El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-11
No Sa1aried Officials.

when the new light company would be
prepared to resume the running of its
machinery.
]. P. Dieter replied that his COM
pany hoped to be running by January
Is. If not, he said they intended to
ask the other company to turn on its
current, but Alderman Stewart re-
marked that the other company was
already overtaxed and the fear of hav-
ness during the Carnival seemed to
fill the council with dread.
Alderman Burton moved that the
matter be placed in the hands of the
fire and water committee with power
| to act.
Dieter asked to hear from Zach White
who was present. Mr.. Dieter said it
was no question between the light
companies. but between the city and
the light companies. If Mr.. White
the light companies. If Mr.. White
could furnish the lights the new COM
pany was willing to pay him any reas-
| enable price.
Mr. White replied that it would be
time enough for him to take action af-
ter the council had referred to matter
to the committee. 1t was referred.
City Electrician Peticolas's report
was about to be laid over without
reading until the next meeting when
Mr.. Dieter requested that it be read
while the expert from ST. Louis was
yet in the city. 1t was then read sub
stantially as given in yesterdays Her
aid. 1t was about tire columns long
and thoroughly exhautive. The city
electrician had consumed several
weeks and much midnight oil in pre-
pairing it. 1t was as stated yesterday,
favorable to the new company show
ing conclusively that their street lamps
came up to every requirement. The
recommendation was made however
that opalescent inner globes be used
to intensity the light.
During the reading of this report
the aldermen wore long solemn faces
and the mayors countenance was
study. The clerk pulled his cigar and
gazed into vacancy. 1t was corker
and could be comprehended by school
boy. Its arguments were convincing
and as a remarkable treatise on
Watts, Amperes, ETC.. etc, it would
have caused the heart of college pro-
fessor to leap with joy.
when did you make those tests,
vhr
was the first to recover his reason.
Mr.. Peticolas gave the date and said
mis- test had not been as exhaustive as
it might have been.
Electrician Humphrey, of St. Louis,
took the floor to explain that the term
actual candle power" had no true
meaning. but the common trade term
was nominal candle power He
recommended the opalescent inner
globe for the street lamps, as suggest
cd by Mr.. Peticolas in his report.
Two thousand actual candle power
lamps. he said. had never been made.
Locked Horns.
Zach White got up to ask Mr.. Hum !
phrey if he knew anything about the
Brush system making 1000 actual
candle power lamps.
Mr.. Humphrey said he had never
heard Of them.
MIR. White urged on the council that
ne wanted to see the new company
forced to carry out its contract for the
reason that they had promised to give
the city d lamp 500 candle power better
than the lamp his company was fur
nishing.
He said they were not giving any
hing like even a 1.2O0 candle power
amp. which was the kind mis- COM
any had been giving. MY company
will furnish good lights" said he land
am here for business" With an ag-
:rieved air he told how the council
lad given the new company a contract
)r lighting the city without even al
owing him chance to bid. He want