The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-12
LIGHTING PLANT
FOR ORANGE IS.
FULLY OUTLINED
Engineer Runyon Submits Plan
Showing Great Saving Over
Public Service Charge.

Figures indicating that Orange can
have a vastly improved electric light
system over the present
at q smaller cost were submitted by
Engineer Frederick O. Runyon at a
meeting last night of the Orange strest
committee, to which body was referred
the bid for the proposed plant SUBJ
mitted at the meeting on Monday night
OF the Common Council.
Storms & Co, of Newark, who bid
ss2,s5s for the entire work OF a lighting
system, with overhead wires in Main
street. will probably be recommended
for the contract. This firm viii give
the best lighted business street in
Essex county-forty-eight lamps In
Main street, which is three-auarters
of a mile in length-at their figure.
They win provide 5ss arc and IS Tung-
stems as against 325 lamps at present.
The power will be an average OF $500
candies for 1856 arcs, against as at
present, n the average cost per lamp
viii be s541s as against $50. the pub
lie Service charge.
Duggan & Co., of New York. win ret
the contract If underground subwavs in
NAohh otACCA LIZ 0fACItQ at I4Eif H&Hf8
of 1884, 80.
the overhead system as favored in Main
street is adopted, win be $107. 2s6 for
the entire plant. This includes the
Storms bid, SIS. 700 for the cost of the
plant estimated as spent in the present
housing plant at Chestnut street, and
S5,656 for the engineers work and other
expenses The cost. as figured by the
experts, follow:
THE entire expense of the municipal
lighting plant. amounting to s107, e8G,
VIII include two other general items
The first of these figures is SIS, zoo, the
partial cost of the power plant at the
pumping station, which must be in
cluded In the cost Of the lighting sys-
tenn. In this building the generating
plant win be located. The other item
amounts to s5,676. which includes s4.lfz.
the fees to be collected for engineering
services
"In order to correct a wrong impress
sion as to how much should be CHARGED
the municipal lighting plant for the
cost of erecting the building where the
generating plant will be located, the
engineers have included in their report
a table showing that the actual cost
is SIS, 700. instead Of $4,000. with this
correction another table is given to
show the total cost. exclusive Of fees,
to be as follows: Property. s1.500;
building. $4,000; building alterations,
S 5000: chimney (new erected), LOO;
boilers fnow installed). s7,159; steam
fitting (now installed). s2.s50; steam
fitting. $4,000; engines. So, 100: general.
ing equipment, 1923, 700: switchboard. Sa,-
900; distributing system, $685. 3s; total.
s10s, 13s.
Attention is called in the report that
in estimating the cost of labor. con-
sideration must be given to the labor
required for the operation OF h COM
bined water and sewage pumping sta
tons in connection with the generating
plant of the lighting system. The n
gineers have very carefully estimated
the expense Of operation which should
properly be charged against the munich
pal lighting plant. and as a summary
submit the folio wing items which
should be included in the annual
charges: Interest, ss,427; depreciation.
s.. zoo; labor, $5.soS: coal, 1850; oil n
waste $500; repairs. $500; supplies.
1875; total s2T.eso."
In concluding the report reads as fol-
lows:
THE cost per arc lamp IN this basis
is s54.16. The saving over present Pub
lie Service Corporation rates On a Soc
light basis is s1s.420 per year. This
estimate is liberal and It is extremely
improbable that the cost per arc light
per year will be exceeded"