Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-02-07
EMPORIUM, PA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1901.

with wooden post, standing in front of
the court house, at total cost for
lamp, post and sitting, of over 800.
On account of small Illuminating pow
er, towns using them have to place
them on every corner and between the
corners, some in the alley-ways and
closely together in shady places, con-
sequently, if our borough should set up
100 gas lamps, we would then get only
one sixth as much light as we would
with the proposed 80, 1000 C. p. cleo
trio arc lamps. Informants from these
gas-lamp-towns, say that beside the
cost of mantles, the daily repairs and
attention turning the lights on and off
night and morning, require the ser.
vices of man with a salary of $35 or
$40 per month. Should some complain
because our borough gave $4,000 per
month fer such man, to clean, repair
and daily walk ten miles to turn on
and off that light night and morning,
he should remember we are constantly
paying more money than this for less
work. $500 has been given as the
cost for mantles per lamp, per year.
From these well established prices, we
see that the annual operative cost for
100 gas lamps will be as follows:
Interest on cost 100 gas lamps at $7@4
per cent: ''..'.'... ...'...'.'.. SZS O0
! Annual cost for gas at Csc per month. -. 800 90
| Cost oflabor. attending them at $4,000
Yearly cost of NANTES 800 per lamp. zoo zoo 90 90
| Total yearly operative cost, ,.... ssss 90
For cost for gas for running engine
| will refer you to Mr.. G. H. Felt, EN-
porium, who is daily running a 100
III. p. gas engine for less than 81 90 per
day, using gas at % cents per 1000 feet.
A proportionate cost for rs III. P. ell
gine using gas at 20 cents per 1000 feet,
would be less than go cents yer day.
The bookkeeper of Iron Co., tells me
that they pay their engineer, for run
ming their two big engines, pumps and
electric light plant, 1925 per day.
AS the labor in the power house using
gas engine would be next to nothing,
for $50 per month, an engineer would
eagerly seek such job, agreeing also
to look after the lamps and wires.
Carbons would need replacing every
100 hours. Hence, the yearly opera
tive cost of the proposed electric light
plant is as follows:
Interest on 81, 900 at per cent. $3.50 90
engine n
Salary for engineer, $4,000 per month -. 72O 90
Total annual expense. ...........$14S5 90
Less income from 200 incandescents. ... 600 90
Net yearly operative cost. -. 1886 90
We see from the above, that the
yearly expenses of the two systems
are about the same, while the 80 arc
lamps give six times as much light as
the 100 gas lamps. Is it strange that
our neighboring towns are frantically
cursing the day they adopted the gas
lamp system?
Produce as much light by the gas
lamp system as the electric gives and
figure the cost. The twinkering gas
lamps suffer 80 by the comparison that
they fairly groan with pain.
How will the adoption of the cleo.
trio light effect our taxes? AS the
operative expenses of the two systems
are the same, we ought only to con-
slider the payment we make on the in
CURED debt. The total valuation gen
erally,is about S270, 900. To make pay
ment of $500 annually on the debt,
will require an additional two mill
Borough tax, the interest item is put
in the operative expense above. To
make this yearly payment the tax
payer now paying total tax of S1OO
will pay 81 more; $50, So more; $40, /. so
more; $40; soc more; $40, 4Oc more; S5,
zoe more Borough Tax.
The taxpayer by comparing his tax
receipt with above schedule, can easily
tell how much his taxes will be increas-
ed to help pay the debt. How trifing
the amount to pay when the quantity
OF lights received is considered.
SIX TIMES AS MUCH AS BY THE
100 GAS LAMPS.
How much we feel the need of such
light in the blackness of some nights,
deeply realizing that all rascality,
crime and immortality nstinctively
welcome ahd seek the cover of dark.
ness. We assuming the roll of pro-
tectors, would ask is it not due
our mothers and wives, our sisters and
daughters, that we, as far as possible,
throw around them that protection
the daylight gives them.
The benefits of electric light are en-
joyed by all, to the very outskirts of
our town, hence not sectional in char
acter, like the proposed Fourth street
pavement. Xxx