Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-03
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
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Bids shall be submitted for lighting the
streets according to the following
schedules:
All lamps to be in good working order
and to furnish continuous light from one
half hour after sunset until one o'clock a.
m each and every night during the entire
period OF this contract and from five
o'clock a. m. until one-haif hour before
sunrise each and every morning from the
fifteenth day of October until the fifteenth
day of April each year.
INSPECTION
All lamps shall be kept burning accord
ing to the schedule selected and a suffi-
Gent patrol shall be maintained to inspect
the lights every night while in operation.
CARTONS
The carbons.shall be Of the best quality
and best adapted to the current used and
must burn uniformly and give a clear
light
NUMBER OF LIGHTS
There shall be not less than forty (4o)
arc or other street lights and as many
more as needed to be placed at such street
intersections as the street lighting COM
mittee shall designate.
COMMERCIAL LIGHTING
For commercial lighting one arc light oil
twelve hundred candle power with two
incandescent lights of sixteen candle pow.
er shall not exceed the sum Of forty-fve
doIlars (S45) per annum and two arc
lights OF twelve hundred candle power
with incandescent lights of sixteen can
die power shall not exceed the sum Of
seventy five dollars (Sz5) per annum.
For commercial insandescent lights
alone the maximum rate shall not exceed
the sum of thirty cents ($.50) per ligh,
used and when arc and incandescent lights
are both used the sum Of thirty cents pei
month shall be the proportion on which
such incandescent lights are figured.
DWELLING HOUSE AND OUTBUILDINo
The first five lights used for dwelling
house purposes shall not cost to exceed
ten dollars ($l0) per annum and all gh,
in addition to the said five lights up tc
twenty lights shall not cost to exceed the
maximum rate of ninety cents (S.90) each
per annum and for each additional light
above twenty the maximum rate shall not
exceed the sum of seventy cents per an.
mum for each light. All incandescen,
lights enumerated above are for sixteen
candle power lights,
Time
All lights Used for commercial purposes
dwelling houses and outbulldings shall be
in condition to be operated day and night
except from eight o'clrck a. m. until three
o'clock p m. All other hours the current
shall be turned on and in condition tc
furnish light as required.
Moved by Aid. Hudson. seconded by
Aid Putnam, that the foregoing specifica-
tons for street lighting be accepted and
adopted as read, which motion prevailed
Yeas, Aid. Crawford, Hudson, Hull, Men
kee, S. Nays, o.
The following notice was read and or
dered printed:
Notice is hereby given by order Of the
Common Council OF the City of Belding.
that will receive bids for lighting the
streets of the said city with electricity for
the term Of five (5) years from and after
the first day of January A. D. 1909, &C
cordng to the specifications now on file in
this office.
No bid will be considered which is not
accompanied by the bidders certified
check for five hundred ($500.00) dollars
which sum shall be forfeited by the bidder
who is awarded the contract in case he
fails to enter into bond with the city in
the amount Of two thousand (S2oo0.00)
dollars to be forfeited in case OF breach
of the contract. The Common Council
reserves the right, however, to reject any
and all bids.
No bids will be received later than $3.50
o'clock p. m. Friday, December IL. A. D.
1908. w. EDDY, City Clerk.
Moved by Aid. Crawford, seconded by
Aid. Menkee, that the City Clerk be au-
thorized to advertise for bids on the speci.
fications for street lighting. as adopted,
which motion prevailed. Yeas, Aid. Craw-
ford, Hudson, Hull, Menkee. Putnam, S.
Nays, o.
Moved by Aid. Menkee, seconded by
Aid. Crawford, that the Common Council
Of the City Of Belding do now adjourn,
which motion prevailed. Yeas, Aid. Craw-
ford, Hudson, Menkee, Putnam. S.
Nays. O. w. S. EDDY. City Clerk.