The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-10-24

ceIIed. No comment is necessary on above
Quotations.
ON September nth l addressed letters
Of Inquiries and enclosed stamped
envelope for reply TO the following cities,
viz:
Bowling Green, Ky, Pomeroy, Marietta
and London, Ohio. Big Rapids Mich, De
catur, H., Lebanon. Pa. without receiving
any reply. From information that l be-
Iieve to be reliable l make the following
quotations. viz:
Bowling Green. population 10000; coal
SIPS per ton, municipal ownership arc
lights 1000 c. p. all and every night,
$5GO3 per year.
Pomeroy. population 5000; coal SIC per
ton, private ownership arc lights 1000 C.
p. all and every night $500 per year.
Marietta, population 5000; coal $1.S1
per ton, municipal ownership arcs 1000 c.
D. all and every night, $44.5O per year.
Lebanon, population $4,000; coal $1.60
per ton, private ownership arc lights, all
and every night, $3.50 per year.
Decatur, pouIatlon $1,000; municipal
ownership, arc lights all and every night,
ihCiuuliS I - uSpieCldllOh' NC', o"u,VO per
year.
Big Rapids, population 5000; water
power, private ownership, arc lights all and
every night, $41OO per year.
From the last reports l have teen able
to see quote the following:
Buffalo, y. y, private ownership, power
from NiagaraN Falls, has over 1000 arc
lights, all and every night pays $4,000
per year.
Davenport, Ia, 422 lamps, all and every
night, private ownership, pays $4,000 per
year; coal $1.35 per ton.
Des MOlnes, Ia, 1873 lamps at $500 per
year and 129 lamps at $4,000 per year
coal S1.O0 per ton, private ownership.
East st. Louis, ILL.,, 144 lamps. private
ownership, coal $1.25 per ton arc lights all
and every night $4,000 per year.
Chicago, 531 lamps, coal $500 per ton,
private ownership, arc lamps, all and every
night, $1Os.OO per year.
Fort Wayne Ind go lamps, coal $500
per ton, private ownership, arc lamps all
and every night, $4,000 per year
All the lamps quoted are Tor 1000
candle power.
l also make the following brief quota
tons from the latest reports l have been
able to secure viz
Allentown, Pa, 142 lamps private owner
ship, $4,000 per year.
Aurora, Ill, 206 lamps, municipal owner
ship, $64.5S per year
Denver. Col, $50 lamps, private owner
ship, $4,000 per year.
Bay City, Mich, 200 lamps, municipal
ownership, $5325.
Hot Springs. Ark, 80 lamps, private
ownership, $4,000 per year
Columbus, Ind, So lamps, municipal
ownership. S5S.OS per year
Hutchinson. Kan. "a lamps, private own
ership, $4,000 per year.
Goshen, Ind, 125 lamps, municipal owner
ship. $4s.26 per year.
Hayerhlll, Mass, 1O1 lamps, private
ownership, $125.OO per year
Newark, Ohio, 295 lamps, municipal
ownership, $4s.64 per year.
Kansas City, Mo, 100 lamps private
ownership, $4,000 per year.
Rochelle. ILL.,, 40 lamps, municipal owner
ship, $55.22 per year.
Lowell, Mass, 400 lamps, private owner
ship, $12O.45 per year.
st. Joseph. Mo-, 800 lamps, municipal
ownership. $63.79 per year.
Leadvllle. Col, 40 lamps, private owner
ship $1,000 per year.
Sherman, Tex, "a lamps municipal
ownership. $4,000 per year.
New Orleans, La, 1853 lamps private
ownership, $127.5O per year.
Titusville, Pa, 264 lamps, municipal
ownership. S5794 per year.
Natchez, Miss, 100 lamps, private owner
ship, $1,000 per year
Wheeling. w. Va. 400 lamps, municipal
ownership, $1,000 per year.
Omaha, Neb, 1913 lamps. private owner
ship. S114.5O per year.
Marion. Ind 116 lamps, municipal owner.
ship, S5395 per year.
Providence. Il. l., 1891. lamps, private
ownership S12E75 per year.
Batavia, N. Y. Jos lamps, municipal
ownership s6522 per year
Sacramento. Cal. $50 lamps, private
ownership. $4,000 per year.
Dunkirk. n. Y, rs lamps. municipal
ownership. s6S3s per year.
Schenectady. N. ". 203 lamps, private
ownership. $4,000 per year.
Little Rock. Ark. 212 lamps. municipal
ownership. $60.2s per year
Salem. Mass. $50 lamps, private owner
ship. $4,000 per year.
FARGO.
We have population Of between 1000
and 1900. We own our water works.
having purchased them from private cor.
poration. After taking possession we re.
duced tine rates more than 80 per cent
from what the private corporation had
charged. The water works cost Us at The
present time te7.477O0. Under private
ownership we paid $4,000 per year per