New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-01
CITY LIGHTING HIGH.
ONLY ONE BID FOR Gas.
Court Proceedings Keep 4zcay An
E1ccpt Ne1o amsterdam.

- Bids for supplying light and power to the city
4were opened yesterday afternoon by Commits
sioner John II. OBrien OF the Department OF
Water Supply, Gas and Electricity Only one
bid was received for gas, the New Amsterdam
Gas Company by the terms of it's franchise be-
ing compelled to bid. 1t bid 90 cents. the old
rate a thousand feet. Because the SO-cent
gas law is held up in the courts no other COM
pany put I'm a bid. The New Amsterdam also
bid 81 a year for open flame gas lamps
The city gains slightly in the cost OF lighting
and power. The single lamp will cost vari-
opsly $50. S95 and 500 year again in Manhat-
tan and Richmond and 800 year in The Bronx
and Brooklyn, except that small number of
lamps in Brooklyn will cost Se7 90. In Queens
they VIII be 500. except for some new and
a small number which will cost $50 49,
1ncandescent lights in Manhattan will cost
81 % each a year. the same as for 1906. In the
other boroughs the cost will be $50, except in
brooklyn No bids were received for Brooklyn.
double arc lamps such those in Fifth avenue
VIII cost the same, or S130 year.
The Richmond Light & Railroad Company,
which has been furnishing light and power to
Staten Island, has bid again. For the single arc
lamps it bid the usual $50 but Richmond will
have to pay about sos for over six hundred
stronger arc lights. The company bid 10 cents
a kowatt hour for furnishing current for other
for power. The Edison Electric Illuminating
Company of Brooklyn bid cents kilowatt
hour for furnishing current for power in Brook
lyn, and the New York and Queens Electric
Light and Power Company cents for current
for power in Queens These were about the
only savings to the city, as last year the bids
averaged 10 cents
The Welsbach Street Lighting Company of
America bid for its lights 50 % lamp month
-f7 oal,.s YTl-.
This is S27 "a a year
The open flame naphtha lamps used in Brook
lyn and Queens will cost $50 IS a year, accord
ing to the bid of the New York and New Jersey
Globe Gaslight Company. Several companies bid
for the various contracts, which included furnish
ing lampposts, repairs maintenance and many
other items. All will have TO be tabuIated be-
fore awards made. 1t was said at the de-
partment that all the companies are practically
controlled by the Consolidated.
The lighting companies issued a statement
after the bid had been received stating that the
city would be allowed to have all electric arc
lamps over five thousand in number at the rate
OF $50 lamp in Manhattan and The Bronx The
city has something less than that. but by adding
in the double lamps it makes the number about
5000. The city VIII thus get the two hundred
lamps at 500. The statement follows:
The bids for electric lighting submitted for the
year lSUI are on substantially the same basis
the bids for 1906.
With the consent OF the city authorities the
electric lighting companies of the boroughs of
Manhattan and The Bronx will arrange TO count
the number Of lamps supplied by each, so
that the total number Of arc lamps supplied by
ell the companies may be considered for thu
purpose OF giving the city the benefit of the
Sliding scale of prices under the bids
Under the bids Of last year the total number
of arc lamps did not quite reach five thousand,
the number necessary to give the city the
duced price. To bring this about the companies
this year have put in their bids that the Fifth
avenue lamps will also be considered IN this
putation, making the total lamps IN excess Of
five thousand, so that under the bids
siderable number Of city lamps will be furnished
TO the city at 800 each.
- companies Will also continue to make
- raj rae 10 the city Of ~ a kilowatt
hour for the service of all the public buildings
taken whole. This is % per cent below the
legal rate of reduction, which has been made
for the benefit of the city