The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1906-11-24
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
WERE DISCUSSED
At aWordy Session of the DaytOna
City Council Tuesday Evening.
Little AccG mplished.

A special session of the city fathers
was held Tuesday evening which was
notable for its great amount of discus
cussion. Little of definite nature,
however, was accomplished. The meet
ing was called to consider the proposed
sanitary ordinance and such other bust
ness as might come before the council
Resolutions of respect were adopted
upon the death of the late city collector
H. F. Douglass. The resolutions are
published elsewhere in the Gazette
News of today.
Considerable complaint has been made,
so a councilman stated that buildings
were being erected without the necesSa
~ permit, sewers being laid without
putting up the required bond, etc. To
remedy these evils the street commits
. sioner was empowered to look after such
matters and see that property owners
complied with the requirements of the
city
A bill was received from Arthur S.
futile, civil engineer of Brooklyn, for
$500, which is claimed for services rem
dered in drawing plans for a system of
waterworks and sewerage in 1904. Mr.
Tuttle was paid $500 by the preceding
city council, and according to his state
ment was to receive $500 additional if
he was not retained as consulting en-
gineer should the city install the system.
The matter was referred to the finance
committee for investigation
Electric lights took up considerable
time at the meeting and the matter was
very generally discussed The following
communication was received from Mr..
Schantz:
Daytona Fla November II, 1906.
To the City Council. Daytona, Fla:
Gentlemen-At meeting held in the
month of November, 1906, Il PROPOSE
ton was rendered to s. H. Cove, our
representative, designed to make one
year contract for city lighting ut $50
per arc light.
Mr.. Cove declined to accept this propo-
ntiOn. Our reasons were stated at
meeting held at which all counclimen
were present with but one exception
There it was suggested that an expert
ment be made by placing the arc lamps
at the intersection of the sidewalks at
: three places. This was done. We then
expected report to be made at the
meeting held Monday night, November
IL, as to whether this plan would be
more satisfactory or not
In order to bring the matter before
you so that the same can be finally dis
posed of, and so that there can be no
misunderstanding, respectfully submit
the following propositions;
Frst-If the council insists on limit
Ing us to a one-year contract, we snail
be obliged to charge $l25 for each arc
light. The extremely high and inereas-
ing cost of fuel, the cost of extensions
and further improvements to be made
from to time, will not warrant Us to con-
tract for a one-year period at a less
figure.
Second-If your council will grant US
fye-year contract, We will place as
many of the arc lights at the lntersec-
ton of sidewalks as you may decide on
and furnish light at the same rate as at
present, namely: 800 per arc lamp
This would be but very reasonable
period to justify the expenditure fol
making extensions and adding improve,
ments to meet the requirements of
growing city.
Third-If your council and the quail
ned electors of Daytona are, after enter
ing into the fve-year contract, desirou:
OF operating under municipal owner
ship with a view of adding water
works system in connection Herewith