The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-10
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
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board should Immediately demand of
said companies strict compliance with
the contracts and should require sworn
statements as to candle power each
mouth.
Second, that the board should adj
Vertise for bids for lighting the town
not later than October first Of this
year, so that other companies may be
able to compete with the present COM
panies on bidding terms. and have
time to complete new plants.
That the board should make more
general provision that the wires should
be placed under ground, that arc
lights should be generally used instead
Of incandescent or gas lamps, and that
they should be more advantageOusly
distributed than at present.
That in future contracts for street
lighting it should be required as a con-
ditiOn that the lighting companies
furnish gas of a good quality to pri-
Fate consumers at maximum of Sl.25
per Thousand feet, and electricity at
maximum price Of Is cents per kilo
watt.
Copies Of the report of the commit
tee containing the reportof the expert
were handed each member OF the
board and will be generally distri-
buted Alfred Spice spent three days
here in April and the committee Sc
cured signed statements OF fifty May
ors of places of approximately the
same population in Connecticut, Penn
Eylvania, New York and New Jersey.
The committee declares that the
gas company is not performing its
contract. because it does not furnish
lamps of the candle power and uni
fOrmitv required by the contract, and
because it fails to furnish new man
ties. cocks. burners, glass and lamps
whenever needed and to keep them in
good condition,
In no case says the report does the
candle power equal that called for.
The sixty candle power in tests OF
eight lamps showed an average OF
1912 candle power, and these were
with one exception the better lights.
The lights furnished vary widely in
quality. The expert selected the best
lamps as graded good and found that
IS per cent. were good, Is per cent.
were fair, IA per cent. were broken, q
per cent. had broken mantleS and 6
per cent were out entirely.
The committee did not discuss the
item OF cost because data was meagre.
The use of mantled lights was con-
demned. Attention was called to
lamps lit in the day time, q waste
which it was said falls indirectly on
the citizens. The price charged pri-
vate consumers was designated as ex-
cesSiYe and the pressure at times in
adequate.
The Electric Company has failed
to perform its contract because the
candle power was only 1884 from the
tests made Of seven lamps whereas
The contract calls for rs candle power
for incandescent lamps. Arc lamps
averaged 1913 candle power, while the
contract calls for 400 candle power.
The incandescent lamps are not re-
newed often enough. The cost OF the |
arcs is condemned as excessive, the
price being S120 per year, while the
average Of twenty-Seven municipali-
ties showed cost of 1927. The aver
age charge in the State OF C0nnecti-
cut was $S3.71.
The private consumer pays too much
for his electricity, because the average
price secured by the Public Service
Corporation in fifteen New Jersey
towns is hut 13S cents per kilowatt.
The committee recommended the
general use of arc lamps. The report
discussed the idea of municipal
plant, but felt that there would be
great opposition both by the Public
Service and citizens of Morristown
and because the town had no property
which could be bonded to raise sufh-
Gent money.
The report was signed by S. III. Gil
ieSpie and KinSley Twining and APP
pended was the report Of Alfred Spice
and tabulatiOnS of costs OF service in
other towns.
Alderman Mowery moved that the
STREET lamp committee to which was
referred the petition of the Civic AS
ISOLATION be asked to report at the
special meeting of the twentieth, if
possible. Aldermen Lewis answered
LII possible. ?
Alderman Owens said that there
should be tax sale to secure title to
some pieces OF property on which the
taxes had not been paid Mayor Reed
said that there were a number of
pieces already held by the town from
which some income should be received.
The tax sale was ordered and the
Counsel was ordered to proceed to Sc
cure the income from the improved
property.
Aldermen Owens stated that the
terms of service of /. r. PierSon and
DR.. S. q. Haven as members of the
board of health had expired and named
for the yancancies, /. r. PierSon and
John Burr. Alderman LippmanI
named DR.. Haven The alderman all
voted for the first nominee and all but
Mayor Reed and Aldermen Rutan and
Lippman for ] r.. Burr.
Alderman Day called attention to
the violations of the building Ordi-
nance recently adopted He said the
ordinance was for the advantage of
the citizens. The talk about town is
that the board does not pretend to en-
force Its ordinances and anybody can
build TO suit himself. He moved that
the Counsel start proceedings at once
against the offenders. Alderman
Lewis said that it was part of his
duties and a motion was not needed
Mayor Reed asked who had violated
the ordinance.
Alderman Day replied that the
Mann case had never been settled w.
A. Lauenstein and James Timmons
had violated it since that case. In
the latter case, case exactly pararel
mad been decided in Long Branch in
favor of the town. Then In the Salny
case permission had been given to re-
pair. but they had torn down the
whole structure and built new wood
en- building.
Alderman Thompson said Mann had
been sick and unfortunate and would
ls0Ver his harm with metal as soon ag