 90. Gas Lighting.
The Directors of the Street and Sewer
Department beld their regular weekly
meeting on Tuesday, at which it was
decided TO award TO the Wilmington
City Electric Co. the contract for
electric street lighting, for period to
be decided later, and to the Welsbaoh
Street Lighting Co. of New York for
the gaslighting. The Welsbaoh 90.
will work 10 harmony with the Will
mington Goal Gas Go. and will make
o contract with that company to furnish
the gas, the bidder furnishing the
lamps and taking care of them for the
period OF the contract, at the expiration
Of which time tho lamps will be the
property of the city. Hr r..
After being in session over two hours,
the board, shortly before O'clock
took recess for an hour, and Secretary
| Wiley was instr ucted to draw up In
| the meantime contracts with botE the
| City Electric and the Welabach COM
| panies, which are to be submitted at
| tho afternoon session, when the terms
\ for which the contracts arc to be let
are to be decided. When recess was
taken the impression was that tho gus
| contract would be for at lynat five
years and the electric contract for 10
years. The bids of the successful COM
panies were as follows:
Wilmington City Electric Co. In
candescent lights, 16 o. p.--For one
year contract. beginning January lst,
l902, SIS per lamp PER year; for two
year contract sl7,64; for three year
contract $l7. 16; for four year contract
GIG. S0 for hYe year contract slj. 90; for
isis to 10 year contract Sl4. SS.
Arc lights 0 Clio amp. Az volts for
26I lamps or more--For one year CON
tract, 800 per lamp per year; for two
year contract, $3.50 So; for three year
| contract, S94. 81; for four year contract,
$40. 50; foe five year contract, ST4.SS !;
for six TO 10 year contract, S64. 90.
Welsbach lighting 90. -One year,
/ $50 per light; three, 500; five years or
longer, at the rate of S27.
The new contracts are to begin on the
first OF. next January, but, in view of
the fact that the existing contract with
the Wilmington Goal Gas Co. will
expir9 on September 1st, the Welsbach
| people may be permitted to install their
lamps and begin their contract at that
time, or may get special contract for
the intervening period. The lamps to
be used by the company are similar to
the one which has been burning in front
of the City Hall the past few nights.
| At present there arc 5l2 gas and 267
arc electric lights in the city, but it is
likely that there win be more Of both.
The number of arc lights may he in
creased TO 1873, making an even 400
This matter has not been decided yet.
During tho nesting this morning
Horace g. Knowles, representing New
York party, said to be MIR. Shepp,
explained the bid which he had sub
mitted at the last meeting. In the
original bid, which was for lO.year
contract only, Mr.. Knowles offered to
sell his Plant to the city at the expira-
tion of 10 years at reduction OF 10 per
cent from the value. Mr.. Knowles ex-
planned the proposition by stating that
his psople intended to inform the de-
partment that Mt the expiration of 10
years the plant would be sold to the
city at % per cent Of Its value, which,
he said, would be an actual saving to
the city of something like Bits, 600, in
addition to having the plant at the end
Of the period, which, ne said, would be
IN as good condition as at the start.
The directors gave him q patient hear
ing and asked number of questions,
but did not award him the contract.
His bid was at the rate OF SIG. 80 each
for inoandesoent lights, 500 each fol-
300 arc lights, S9S for $3.50 and S97 fol
a greater number.
A letter was received from Gen.
James II. Wilson asking that the arc
light be moved from Ninth and Bruomt
straets, stating that 1T is not needed
there. The letter was filed.