Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-03-21
COMMON COUNCIL

session at the city nan; uesudy even
ing, March II, at 1870 p. m, Mayor
Hoyt presiding. Alderman Breed,
Baumbach. Jones, Hamme, Lefeber,
Martin and Menninger in attendance.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting and the special meeting OF
March 7, were read and approved.
The financial statement Of the treas
urer certified as examined and found
correct by the officer acting comptroller,
was presented and ordered placed on
file.
The finance nmittee reported back
various bills referred at the last meet
ing with their recommendation, and the
bills were allowed as recommended.
The special committee on an electric
lighting plant for the city, submitted
report as follows:
To the Common Council City Of Wan
/ watosa:
| GENTLEMEN compliance with Il
resolution adopted by this council on
/ the 23d day of September, 1902, the
proper officers of the city Of Wauwa-
tosa entered into a contract with Ii.
| ID. Hallett, consulting engineer, Aurora.
| H., for furnishing to said city com
plet set of plans and specifications for
a Municipal Electric Lighting plant;
that early in January of this year Mr.
IIallett submitted in person to this
committee, plans and full specifications
for Municipal Electric Lighting
pant, to be located at and in coniunc-
ton with the present pumping station
of the City Water Works plant, and
consisting of all necessary machinery
and six miles Of pole and wire line at
cost of $50, 900.
The earnings of this plant run at its
full capacity, ten hours per day, for
one year, .E12,220 90
The cost of running this plant under
the same conditions is, ............ 10,S73 90
Showing profit for one year of...... Lbs 90
As our city could not at this time
furnish the necessary volume of bust
ness to enable this plant to be operated
with Il full load, for any part of the
day, and further the running of this
plant for only 10 hours out of the "A
hours per day, would not be satisfac-
tory to our people, consequently, the
figures given by the engineer Of cost of
operating, revenue, profit, etc, of this
plant are of very little value to the
council at this time.
Your committee have formulated an
estimate of cost Of running n Municipal
plant such as planned for by Mr.. Hal
lett, but for "a hours each day, for one
year, tO-Wit:
Coal a2 goo 90
Three men. .....-.. 2l00 90
OH and waste .................. ..,....... 300 90
Interest ........... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 400 90
Sinking fEnd .,..-...... ............ l,0U0 90
Depreciation, 10 per cent. ........ 1000 90
Total cost Observation-Disclosures 800 90
We have obtained the approximate
earnings from Commercial Lighting
in this city for one year. $500 90
Leaving n balance which would repre-
sent the cost Of public or street light
ing for one year Observation-Disclosures. 4300 w
AS per instruction from this council,
an advertisement was placed in the
official paper asking for proposals for
furnishing are and 50 incandescent
electric lights, or 100 Welsbach gas
lights for a term of five years. Bids
were received as follows. from:
Milwaukee Light Heat ana Traction Co:
For are lights, each .,....,... SIS % per year
For iucaudescent lights each, is 20 per year
Cleveland Vapor Light Co;
For Wclsbaek Gas Lights, eachS23 30 per year
Making the cost of street lighting Oh the
present schedule OF time, by electricity,
per year.. ..,. 49,. So GA
BY Welsback gas, per year .... 49,. .,...... 235O
In the Judgment of your committee
the earnings for electric lighting is not
sufficient to warrant the city of Wau-
watosa in installing NJ unicipal plant
at this time
Your committee would further re-
port that the Wauwatosa Advancement
Club, a local organization, has had
under consideration this question of
Municipal Lighting. and its commi ttec
after a thorough examination of the
subject, have reported adversely to the
erection of such a plant in this city,
showing in their report that electric
lighting would cost us under the NUM-
cipal Ownership plan 10 40 cents per
h. w, whereas under the present plan
Of dealing with the Milwaukee Light,
Heat & Traction Co.. we are getting
fully as good service If not better than
a small plant could give at a cost of .
cents per *. w, The fun report of the
committee above referred to is hereto
attached and made a part of this report.
Dated this Eth day of March.
Respectfully submitted,
{. A. BREED,
WM. Won HAUMBACH,
j. q. MARTIN,
JAMES LEFEBER.
Special Committee on Electric Light
ing Plant
The following is the report of special
committee on municipal lighting APP
pointed by the Wauwatosa Advance
ment Club at the suggestion of the
mayor at the regular January meeting.
This committee has examined the
, specifications now ON file with the city
clerk for a SEQ, 600 lighting plant, to be
an addition to the present pumping
plant, aud 10 be run in connection
Herewith. Weconsider Il fair estimate
of receipts for electric lighting. on a
lie. basis, to he $4,000 per aunum. al
/ though it has not averaged $4,000 in
the past. Our estimate Of the addi.