The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-17
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IMPORTANT Meeting
OF SELECT COUNCIL

Three Measures of Widespread In
terest to Be Considereda at Tonight's
Meeting-The Lighting Contract,
the Municipal Water Plant ordin-
ance and the Ordinances Establish
ing a System of Streets to Be Dis
posed of.
The meeting of councils tonight
will he of more than ordinary inter-
est and there is sure to be attracted
to the council chamber more persons
than the room will accommodates.
There are three important meas
ures to be acted upon, which in their
order, are the municipal Mater plant
ordinance. the letting Of the street
and city buildings light contract, and
the introduction oi an ordinance es.
tnhishinc system of streets and
house numbering. a measure which
Ths Tribune feels constrained to say.
without exposing itself to the charge
nf heine rrcGumri uous. that it had
something to d, in its bringing about
There viii nc a Joint meeting of
councils before ihr regular bi-weekly
ness of thu Joint meeting VIII he the
letting of the lighting contract. cover
in tho "ity's streets. the city build
I:l- and he lins, houses. for tho com
'1@ year or possibly for a longer
t'rIr, but there is no certainty of the
latter. fnr d majority of tho council.
E'n have put themselves on record
as being opposed to the contract be-
ir~ cNitn nd"d beyond tho length Of one
Nc7r. It might b@ said that there is
nothing ,ertpin ahcut the lighting
contract. for it has reached To quito
voXati"us problem and opinion is
sn divided that there is no presagns
tic result nf tonight's session.
sine" t!,'a meeting of councils Of
se:eral weeks ago, when councils rc-
ic"tnd both bidS-those from the
Electric Light company and tho
"nl>hach Gas Lighting company---in
IL" hop" If receiving an apprcciably
lower estimate on illumination. there
has been but little activity by either
cf the companies. The hustling was
done before the first bids We're sent
in and it is $,irmiscd that there will
be little difference between either cs-
tnate.
What adds to the interest of III"
competition between, the companies
that arc SO anxious 10 light the citys
streets IS the possible entrance. it
Nigh, be said the assured entrance.
of another COMPANY in this field
The ne" company is likely to he
made up of Scranton and local capi-
tallsts. whose purpose is to introduce
the Burrows gas light. The Bur-
rows light is the latest development
of illumination by gas. and it has
carried ont this idea it is claimed. to
stage that not only rivals but sur
passes the are light and every other
form Of gas illumination.
The BorroWs light is similar to the
incandescent are lamp and herein il
differs from the Welsbach light 1t
gives forth the briliance of the are
light but is of greater intensity and
is devoid of nickering and the like.
The Burrows Light company claims
the merits of its light arc To he
found in the burner. 1t burns eighty
per cent. of air under pressure mixed
with less than twenty per cent. of
city gas, mantle being used to diff
fuse the light. II has been on the
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