The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-11-21
CHANGE OF LIGHTS
Council Awards Street Light
ing Contract.
American Development Company Of
Chicago, the Lowest Bidder, Gets
1t for One Year.


lighting than the present one, and
system that it is hoped will give more
general satisfaction than the present
one has succeeded in giving. At any
rate, the new system will be given q
years trial, and the chances are that
twill be some time before the streets
are entirely lighted by electricity
again.
Council Friday night awarded the
lighting contract to the lowest bidder,
the American Development company
of Chicago, which furnishes large
share of the street lighting of st. Paul
and other cities. Those who have
seen the lights furnished by this COM
psny are highly pleased with it, The
boulevard lights are certainly far SUI
perior to the incandescent lights now
in use in this city. and the pressure
lights are claimed by the company to
be superior to the arcs now in use.
The change will be made Dec. 1st or
as soon thereafter as possible The
council was partly Influenced in its
action by the lower bid of the Amer
lean Development company, and
partly by the strong pressure brought
to bear by the public generally for
the discontinusnce of the street light
ing service of the Mankato Gas and
Electric Light company. The poor
service rendered by this company in
the past is partly the cause of this
feeling on the part of the citizens,
and the injunction suit of John b.
Meagher accounts for the balance.
The council was unanimous in Its
action, and the citizeLs as whole
sustain it, to judge from expressions
heard. The every and all night system
is to be used, so that there will no
longer be dark streets when the moon
is due to shine but does not
The committee on lighting recon-
mended that the council contract with
the American Development company
for as many lights as are required by
the lighting committee, for one year.
on the every and all night schedule.
This report was adopted unanimously,
without discussion.
Aid. Taylor moved that the bid OF
the American Development company
of Chicago for lighting the streets for
one year, on the every and all night
schedule, be accepted and the con-
tract awarded to that company.
q. A. Patterson, president of the
Msnkato Gas and Electric Light COM
pauy, addressed the council in remon-
STRANGE against the awarding of the
contract as proposed. He claimed
that the bid of the American Develop
ment company was really higher OF
arc lights than his company bid,
which was on 2, 900 candle power arcs.
He thought that the city should com
anHe to be lighted with electricity, al
this is an age of electricity.
President Seeger of the American
DEVELOPMENT company, replied to Mr.
Patterson. His company had statet
the actual candle power of their light
in their bid. The candle power of al
electric arc light is actually 800 can
die power for nominal 1000 candl
power light. When swung on corne
it shines four ways, and the actua
candle power is multiplied by four
It takes an extra good arc light t
develop 800 actual candle power, as
shewr BY numerous tests. The locf
eompsny has failed to show the actua
candle power of its lights. In
American Development company ol
is but 81 a year higher for 60 cand
power light than the local company
30 candle power. The gasoline pre-
sure light is being used by such citi'
as Boston. Philadelphia, etc. and II
boulevard light is being used in near
every city in the country. 1t is
etricay modern and up-to-date ligh
Aid. Heinze advocated contractlr
for % or more of the pressure light
which correspond to the arcs and a
swung at the street corners.
President Seeger stated that tn
would be satisfactory to the compan
the difference to be made up In .
use of more boulevard lights.
shipping of material can begin TONIC
row if necessary.
The motion to award the contra
was unanimously carried.
Hospital to Be Returned.
John G. Wise, one of the truste
of Tourtellotte hospital, was prese
and told of trip to Minneapol
where he had an interview with |
Tourtellstte, brother of the late Z
] e. Tourteilotte, the donor of b.
pitai of that name to the city
heirs desire that the idea of the dol
he carried out, and that the hospi
be not used for quarantine staff
but for the sick poor. The heirs W
the property back, the city nav
failed to carry out disagreement,
thew will make an effort to place II
the hands of some church society
trustees were in favor of transfer
the property back.
Aid. Taylor moved that the east
of the public square, half oleck
extent, containing the hospital,
decided back to the Tourtellotte ne
The matter was finally left over
til the next meeting, when the Il
phase will be looked up and the ne
sary papers prepared, making
ransfer.
An expression of opinion as