The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-03

municipal control than in many
cities of the state, as the CONNER
cial business taken by the city with
the plant of the Worcester Electric
Light Company is relatively
greater, when compared with the
street lighting, than that done by
many municipal plants in Massa-
chusetts.
MUNICIPAL COST IN TAUNTON COM
PARED WITH CONTRACT PRICE rx
WORCESTER.
In Taunton, however, the ratio
seems to be very nearly equal To-
that existing in this city.
Taunton has nearly 227 street
lights and the equivalent of 5.o4e
sixteen-candle power commercial
lamps, while Worcester has 100
street arc and a commercial hu sineas
OF 10000 sixteen-candlepower lamps.
From data Supplied this committee
by the officers OF the Taunton
plant, the following facts appear:
The plant was purchased July l.,
1885,, at a cost Of sl25, 900, s2h }s0
having been added during three and
one-half years.
They have ~ street lights of
Loo eandlepower burning g.800
hours per year, the reported cost Of
which Is So. lsii per lamp per year.
Reducing this reported cost 10
Worcester basis as regards tho
price Of coal adding taxes lost and
the additional coal necessary to
barn 2,0OG-cAndle instead of ,aN
candle lamps, the cost per lamp
hour would be 80 cents, as against
our present price OF IS cents, and
II is no secret in electrical circles
that the sity of Taunton will soon
be obliged TO spend AZ least $50 ,tsss
on it's plant Ia order To briag il up
TO the daty repaired OF IL.
The additional requirements fsr
interests, etc, made necessary by
this Investment, will probably In
crease the cost of street arcs In
Taunton to cents per lamp hsar,
IL figured upon she Wooster baxis
as regards cost OF coal and hours of
burning.
BOSTON MADE A TENFaEAH guN-
TRACT AFTER THOROUGH EyEs-
TtssATioS.
That this consideration OF this
matter Of municipal Ownership Is
nok new 10 the cities Of shiS state,
bat has been thoroughly inEsstigAt-
ed by business men from a Business
point OF view, IL shown by the &C
lion OF the city of Boston.
After thorough Investigation o.
the matter during Mayor Matthews
administration, In which several
estimates Of both cost and mainten-
ance were made, a contract was
made by Mayor Quincy for ten
years service sB sliding scale,
ranging from Is cents per light per
night for 2,7i9 lamps 30 - cents for
a.eoo lamps. All lights TO use 600
waits energy and to burn, as In this
city, $500 hoars per year.
BaookLIHE CONTRACTS AFTER IL.
vEsTI0AFioS.
The town Of Broekline. after much
careful inquiry into the probable
cost OF electric street lights undel
municipal ownership, conducted by
experts of highest standing. con
tracted for JOowatt lamps burned
:, 800 hours per year, costing u cents
per light per night.
sPRINGFIKi.D RKSEws IT'S CONTRACT
AFTER INVESTIGATION.
The city of SpringfieldI nvsstigatee
the subject of municipal ownership
and, after careful consideration, re
newed fits contract with the loea
company.
| MUNICIPAL COST IN HUDSON THREE
TIMES CONTRACT PRICE.
| On the other hand. the town o
Hudson, acquired it's electric llgh
plant under the present law, ant
the cost per lamp-hour for the light
sed on the streets is more thar
three times that paid In this city.
MUNICIPAL COST IN WAKEFIELD
$50. S2--CONTRACT PRICE WAS s75.
The experience OF the town o
Wakefield has It's lesson. Accord
ing to deta furnished this committe
by the municipal plant Of that town
the price formally paid under con
tract was SO per lamp-year TO
/ ,2O0-eandlepower lamps burning 70
five aud q half hours per night. IL
plant was established In 1894 at n
original cost of slG4. 900. The In
vestment In the plant 10 date /
slsO, 90. The town uses | 100 eandl
lamps burning six hours per night
and the reported cost In S74.63 pc
lamp year. The town plainly lose