The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-02
CITY WILL BUY
LIGHTS OUTRIGHT
Provided Council Adopts Recon-
mendation Of its Committee.
WRANGLING AT The MEETING
Bid Of Newly Company Was Finally
Passed Upon FavorabIY-Motion to
Exclude Newspaper Men from
Executive Session Lost.


which was recently appointed to investi-
gate the matter of letting the contract
for incandescent gas lamps. submitted
Two reports. the first of which asked that
AL bids be rejected, and the second re-
commencing that the committee send
repor. to the Council. requesting that the
Newby Lighting Company be given
contract TO furnish Richmond with two
hundred lights. the city buying them
outright. AS a result disputes were num-
erous, but the final action of the commit
tee was to recommend that the Newly
lamps be purchased.
According &c the contract, which the
Light Committee passed upon favorably.
the city is to pay the Newly Company
$3.50 fer each OF the lamps now in service
in Richmond. TWO hundred in number
The company agrees 10 furnish the city
with burners at a rate of % cents each
and nantles for these burners at rate
Of s cents each, lamps. burners or man
ties to be furnished TO any number at
the same rate
If the Council sees fit to accept the &C
ton of the committee Richmond will,
within comparatively short time. be
rid of the fat burner. and every street
and park gas lamp will be equipped with
Newby incandescent burner.
MUCH WRANGLING.
Altogether the meeting of the commit
tee was probably the iiveliest and most
interesting held in the City Hail in a
long time. wrangling apparently being
The prevailing sentiment of greater
number Of the committeeman. During
the course of the meeting, just before
they went into executive session an eff
fort was made to exclude the newspaper
men from the room. and because this
was not done Z. w. Minor, the COM
mitteeman who led the fight, refused to
participate in the deliberations of the
committee.
The meeting was called to order
promptly at O'Clock by DIR. ]. B. Wood.
the chairman. there being present c. II.
Winston, NJ. T. Seay, E. II. Ferguson.
Harry c. Glenn, W. NJ. Gilman. L.
Washer. T. II. CARRIER, II Stein and Z.
". Minor.
After reading the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting and passing upon some
routine affairs the report of the sub
committee was read by the clerk. The
first paper simply asked that all bids be
rejected, stating no reason fer such
recommendation 1t was followed by an
other containing information to the eff
feet that the Newly Lighting Company
had made a proposition to- sell outright
to the city ali CT the lamps which they
now have in the city and to supply adj
ditional lamps. burners and mantles at
what the subcommittee thought TO be
reasonab BILE figure Attached to this COM
r1unication were the figures at which the
company offered to sell and furnish the
city their lamps, but these figures We're
not given TO the committee just at this
time These figures are responsible for
the attempt that was made TO put the
newspaper men out of the room.
ALLEGED SNAP JUDGMENT.
The first. and probably the liveliest de-
bate of the evening occurred Immediately
after the completion of the reading Of
this report, when Mr.. Winston secured
the floor and stated that he opposed tax
ing snap judgment in any such manner.
He thought other manufa cturerS of in
cardescent lamps should be given OPP
portunity to bid on selling their lamps TO
The city.
Mr.. Winston was interrupted by Mr.
Harry c. Glenn, who was chairman OF
the subcommittee making the report in
question. he objected strongly to the re-
marks of Mr. Winston, stating that.the
report had been made in good faith, every
contestants being fairly and honestly dealt
with.
board" said Mr.. Glenn, and / for one
don't propose that any one shall come
into this committee and accuse me of
taking snap judgment" Whereupon Mr.
Winston said he seemed TO have struck
a sensitive cord, but intended nothing
personal. believing the subcommittee
had acted in good faith.
Much wrangling resulted il the first
report of the subcommittee being re-
ceived and filed. after which motion
allowing the representatives of different
lighting companies present al opportun-
ity to address the committee for ten
minutes was passed.
REPRESENTATIVES of the United Lighting
Company Of Washington, and the Newly
Lighting Company made a few remarks,
the former urging tina: If the city in
tended buying lamps outright he be given
further time in Which to submit bid.
The Newly representative simply stated
ne had made proposition to the sub
committee which he hoped would be &C.
copied
A motion was then made that the COM
,n;ttee 20 into executive session, where
anon every one except the committee
members and the newspaper men retired
from the room. Just before the door was
coesed T. O. yinton. president of the
Newly Company, returned TO the room
and requested that the representatives OF
stating that he had made a proposition 10
sell. and IN the event his proposition was
not accepted and bids advertised for
competing bidders would have an unfair
advantage of him.
MR. MINOR RETIRED.
The gentleman was backed up in the re-
quest by Mr. Minor and Mr.. CARRIER the
former making a strenuous, but vain ef-
fort TO have the press representatives re-
tire. A vote was taken. and it was
shown that large ma jority of the mem
bers favored allowing the newspaper men
to remain IN the room. whereupon Mr..
Minor refused to participate further in
the deliberations. Mr.. Glenn and Mr..
Winston made strong arguments in favor
OF the press men.
The committee then wrangled for an
hour without accomplishing anything. but
finally the action of receiving and filing
the first report of the subcommittee was
reconsidered. MIR. CARRIER then moved
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