The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-11-21
CHANGE TO ELECTRIC POWER
City Council Buys Motor and Pump--A Change
From the Old to the New Electricity Re.
places Steam.

City Council Buys Motor and Pump-A Chang,
From the Old to the New Electricity Re-
places Steam.
Last Wednesday evening the city
council passed an ordinance to secure
electric lights for street purposes. and
electrical energy for the city of Lewiston
and inhabitants thereof, and authorizing
the execution Of a contract with the Lew
'ston Light Co. for that purpose. The
period of this contract Is to be five years
from the first of next January. Among
other things the ordinance provides:
That the arc lamps to be furnished un-
der said contract shall be equal in quail
ity, that is, shall give light equal in
intensity and steadiness to those Of the
arc amps recently installed by the Lew
iston Light Co.. and now in operation in
the streets of said city Of Lewiston, said
lamps being described and known as
General Electric Series A. c., enclosed
street arc lamps to 6.6 amperes, 60 cycles
ordinarily referred to as 2ooo candle
power lamps.
That the services for said arc lamps
shall be for every night and all night
from halt an hour after sunset TO half an
hour before sunrise.
That the price for the service Of said
arc lamps shall be as follows: For less
than 36 lamps, at the rate Of eight (fS)
dollars per lamp per month; fer IS to so
lamps at the rate of six dollars and fifty
cents .SO) per lamp per month; for
more than so lamps, at rates to he agreed
upon hereafter
That the Lewiston Light Co. shall
keep available for the use Of the city of
Lewiston, at or near the pumpiag station
OF the city Of Lewiston, within said city.
electrical energy to the maximum
amount of II2 S killowat, that 10 the
equivalent of $50 horse power for the
term OF said five years, as above stated,
during the hours from midnight until
sunse, for every day Of the period named.
excepting Sundays, but that such excep-
ton for Sundays shall continue not later
than June /, 1908. and also excepting as
hereinafter provided; provided that said
Lewiston Light Co. shall also furnish
such additional amount of electrical
energy as may be required by the city oi
Lewiston. in the operation Of its pump
ing station.
That the city Of Lewiston shall receive
from the said Lewiston Light Co and
pay for electrical energy in the amount
OF all OF its necessary requirements for
power purposes. II being intended
said Lewiston Light Co during the term
Of said concract. the bus ness Of supply.
ing the city, Of Lewiston all the power
necessary for the opeiation of the water
pumping station Of said city of Lewiston.
That the said electrical energy shall be
an alternating three-phase current, Of
about sixty cycles per second, and
having pressure approximately two
thousand (2Ooo) volts at the secondaries
OF the step.dOwn transformers.
That the electrical energy therein pro.
vided for shall he for the sole use of said
city of Lewiston, for the purpose of sup
plying power to pumps for the raising Of
water in, at. or from its power house to
its reservoirs and pipe lines within the
limits Of the said city Of Lewiston, and
for the operation Of lathe and other re-
pairing machinery pertaining to and
within said power house, and for mo-
other purpose without the written con.
sent Of the said Lewiston Light Co.
That the said city of Lewiston shall
make payment to the said Lewiston
Light Co. on or before the fifteenth Of
each month following the service for
such electrical energy for said power at
the rate Of * cents per kill0wat per
honr for all such electrical energy used
in the preceding month as measured by
the aforesaid measuring Instruments
Provided that the rate for such electrical
} energy used during any hours other
than between midnight and sunset,
shall be N cents per killowst per hour;
provided that in case of the burning out
or other accident, or of necessary repairs
to the aforesaid measuring Instruments
then the amount 10 be paid for the
period during which said instrumeuts
shall fail to properly record,the measus-
ing Of the electrical energy shall be de
termined by averaging the amounts paid
for corresponding service at other periods
and the average 20 obtained shall be the
amount to be paid for the period while
said Instruments are being repaired or re-
placed.
In accordance with the ordinance, the
city council has awarded contract for Z
400 horse power electric motor to the
Westinghouse Go. of Pitsburg.. The
contract price was $500 on the cars .,
Pittsbarg. A contract for Deane pumr
with capacity Of 1900. 900 gallons in a
hours. water to be rsised 34s feet, wa,
awarded 70 G. c. brown &~Co. Of Hoiey
oke. Mast, the price being Js6s7.
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Yesterday r. c. ST. Clair. member o
the Kendrick rofi and gun club. turnef