Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
Special Committee of Aldermen
Report Regarding Electric
Lights.
Meeting to Act on the Subject
No Action on Issuing Rutland
Office Bonds.

| tHc report Oh the committee TO whom WIS
| referred the matter Of investigating the
| question of establishing n municipal cleo
| trio lighting plant. The former matter
was not taken up, owing to the fact that
| no resolution had been prepared. The lat
ter question was discussed, the report OF
the committee read and a detailed report
by Prof. Freedman given. Some routine
business was transacted, after which the
| board adjourned
| The special committee consisting of j. j.
Shea, II. Il. Morgan and q. T. Trick, to
| whom WAS referred the provisions of the
| act giving to the city a right to establish
| and maintain an electric lighting plant
| reported that after several meetings with
| Prof. W. H. Freedman, during which the
| whole subject was fully considered, they
find that the street lighting can be quite
| considerably reduced in cost; that in
| candescent lighting can be reduced In
| price at least % per cent, and that the
city will be able 70 sell light and power
| in the same way it now does water, so
that such plant would soon pay for
itself. The committee recommended that
the mayor call public meeting in the
near future to find out the will Of the
people on the subject. The report was
accepted and placed on file.
| The first report made by Prof. Freed
man was read at a recent meeting OF the
| board ana was printed In full in the Free
| Press 1t did not contain detailed figures
! and in compliance with a request IRON
Alderman Shea, Prof. Freedman submitted
a second report last night, which was
as follows:
From a study of the tables previously
submitted it appears that a station hav-
ing a maXimunl output capacity of 100
kilowatts would cost approximately Sll.-
0oU. Seven hundred ana fifty kilowatts
would allow a maximum OF 800 arc HghtS
Of i50 watts each together with approXi-
81.
lamps or their equivalent partly in lamps
and partly in motors. y station of this
kind would have It's dynamoS directly
connected to steam cngincS-Such that
their combined capacity allowing for the
proper elhCiencies would be l,13O horse
power These engines would be COM
pound condcnsing so as to obtain the nee
essary economy and would cost approXi-
mately 80 800. The boilers and auxiliary
apparatus pumps, condcnscrS, etc,
and the necessary piping to furnish the
steam would approximate 500, SD.
An induced draft plant would enable
the station TO run at its highest economy
and would avoid the necessity of building
an expensive chimney. The figures for
this consisting of the proper sheet iron
work and steam engine driven blowers or
fans would be, installed, about 5000.
1t has been estimated that the proper
station or building to house this entire
plant would approximat $1,000 \ figure
of 1900 has also been added for a traval-
ling crane as a station of this size should
rot be without one, due to the increased
rapidity with which any repairs can be
accomplished and the ease of handling
that results.
The dyramos would be three phase al-
ternating current delivering constant
voltage at 100 volts and with their cN-
citere would cost about $la,2Jo Tho
| switchboard containing the necessary
| ing instruments would como to approx
mately s., 81. TO operate arc lamps from
alternating current constant voltage,
dNnamoS requires some additional appArl-
tus for these circuits alone which would
cause an extra expenditure of about s., 500
The number of arc lights used for street
lighting being 300. they would. with th"ir
necessary hoods and hanger boards. add
$40.
TO properly light the strccts and deliver
the power and lighting that this station
could deliver. would require about 30
miles Of pole line and this including the
proper wire. transformers cross arms
insulation. etc.. together with the labor
Tor erecting the same, might cost $1,000
These igurcs still leave $1,000 for m tels
and any small additional expenses TILL
the total Of sli7oyi is reached
In determining the running expense it
has been assumed that the station will
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mum output. As there are 500 hours per
year a 40 kilOwatt station could deliver
$4,000 kIoWatt hours IakInS one quar-
ter Of this and allowing ono ana one-hait
horse power necessary by the engines Tor
each Rilowau delivered by the dNnamos
gives . 4G3, $50 horse power hours demand
ed from the engines. Compound condens-
ing engines should require only two and
six-tenthS pounds Of coal for each horse
power hour furnished. The station would
therefore require 3.20i tons of coal Of 2,0n
pounds each per year At four dollars per
ton and allowing for an increase due to
starting and stopping Of the engines and
a small charge for water. places tho coal
and water item at $1,000
The figure for necessary salaries and
waros has been placed at $4,000 This
was arrived AT hv estimating the number
of mon that would have to be employed
AND assigning suitable figures for their
comncnsation and was also checked IN
IN. cornarison with similar figures in tho
: ios, ronor, Of tho T-nited states commits
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