The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-01
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water companies and railroads. A hall
generation ago much the same kind oil
thoughts were expressed regarding
sewers, lights, etc, by prominent
men, who have gone ON, but the
conditions still exist. He hoped that
half generation further on men
could not quote the present meeting
and say the same thing. We kick
about a lighting system which does
not light. 1t may be pleasant for the
young couples to sit in the shadow
and hold hands, but it is trying on
the parents.
Colonel Hine, representing the Pub
lie Service Corporation, asked the in
diligence of the people of Morristown
for a little longer. Hesaid that there
was evident shortening in the man
agement of the Morristown property,
although he did not reflect on the To-
cal manager, who had worked with
poor equipment. Why the plant had
not been rehabilitated is hard to ex-
plain, but the company has many plants
and is trying to keep up all of them
The plant has been running eighteen
years. six under the present organiza-
tion without difficulty until the last
few months. He said he did not
blame the people for being indignant,
but machinery will wear out.
New machinery could not be Sc
cured under year and although the
generator sent here has seen service,
he said it was not secondhand. When
the new boiler contemplated is also
in, the plant will have a capacity fifty
per cent. greater than the demand, a
condition not found in any other plant
in the division. He said the load
here is peculiar, running to a peak in
October and November, then decreas-
ing. He also reiterated the promise
of the company to reduce the price
from fifteen cents per kilo-watt to
twelve for this month and to ten be-
ginning in 1908.
DIR. Humphreys asked if motor cur
rent is not sold at ten cents. Mr..
Lynch said it was, but on the theory
that it would be used during the day
when the demands for light are small.
DR.. Humphreys brought up the sub
iect of voltage, stating that he had put
in volt meter which showed fluctua-
tions from ninety to one hundred and
twenty seven volts and asked if that
was good for the lamps. Mr. Lynch
said it was the fault of the current
rather than the meter and that the
lamps soon wore out under such con
ditions.
Mayor Reed asked as to the future
price of street lighting and Mr.. Hine
said that with 1908, the price for are
! lamps will be SS5 as against 1920 al
present. He did not know the rate OF
the incandescents. MIR. Gillespie sale
that Summit had lamps of the same
candle power for SIS, as against s2C
here. Mr.. Hine said it was not one o.
their plants.
e. A. Carpenter asked if the com
pany had a duplicate engine for emer
gencies and dec Jared that If the plan
is at all adequate such should be pro
vided, 1t was brought out that on,
engine has carried most of the load re
Gently. The spare unit was small ant
on account Of room had to be removed
to put in the larger unit, which Mr.
Hine declared would be ready in ola,
or so.
In response to questions of Mayo
Reed, Mr.. Lynch said that the forme
management had purchased land am
planned a new station here, but tn,
present management as far as HI
knew had done nothing to secure /;
new station.
o. B. Smith, Jr.. brought up tht
subject of gas, being seconded in hi
protest against conditions by HalsteC
Little and Il. q. heaSbey In re
Spouse to the request for information
as to the gas situation, R. d. Foot,
took the floor and said he had beer
the active manager for five and hal
years. He found that an originally
up-to-date plant had been superseded
He thought of remodelling the plant
but learned that some of the main.
had been in the ground for thirty o
more years and were so badly corrodeC
that gas could hardly be forced through
them. Since then the dead ends hav
nearly all been taken out and consid
cradle new main laid. Last year worl
was started on new plant and con
tracts let for the completion of ney
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