The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-09-20
EDITOR

EDIToR;-
The Committee on Street Lights fol
the present year, noticing an article
in one of our City papers recently
over the signature of observer" ask
ing some information ON the Light
question, and presuming on your
kindness to allow space in your neXt
issue, we will endeavor to give the
desired information, and do so very
gladly as ii is n matter which all citi-
zens have a right to know, and should
| know.
As "Obseryer" states, the Council
did meet to ratify the action of the
Light Committee in making the CON
tract with the Lambertville Heat
Light and Power Co. for term OF
five years, the same having already
been ordered at previous meeting.
The new contract calls for total OF
Is. Arc lamps, an increase of % over
previous years, at an approximate
cost of $4,000.
The low rate only being ohtainable
by making the contract for the speci-
fed term of years.
With the additional number of
lamps it is the desire of said commit
tee to place as far as practicable one
lamp at each street intersection, but
rs the limited number will not admit
of this throughout the entire City, a
lamp will be placed at each of the
darkest places as far as possible, il
being the desire to distribute them as
evenly as possible throughout the en-
tire City.
The cost under the new contract is
but $25. 90 greater than it has cost
tho City for light each year in the
past, Notwithstanding we are proyid-
ing % additional (Arc) lamps.
The committee fully agrees with
observer" that for some time back
the quality of light furnished has not
been up to the desired standard, a
condition which the committee has
repeatedly tried to have remedied as
far as possible, fact which our cor
respondenee Improve, but the causes
have been in nearly every case eX-
planned to the satisfaction of said
committee. 1t must also be born in
mind that for some months there has
been no contract whatever between
the City and Light Co. and we can
not but feel TINT the City has Cotton
over difficult condition of affairs in
n fairly satisfactory manner. Had
the contract been agrcod upon when
the previous one expired our citizens
would no doubt now he receiving the
benefits OF the new one.
1t may not generally be known, but
when the lights are ont, rs has been
the case for several nights recently,
the Light Company suffers reduc-
ton in their bill for each month cor
responding to the amount of light
shut of, SO that the City does not pay
ipi ilHHt WutD sHiut IL ubi luiHlNutu.
In closing we would add that com
parison of the contract price per
lamp under the new contract will com
pare very fayorably with that of any
other City as is shown by the annual
reports of cities so lighted.
Should observer" or any of our
citizens desire any further informa-
ton on this subject or make any sug-
gestions we should he only @too glad
to enlghten them as far as ii may he
possible for us to do so.
The recent failure to furnish lights
has been due to the Armature burning
out at the Plant, a matter which ii is
impossible to guard OF i'll any way
provide against, except by duplicating
which while expensive may be done in
the future, but which is matter be-
yond our control.
WILLIAM r. BowNE,
HARRY X. KRAMER,
CHAs. i. IIoLcoMnE,
Inmhprtvillp i Sent q 1908