Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31
ORDER EQUIPMENT FOR LIoHr PLANT.
(1son Wsdnssday's Daily.)

As result of the special meeting of the City Council, held last night, all machinery and equipment necessary for the installing of q complete munic. ipal electric light plant will bc ordered at once. A duplicate dynamo will be installed at the Granite Creek auxiliary pumping station as soon as delivered here by the Westinghouse Manufactur. ing company, and additional machinery will be added to the Del Rio pumping plant, necessary to convert 1t into a combination water and electric lighting plant, supplying customers in the city with water and light under the direction of the Mayor and City Council.
 Elsewhere in this issue of the Jour nal. Miner appears Ordinance No. l62, passed by the Council, establishing the rates for electric lights to be furnish. cd from the municipal plant, the rates being much cheaper than those given by the Prescott Electric company, which heretofore has had monopoly in the lighting of the city.
 It is also proposed to light the plaza by six arc lights, if suitable arrange. ments on prices can bc made with the Board of Supervisors, Couneilmen Eel. cher and Wilson having been appoint. ed to confer with the Board of Super. visors at the next meeting of the Board.
 The appointment by the Mayor of c. (. Glass as superintendent of tho Flee. tric Light Department, with salary of >10O a month, to be taken out of the electric light fund, was confirmed, and the new superintendent was order. ed by the Council to at once purchase from the Westinghouse Manufacturing company n duplicate dynamo for the Granite Greek pumping station, to be installed as soon as delivered.
 Superintendent Glass was alp, in. structed to purchase all supplies for the completion of the plant as per a report submitted by him at the meet. ing on the bids opened st tho last Council meeting for the furnishing of machinery and supplies for the munic. ipal plant.
 'i He Secosanended in port, as follows:
 That John \. Roebling Sons coIn' psny bid on copper wirc be accepted, and $o,OOO worth ordered. | That Westinghouse Manufacturing company's bid to furnish n 3.phase generator, equipped with cxciter and switchboard. for t2,324, be accepted, and supplies ordered.
 I That the wesco Supply company 's bid to furnish 25 are lamps and one regulator and switchboard for >787, [. o. b., Prescott ;e,5o0 cartoons at s35.SO per thousand; 2,500 smaller size cartoons at $ls.45 per thousand; 10 dozen inner globes at sl.s6 per dozen; 3 dozen outer
 globes Ut $s.50 per dozen; l5 5.ampere meters at tl4s.50; 10 l0-amperc meters at tl0s; 5 2O-ampere meters at &59.44;
 Q 3O.ampere meters at $8s.40; and 60.ampere meters at s3O98, be accepted and part of the supplies ordered. In summing up Ar. Glaas. estimated that the total cost of duplicating the eity's electrical equipment at the Del Rio plant, ready to operate, would be ] $3,964, with the exception of the size of the unit to be installed. He recommended for immediate pur chase the following supplies: 2.0O0 10 c. p. lamps, at l6,ac each &33OOO.
 300 g C. ?. lamps, at 25hsc each - t7o.SO.
 200 (. p. lamps, M l6lsc eseh-- [ t3s.OO.
 !, | l0-Killowatt transformers, at } &assso.
 { l5-Killowatt transformers. at , $55i.sO.
 , These supplies, in addition to tn, 9 others mentioned, such as the generator switchboard, are lamps and cartoons , meters, etc, will make total cost oi 3 A,87L7O, and with the cost of dupli 9 eating the Del Rio dynamo, will bring !. the total cost, or the first outlay, stor, 7 supplies included, mp to $s,435.7O Q which expenditure was authorized b,
 the Council.
 '. After leave of absence was granted
 to Superintendent Glass until ths 2stl $ of this month, tho Council adjourned !. COPPER AT 2l GENTS PREDICTED n FOR 1907.