The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-11-12

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GO ] CIT q! n STREETS J
the city, OF Duluth forts street, light
Compartives cost Of city arc lights for
street i'eht'ne: III. r. Per light
-.,~.--~ per year Lamp
Plants Owned by !, q 4o9e per
Private companies, av- :"
erage. Of 7S.tctttes as
COLLECTED by League:
Mu pa1sS average s4'1'40 |'0A'l "
*lscted BY league or: ~ ..
American zMunicl-@
Dn Rh,e ,sas:; established o0''0 VIZ
| by contract with Du-
luth General Electric 49,
sss ese 4ass pre %ay be a sSa
and coal have each advanced In price
! orally to prevail instead Of ten and in
From this Statement it IS, seen eno Fiat
the averare1 Of the: rs municipalities
RI hs e ker 81 Of can @
Il than the price now being paid BY
the the city ;of Duluth. while Ad the average
little more than twice the. rate paid
by the city OF, Duluth. The cost per
s a5%R G% 81 to t. TIE S6o%e cry Of Duluth
@$.o1s75,' OF the IS municipalities re-
;ferred TO- in therbulletin mentioned, the
.lGWsst Pric9 per Ia lamp hour shown is
IS Next. With fste Of .;:Sif7 per lamp lamp
hour, while the rates run to $.o276 per
!amnap hour in GALVESTON, Texas, and
szoe Me6 and e2ss Top sha K Kaa-
sas, the other, cities runnino .r@tween
these two extremes, making the aver
age, as shown in the table $.0217 per
Duluth, August 2. 1904.
Mr. F: A; Patrick Chairman, :"
1oo Dgg!l I Mimi. =.
With reference to the matter Of cleo
trio lighting, which is being investi-
ga a' 5,, by committee OF. the CONNER
beg to state that l am authorized by
the Duluth General Electric company
o aP and to hns
lic the Willingness of the Duluth Gen.
eral Electric Company to renew for E
period of either five or ten years a
company and the city Of Duluth.
accompanying herewith is,a certified
copy of the resolution passed at tn,
Stockholders meeting of the Duluth
General Electric company authorizing
me to make a. this pP1roposition tn
sign such renew; -. take effect a
=, Yours truly,
pras,aen+ ~ e. An, W hHAA AETNA ~ -,
Extract. from the minutes of the an
nual stockholders' meeting of the Du
[ luth General Electric Companv held a
its office in Duluth, Minnesota on Jul
ne ne matter Of the renewal Of tn
!, city Of Duluth, was presented for con
stderation, and, it. was thought advis
> able that the president Of the corpora
,, corporation. to state its willingness t
> renew the contract now existing be
tween this company and the city O
| duluth at the same. rate.
? Upon motion of Robert r. Dun1
, voting In the affirmation' and the ther
, ieT1ne resolution: was unanimousi
"kssoiyed;s that the president Of thi
the s9prsss e os Miiine
new sest4ae
sams ra IT, s sns
! IL authorised to- make any necessar
or suitable negotiations and represen
hsreby t dsrt,f snd that the toregoin
; Is a correct copy Of a portion Of t.
minutes Of the annual stakeholder
mt re of the bt 9Sluth GensFal Flee
1904. c. E. VAN BERGEN,
In addition to what is contained i
fhn oF
l. lowing: points. may. be considerSd:
J., BY the confidential report of the Ma
tional Electric Light Association 70
electric lighting in all cities having
population of over 10000 is given. Ii
difFsr report the maximum rate Of
Of which is LAS Cents per kiliowa1t
hour, while the maximum rate charge,
for private liigghting In Duluth is r.
fSus esn ths} tie maxi Maximum ~q 2at
in, Duluth is lower than the averag
rate Of: the cities Of the country havin.
standing the fact that the rate in D 9l
luth is. the same all over the entir
city. which covers a greater terr1tor,
in Rorportion TO-. the number of light
the lighting in the outlying districts
more expensive than in other cities:
The city of Duluth has very low rate
for gas lighting, but Notwithstanding
this, the use Of electric light for pr
y: t., houses; has rapidly increased: Thi
and to the excellent Service given
Electricity. is more generally used TO
lighting purposes in the residences 0
Duluth than in any other of, the larg
er CITIES of. the country.
The, satisfaction which the people Q
the city of Duluth have experienced" il
3 obtaining the water supply that is un
J. excelled for purity: has caused, then
) to not scrutin1ze closely the Question
) of it's COSTS: There has" been a rapi
increase in the consumption: of ga
D furnished by the Water and Light De
I partment to- the people and the Waite
) and Light Board hasg>made commend
} able efforts to reduce the price Of ga
| as well as water to the individual con
/ sumer: In determining: the cost, how
eyer' good business:metho o reautr
; paid to the department by the city an
county taxpayer; and, In. various ways
D} the amount lost to enc city and count
by the loss OF taxes, the increase in tn
q | sinking fCnd made neCeSsarY to tax