Smyrna times., 1903-11-18
COUNCIL MILDLY OPPOSES
SELLING INFERIOR LAMPS
JOHN R. WILSON CALLED DOWN" FOp
SELLING REFILLED ELECTRIC LAMPS
Asked TO Discontinue Their Sale and Council
May Pass Ordinance Regulating Same
improvements TO Street Service.

Since the Town Council escanad .
lawsuit over the electrocuted horse
the Light and Water Committee have
been making some decided changes on
the street line, which will not onIv
lnure to the safety of the public. but
VIII equip the electric light service
better than ever. During the past
several weeks all the condemned cleo.
trlc light poles have been taken ont
and new ones substituted. The work
OF changing the wires has been a te-
dlous task and has kept Superinten.
dent Wilson and his men yery busv
In addition to this all the high voltage
lamps on Main and Commerce streets
nave been overhauled and instead of
suspending them by ropes, as was the
case when the horse was electrocuted
at the corner of East and Commerce
streets, the lamps have been made
stationery so that there is no possi-
olllty OF them falling. The work is
still progressing and Chairman
Grleves of the Light ,and Water Com.
mlttee, reported same at the regular
meeting o. the Council Friday even
ing. One other matter in connection
with the Electric Light service is the
sale of lamps and the subject came
up Friday night that John r. Wilson
was buying reflled lamps from the
city at cents a lamp and selling them
to the consumers for Is cents in com.
petition to the Town, which has been
getting the genuine lamps for II cents
and selling them for 90 cents. Wilson
had received barrel of $50 of these
inferior lamps and wanted to sell
them to the town. There was more or
less discussion on she subject and
1t was suggested that Mr.. Wilson be
asked to discontinue the sale of them
and If any more cases came to the at
tentlon Of the Committee that Council |
pass an ordinance regulating same. |
The Town endeavors to get the best
quality lamp and retails them at lust
about cost after freight is payed Oh
them. 1t is understood that Mr.. Will
son has boxed the lamps up and re-
turned them to Philadelphia.
Councilman StOckIy investigates Coal Supply
Councilman Stockly called the at
tention of the Council that the coal
being delivered by the Argyle Com
pany was not up to contract and at
his suggestion the secretary was au-
thorized to write a letter to the con-
tractors ''jacking" them up about the
matter. There was also some little
discussion about streets and sidewalks.
Complaint was made over the condi- ,
ton of the boardwalk in front of the
of Mis-. Hannah James on
Frazier street and the Street Com
mittee was authorized to investigate {
the matter :
The following bills were read and G
allowed: George p. Graham, $6.65; t
Alexander FAIRIES, Csc; Adams Ex. !
'ress Company, -. Joseph IL.
Jummins. police services and killing e
i've dogs, $5. rs; Quaker City Stamp t
Works, S3.O6; David J. Rose, work,
$3.50; Samuel Armstrong, poles, $37.-
70; FL. b. Grieves, sundries, $50;
W. j. Robinson, work, $16 %; John n
irifin, work, $500; W. H. Morris,
work, $3.50; James Viney, work, $9.75;
:. V. Cooper, poles. $3.50; Harry G.
rschudy, poles, ST. so; Horace Lein- G
'erger, for removing electrOcuted b
orse, 80 so; Total, S125.25. Alder 81
nan Crow reported $3.50 collected in G.
mes for the month of October and D
assed over to the Town Treasurer. v