Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-02

tees OF the Poor at fafnhurst-Tb1
Emergency Hospital, or Pesthous
Occasion for Some Very PertU
%aa6' slon. IN 'A' Course q 1.-The q Ft,lle City
% Cos.
At the session OF
Fsrnhurst, Farm an,a u l,riel sdsl YESTERDAY
spirited time wa
Messrs. Henry
OF the house Electric to Give
specton Of tbService,
and reported oo VIZ
condition.
As unfinisb
of the Fin WILL SPEND 100000
up and Z
Draper,
nse in ;ltors of the Street and Sewer
noTary It at their meeting Tuesday
bstwee5n motion of Mr.. Fahey,
Inc n,treet lighting contracts, which
wee,rarded last June to tho Will
witT City Electric Go. and We's-
;eteItreet Lighting Co.. shall be for
unr periods each. beginning yes
y. While this matter was under
oEssiou Mr.. Webster opposed a long
yfaot to the Welsbaoh company,
1ing that Wesbach street lighting in
rs city was an experiment, SO far as
NE department was concerned. He
Thought the light was good and the
lcompany had made an excellent start,
Ebut believed the light should bs given
|Is good trial before awarding long
contract. He voted in the negative
when 1T came to deciding the period
for the Welsbach light. lie favored
Five year contract, but on the electric
Fight matt r all of the directors voted
IN favor of the 10.year Ierod. Before
the vote was taken, however, Mr..
Garter spoke in favor of six-year con-
tract, as the figures are the same for
lsia as for 10 years. The contracts are
i,ased on the same numbe, OF lights as
tare now in use, the number being as
follows
Arc lamps 2, 900 candle over l--269.
lncandescent ga candle power )--557.
Gas lamps (to be under the control
lof the Welsbach Go. )-5l6.
The contract rice for the new lights
lis as follows:
Arc lamps 1854. 80 each per annum;
Total cost per year, tased on the present
humber of lamps, Sl7. 463. As.
incandescent lamps -S1i. SS each per
,um; total ccst per year, So, 2S7. III.
lelsbach lamps S25. IS each per
Ium; total cost Fer year, Sl3, 267.
4 This makes the total cost of street
a.. ting in this city 1907. ca rer
sannum, based on the number of lamps
pow IN use. as against Si5, 593. 67 for
last year, when the light bills were MS
follows: For arc lighting, S26, 5G3. 50;
bncandescent lighting, 5lU, 426. 42: gas
pighting, 81, 663. 70. The arc lamps cost
500 per annum each; gas lamps, SIG. 50,
Iand incandescent lamns. SSH.
John A. Rigg and X. A. Fichthom
Sof Reading, Pa. president and treasurer,
respecJively, OF the United Power and
Transportation Co., and also of the
Wilmington City Electric Co. !; c.
Reginald Van Trump and Walter II.
iHayes, superintendent and attorney,
respectively, for the electric company,
were present and asked that the electric
55kht contract be for 10 yeas. Remarks
!, Dere made by MesHrs. KIgg and Hayes,
who called attention to the iact that
ths present contract exI Tres tonight.
lrhey said a l0.year contract would BIZ
advantageous TO the city, as the COM
taLg could then give the very best
Eervice IN the country. 1t is rroposed
w ~ hilClS eOlBuhlZb LIb SbTflC6 ana
pend about $3.50, 0J0 in improvements.
\ 4 the l0.year contract is awarded. They
~ sd that If they were bidding now
n could not give such low rate, as
Il ,terial and labor had advanced in
h:ice. IL the contract had Eeen awarded
End the period fixed when the bids Ter
ppened the company could have place
ats orders then aud taken advantage OF
he rates then existing in materials,
Eut not knowing what the term would
f2e the contracts could not he made and
Ihe company must now make its CON
tracts at the existing high rates, suffer.
ing heavy loss thel ely. 1t will take
Ahout f1ve months 10 reorganike the
service and renew the Plant and that
york could have been done if the con-
Sract had been awarded last summer.
a. ttention was also called to the fact
sthat since the company submitted it's
Nbid City Council has doubled the tax
ION it's poles.
The directors held long conference,
kdur.ng which they went over the lirht
Snids ard finally they made the award as
above stated.
After the contract had been awarded
president kigg said he would stt day
faward the contract for very large
generator and other improvements would
te follow and 10 from four to five
months the company will have one of
the best plants in the country
! Superintendent Van Trump said one
of the matters to be looked after in
kmaking the improvements is to give
better and brighter inoandesceut service
The Street and Sewer Directors have
on lille large number Of applications
NfpE alaptrin and InL
be considered at an early date. presi.
dent Webster says the number of arc
lights will probably be increased soon,
4apd 1t is likely that other lights will
Zoe added.