The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-25
ELECTRIC LIGHT
HAS A WALkOVER

The Lackawanna Valley Company
Gets the Contract for Lighting the
Streets of Carbondala for the Next
Three Years. A Techincality Pre-
vents the Contract for the City
Buildings from Going the Same
Direction--The Incidents Of the
Joint Session.
Th" electric light had walkover in
b its fight against gas at last nights
meeting of councils, when the contract
Tot lighting the streets of the city of
Carbundalc tor the next three years
N,is awarded 20 the Lackawanna Val
ieF Electric Light ana Power supply
company.
The Lackawanna company laid its
chief competitor. the Carbondale Gas
company. low. ana quite handily in
the contest for the contract for the
"!ty'S streets. and would have won out
il the tisht tor the city building
contract also. but tor a tcchnicality.
] Inally. the latter was put over until
l"Xt Monday night, When councils Will
meet in joint session one" more, to
dispose OF he remnant of the lighting
contract that has proven 50 veNa-
iiuus
The company from Wilkes Barre
that said it would make things lively
Iii the light line, were given cool
reception lhci. bids We're not even
considered by the joint committee. for
the reason that they did not conform
with the advertisement. OF rather IN"
resolution of councils. The reSolu-
ton asked for bids on a one-ycar and
three years contract. whereas the
Wilkes Barre people submitted figures
on the basis of a iivc-yeal and d ten
year contract.
The advertisement did retd for one
or more years, instead of one or three
years, but the committee was of the
opinion that the LuHernc county bid
derS would not consider less than Il
tive-year contract. so this error in the
advertisement was not allowed to enter
into the consideration of the bids,
When the Joint session was opened
by Mr Mannion, who was elected at
last meeting, the joint lightning com
mttee presented its reports.
ON the bids for tho street lights
there was only one. This WAS signed
by Messrs. Fletcher, James Thompson.
Davis and LOTUS 1t recommended
that the bid of the Lackawanna Val
ley company for II period of three
years, at SIS per lamp per year, he
accepted. conditioned on the company
changing the present system of eX-
posed carbonS to the enclosed system,
such as is in vogue in the illumina-
ton of stores and winch is known as
the incandesccnt are; also that if it
is so desired, that three incandoscent
lamps be substituted for each arc
light.
W. II. Masters moved for the adop-
ton of this report, and he was Sec
onded by Mr.. Evans. The report was
put and it might he said it Was unani-
NOUS, for there wasn't a single dis
senting voice.
On the bids for the lighting of the
city building. the city hall and the
two hose houses, there were two re-
by Mr.. LOTUS alone, and it recon-
mended the acceptance of the bid of
the Lackawanna Valley company,
which was S4S3 for the year.
There was brief discussion, carried
on principally by Mr. LOTUS and
Chairman Fletcher, or select council
Finally, the vote was called for and
when recorded it was found to he as
follows:
Yeas-Fletcher, y. r. Thompson Lof-
tus, Pugliano, Whitfield, Stone, Ken
nedy.
Nays-Davis, Mannion, Thompson
Murphy, Masters Evans Masters.