Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-08-24
Council Proceedings.
Council Room, Mo. Valley

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! Officers present: e. +. James,
Mryor;; w. H. Withrow;; Clerk;
Geo. Butcher, Marshal.
Councilman present:-Hos-
brook, Gilmore, Walker, Evans,
and Rosenbaum.
Reports of the various stand
ing Committees were approved.
Mr.. L. A. Little, Proprietor
of the Electric Light plant APP
peared before the Council and
proposed to enter into contract
with the City for the furnish
ing of Incandesent and Arc
Lights for a term of 5 years,
claiming that he could not fur
nish the 25 c. P. lights, now in
use, at the present price, and
submitted a letter from A. Ed
gecome, which read as follows:
Mr.. A. L. Little:- Dear Sir:
AS per your request, that | give
you such information as | have
at hand as to the cost of main
tanning one 25 c.. p. Lamp on
street for one month, l am pies
ed to furnish you the following,
to-wit:: One 25 Candle Power
lamp consumes Is watts per
hour, for IL hours it would con-
sumo IL times 80, or 900 watts,
it therefore follows that it would
consume 900 times 80, or $4,000
watts in a month of 80 days.
have ascertained by actual
test and from long experience
in the production of electricity,
that that there is more plants
in this part of Iowa, where Coal
is costing 1925 per ton, that
cannot produce a 1000 watts
for 5 cents, than there is that
that can produce it for this
amount, therefore l have taken
5 cents per 1000 watts as the
very lowest amount that you
can produce the 1000 watts.
In making this estimate | have
taken into consideration, Fuel,
Labor, Water, Taxes, and gen
eral expenses, b u have not
made any allowance for wear
and tear, or sinking fund.
You will readily see by the
above that the amount of cur
rent consumed by a 25 G. P.
Lamp on the street, being $1,000
watts per month, and that it
costs you 5 cents per 1000
watts to produce it, that it is
costing you q times 5 cents, or
$1.35 per month. Yours truly.
A. Edgecomb.
After due consideration, it
was moved and second ed that
the Clerk be requested to cor
respond with the different towns
of about the size of Missouri
Valley, with reference to cost
per light of 25 c. P. Lamps on
their streets. Motion carried.
The Chairman of Waterworks
Committee reported as to the
bad condition of the roof COW
ering building at pumping sta
tion, and advised that his Com
mittee be authorized to have
an entirely new roof put on the
said building, and it was, after
consideration, moved and sec
onded that said committee be 50
authorized. Carried.
Reports of the city treasurer
water commissioner and street
commissioner were read, and it
was moved and seconded that
such reports be approved and
placed on file. Carried.
The report Of the Hartford
Steam Boiler Inspection and In
surance company, made by H.
M. Lemon, manager, was read,
and upon motion duly seconded
and approved.
A petition was presented
reading as follows, towit:
The undersigned owners of
lot 5, block 18, and of lots /, 2,
3, a and 5 in block 10 in the
town Of Missouri Valley; re-
specially petition the common
council of said town of Missou-
ri Valley to construct curb and
gutter along both sides of 9TH
street through the said blocks,
and we hereby agree to pay for
the said curbs on the compile
ton of the work at the rate of
30c per running foot.