The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-08

costing at the rate OF s3s.7s per lamp: Rochester
s2s per lamp: Cambridge. Mass. s2sss per lamp:
while Boston, New Haven Yonkers. Lancaster.
Jersey CITY, Providence, Omaha and Worcester,
Mass are all at the rate Of 80 per lamp and Bing.
hAmtop N, Y, Ia Ss1.
II Will he aeen therefore that the Advancement
by which the Consolidated Gas Company furnishes
the weisbach lamps ana incandcscent NANTES
TO the City of New York al the rate OF SO Der annum
prr amp IA under the oost Maid by ali other cities
for the same .eryices save DAYTON New BEDFORD
and San Francisco: New Bedford u 20 cents less
per snnum: San Francisco % cents less per annum,
plus the moon: and Dayton, concernins which we
cannot obtain accurate Information.
EL"S Ls""o'
The main criticism. however OF M. hoaIoe
v directed TO the cost 70 the C7ty OF eecuncuy
a. IN illuminsnt. He ststes that the prices paid
In the Borough OF Manhattan Tor s'oo cAnoie
power lamp Is SIG per year: that he has secured
reports from o. citics throughout the country
showing the prices paid In those cftses Tor supply
ting the same With lamps OF 2.ooo candle power ana
that the average cost Ia rs 90 per lamp per year
Concerning the question Of electricity II Is proper
TO say:
The electric lighting companies In the City OF
New York have from time TO time voluntarily
reduced their rates to the City and private con-
sumers without any pressure from the municipal
authorities or legislative action.
The cost for arc lamps In the Bronx involving
nearly one thousand, was reduced In 1907 from
as cents 70 10 cents per lamp per night and number
of iamps in special localities In the Borough OF
Manhattan. for which the City had previously PAID
90 cents and IS cents per lamp per night. was re-
duced TO the uniform rate Of 40 cents
The Edison Company also reduced the price OF
electric current In 1885, and at the same time mod
ned It's price schedules. so tina, the smallest
well as the largest consumer could obtain dis
count.
A second reduction was made two years later,
and September I, 1902 the third In the series OF
reductions made ana contemplated ~aS ahhou
TINS change reducing 'he maximum price o, eiec
rlc current from ~ Genus 70 ID cents per h"o"a.'
hour' This reduction IN many cases 20 per oen.'
from FORMER ohs' win amount 'o neo.s e'oo'oe,
the entlre expense OF eec'nc sree' 'sh''"s i" VIC
Borough OF hanna''ah ior ono year
ms chahee VIII DC tne pe'er appreeia'eo ""eu
" Is recaheo thAt 10 Sn'caeo ana BOSTON, "neie
many items OF cos, are ioWe1 man neie, .ne "aA'-
mum price Is sun ~ eents per hho"a" noui'
On anayzlng the table PREPARED oy MI Monroe
as OASIS OF compaI WIN o,as msae y 70. e'eo
.ro hsh''hs io' ramps 'h WIG S'' VI '" '0'~' ""
hnu. .,.,..
rug e.oe"N "s"' pan" =" soe y. s"o
% se'eoeu 81. ope.,eu W 49,, y, a. . -
VI nm q ~ A ~. "eu asu' ~ ' go
anu o,oo ntnuns houIs per sea,. m',e"" VI 49,,
as !s4uI.o W 'ue Ne" ioiA seeu IN o"s
oi 'he seee'eu oeSes' .hc .ane"' 'upp"'u '"'
'eS, man ,.aun a,, ~ NeW w, ,,.,,. 4. ,,r =,
~ a,no.' eae.s 80 IN $3.50
s .. !. g., .u. ~. =. ~. 49, $500,
ISIS. a.u ~ ~ Inv $3.50, ~ %.,s.,,.
"a. ,h.re,ore .nn,ren, ,bst IN. ,.ne,.I 40, -.
collected hv M, uonroe form no hssls tor . com.
narson with IN. fair Goa, of electric IIeb,, I'm the
CITY ~ New worry
Tn. main h.s,s n, oorr.o.on hovsx.r thu,
4. MAD. hy NJ, uon,o. ho,h IN IN. ou..,,or y,
inc.ndr,ccn, m.n,lc. and m. ou.,,,on ~ .l.c.
tric lighting, Is the cost to the City of Chicaxo
Il Is claimed In his report that the cost TO that
city by reason Of the operation of its municlps