The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-02
|COUNCIL STICKS
TO PATTERSON co.
EIGHTEEN AGAINST SIX rs TIE
DIVISION THRUoUT.
Alderman Hertig Continues His Con-
test in Favor of American Street
Lamp and Supply Company, but His
Minority Report Is Defeated by
Same Vote that. Awards Contracts to
Patterson.

The adjourned meeting OF the city
council last night did not lack inter
est when the question of awarding the
contract for gas streetlightlng fixtures
came up for settlement. Alderman
Wendell Hertig, who has been leading
the fight against the Patterson COM
pany, on the ground that it's charges
were excessive, submitted minority
report in favor Of a cheaper bid and
went down to defeat, the majority OF
the council voting in favor of the Pat
terson bid at $12.25 q lamp as against
$11.75 offered by the American Street
Lamp & Supply company.
. Alderman E. G. Chatfeld Of the Sec
ond ward moved the adoption of the
report awarding the contract to the
Paterson Street Lighting company, the
price being 1925 a light without own
ership of fixtures. This price included
governors, said to effect saving by
holding the gas consumption down to
1903 cubic feet per hour.
Hertig Offers Report.
The minority report was offered by
Alderman Hertig, who moved to sub
pany Under the minority report, the
American company offered to furnish
and maintain the fixtures for the year
at $1175 lamp with an option where
by the city can purchase the lamps at
the end of the year for $3.50 each or
$3.50 with governors. The minority
report further says, The acceptance
of said proposal will give to the city
the use Of a complete new equipment
3.076 (average) cubic feet Of gas per
hours as against the Patterson light con
Stunning only 1903 (average), in addition
to effecting a saving of over 81 900 to
the city, beside putting on the posts
lamps that can be purchased at the
end Of the contract period at the above
| prices. a.,
E'It would be poor business policy
for the city to pay $2,75O for the use OF
gas on lamps, les that's 5000. A MI
nority of your committee reports the
offer of the American company, to bic
not to exceed $40 per lamp for the veal
1907, and not to exceed So per lamp To-
| the wear 1908. provided the contrac1
for the year 1906 is awarded to sale
company
-. Shows Tabulated Records.
Alderman Hertig also, circulated
among the council tabulated. state
ment of the records of lamps WITH an an
saving of 81, 86O.65 to be gained in l9o'
by accepting the American bid. Undee
the sliding scale reduction, the CITY l
assured a saving Of over $l2, 400 mex
year (l9o7) and over $4,000 the yea
following. :.
Aldermen Hertig and Chatfeld in
dulged in heated debate over Alderma1
Hertig's motion to substitute the minor
ity for the majority report: The roll
call on the acceptance of the m1norlt
or Hertig report resulted in its defea
the vote standing six for and elghtee
against, as follows:
! yes-Starkweather, Hertig, Holmes
Castner, Petersen and President Mel
:, rill-6. r.. III" .-'I'"-' %~A- -
Nays-Gerber, Ryan, Chatfeld, Sal
I terlee, Mumm, Rand, Nelson, Vaughan
McLaskey, Clark, Walker, Mccoy, Ar
, quist, Westphal, Bow, Ehle, Van Nest
choonmaker-l8. y De"
The vote on the majority report re
suited in the same division. ~ Il