The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-23
Standard Cut Down.

City contract rate for street lighting IS
fixed at maximum Of $500 per lamp per
month, whereas present rate IS Si.ut
Standard Cut Down.
This proposed franchise. as TO al arc
lighting (city and others. contains an
entirely new limitation upon the stan
card of service, described as AN average
illumination, u to the standard re
feTred to- that Is to say throughout the
life Of the franchise the average IL
luminat ton for arc lighting shall not be
less than 453 watt enclosed carbon arc
! lamp. in the absence Of the words
average illumination" which are not
TO be found in any of the said existing
franchises, probably a uniform standard
standard Of efficiency. would be i'm
piled to be such as would substantially
meet ana fulfill the requirements a.
found in said present franchises While
qualified contained in the present
franchise. do not see how any re-
/ quirement for uniform standard volt
| average
As to maximum rate for incaudesceut
lighting there Is by the proposed fran
chisc a reduction from what equals ~
cents per 1000 watt hours or one kiio-
watt hour, as allowed bv equivaIcut
terms in all of said four existing fran
ChiSeS. to j. cents.
BY the present franchises the standard
Of gas 10 be furnished is designated as
I being OF the best quality and highest
efficiency This proposed franchise ap-
parently limits that standard to natural
gas only
The compulsory discount for Davuont
before the ltth Of each month is a new
provision not found in existing fran
chiSeS.
This proposed ordinance takes away the
! right nov Specifically reserved in some
of said franchises for change of rates by
/ IegiSla tUre or city council and fixes =
schedule TO remain unchanged unless by
arbitration hereafter. depending unOn
new inventions or improvements ma
teriaIly reducing cost of producing or
distributing the rates are readluSted.
By present franchise churches. public
hospitals and public schools are entitled
( to one-haf of the minimum rate charged
for commercial purposes (See Pioneer
franchlse-D The question arises whether
the proposed franchise would not repeal
that provision, l am inclined To the
3 opinion IT would.
Free Service to City.
( The only changes ! note are. limiting the
+ 80 D. D. electrical cEergy now stipulated
I for light heat or power to power pUr-
poses only Also that the existing right
to- free use of poles and CroSS-arms for
siriugiug wires for municipal purposes''
excludes during life of franchise light
ing purposes"
4 further restriction is imposed. pro-
hbitinE city from use uf power from Wa
] tiers of Big Cottonwood creek for light
ing purposes
/ Again. by this proposed franchise the
civ VIII without cost. acquire the lands
.
. rights i'm Cottonwood creek as described
/ in the submitted draft of franchise.
Placing Wires Underground.
/ dergrouud viii be extended one year from
/ the time now provided
Forfeiture Provisions.
Each and all of the street railway fran
chises sought to be extended. granting use
! of streets, contain a forfeiture provision
which Is not affected ny the proposed
: franchise but which would not cover the
additional streets or parts of streets for
which franchise viii bee granted by pas
sage of this proposed ordinance.
+ one of the four valid existing franchises
for lighting. etc. sought &" DE extended
B. 10 the Utah Light q Railway company
contains forfeiture clause Three do
not nor does the one rO the tab Power
company; nor does the proposed one.
Indebtedness.
/ The paragraph %, headed 'Incaudescent
Lighting" is not clear To- my mind. Just
+ what present standard OF efficiency re-
fers to is indefinite. and ! am unable to
determine whether. as IL reads u would
. nave the effect of supersedi1E or H.aI'lng
the existing prescribed standard of ser
vice as found in Pioneer franchise. viz:
by the best available methods and pTac-
tice known to science of applied electrI-
city
RecspituIation.
F -N'ui 'i'itdl liSItN tfilI "'li'u 'l e'i'-
. t"Tr'd uooH company
tab An extension of time of approx
mateIy eleven years
,r5 Tx,crdfns7 two Ifehtirs rr.lucr.s..s
which wore ,afir,.lisf,e5 i'm r<4s
tD Limiting ri-ht ru fr.t.k.f-c p~i,-iI-
+ ores fn irflrIf-r.sls .,rfrr...rf.s lrIIy
trl DpDriviug the council Of its right
d, ro-rrT.4fa and fix r4fas for .aS and
electric light service AT "a reasonable rate
sd Advancing maximum rate for uatu-
T.
/ fuel PURPOSES
~ Permitting are lighting 10 he sup
g. piled ON The basis of an average HIuruiG-
. arion."
! thl Leaving. out the standard of service
for gas AS now prescribed
GI Removing the onp-HaIf minimum
rate to churches public hospitals and pub
lie schools.
tH PraHiHffialr rrsq of tho I'd h. D. cleo
I irfc:iT ..rer..t- far If-bt or heating urIr-
# H SE 5a1gS 6a bur c..y from use Of