Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-09
ENGINEER ALIENS REPORT
WORK OF DISTRICT ELECTRICAL
DEPARTMENT.
Rates for Street Lighting in the Dis
trict-Police Patrol Boxes.
Telephone Service.

Walter c. Allen. electrical engineer
of the District. submitted his annual re-
port to the Commissioners today showing
the transactions of his department dur
Ing the fiscal year ended June 80 last.
Mr.. Aliens report almost entirely dealt
indescrbing In detail the various types
forms and localities of lights throughout
the city and the other technical work Of
his department. He included no impor-
tant recommendations in the report.
The contract for gas lighting was
awarded to the American Street Lighting
Company of Baltimore for three years, al
the rate of 500 50 per lamp per annum,
and for naphtha lighting to the Union
Lighting Company for three years at the
rate of So. so per lamp per annum.
This favorable rate for gas lighting. to-
gether with the oncreased appropriation
ena bled the department to substitute
mantle burners for practically all Of the
old tiat-flame burners throughout the Dis
trict The only exceptions were in the
cases of the Pennsylvania avenue and
Navy Yard bridges where the vibrations
from traffic are so heavy as to prohibit
the use of nantes.
New Type Of Arc Lights.
A new type Of arc lamp, known as the
magnetic" lamp, was installed on the
new circuits on New York avenue from
18th street northwest to I'd and r streets
northeast, and on Brightwood avenue
from Upshur street to the District line.
The report shows that July has,
there were 12,94O street lamps OF 81
kinds In use in the city s compared with
H. 40 in use the year previous. during
the year 6.61g fat-fane gas lamps were
changed to mantle gas. making the tota
number Of mantle gas lamps In use al
present 100. During the year 70 mites
of cable were laid. containing over Own
miles of conductor.
The total number Of police patrol boxes
IN service July last was 271, of which
IA are Of the latest pattern; Il new hre
alarm boxes were placed in service dur
Ing the year, making total OF Al IN
service
The total number of telephones con-
nected to the District system on July l
last was 6T2, of which number IS" are
for police station service, l36 Tor puplc
schools, 40 for the fire department and
ments of the District government.
Miles Of Cables. ..--.-t ...
During the year there was erected in
alleys within the prescribed area 368 miles
of wire and aerial cable and 1915 miles out
side the pre- scribed area, and $50 miles o
wire and aerial cable were erected In
streets within the prescribed area hur-
ing the year $50 poles were erected and
a3s taken down, making the total numbe
of poles in the District 1920.
In connection with its wiring inspection
the electrical department during the yea
Issued 1872 permits for electrical WoIf
.nd $40 certificates for electrical work
The number of lamps and apparatus In
stalled during the year was as follows
"a, 225 incandescent lamps, 557 arc lamps
40 motors and Z dynamos. The depart
ment sent out 8.336 notices Of defective
taxes for permits and certificates were
So, 500. The expenditures of this depart
ment during the past fiscal year fol
A.reet lighting. $2sO.o72: for general sup
plies. $l2,954; for wires underground. $22.
$50: for extension for fire alarm system
a. 400: for extension Of telephone syste m
$3.50; Of the police patrol system. $4,2s2
and for electric arc lighting, $98. 3O9.