The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-16
Would Substitute Luminous Arc or Magnitite Lamps at Rate of 20 Gents Per Lamp Per Night, or $73 Fer Year.
Chairman Day Favors Ac- cepting Proposition = No Concessions to Private Consumers Proposal Made by A. B. Beers, Com pany's Counsel

Seeking to avoid the inquest into it's affairs which the city is making through a special committee of the Common Council. the United Iluminat- ing Company has made an offer to the committee which is in the nature of a compromise.
 In essence the company offers to re- place the present arc lights with the so called magnitite at the rate of 20 cents per night per lamp, which is $73 per lamp per year. The present cost is 21 cents per lamp.
 Nothing is said in the proposition to the effect that it is expected that ii will be abandoned. It is understood however. that the company has noth- ing less in mind than the abandon ment O. the inquiry.
 No concessions are proposed to pri- vate consumers of current. The com- mittee takes the ground that it has not power to consider the rights or private consumers under the resolu- tion creating it.
 The investigation grew out of the agitation by the Rowland Dry Goods company in pursuit of it's private rights.
 To the Special Committee on the Con
 tract between the City of Bridgeport
 and the United illuminating Com
 pany: [
 Gentlemen:
 The United Illuminating Company having installed and tried out in New Haven and Bridgeport a large number of luminous arc or magnitite lamps, and believing that economy will result from their general use. hereby makes the following proposition:
 That the present contract between the City of Bridgeport and the Com pany be superseded by a new contract to take effect upon the execution of the same, which contract is to provide for the installation in the place of lamps now used of Luminous Arc or Magnitite Lamps, using four amperes at not less than seventy-two volts at the arc, at the following price: For six hundred and fifty lamps, which is approximately the number now used by the City, at the rate of twenty cents per night per lamp for all night service, being seventy-three dollars per year per lamp. When the number of lights in use exceeds seven hundred, the price to be at the rate of nineteen and one-half cents per lamp per night, being seventy-one dollars and seven teen cents per year, the contract to continue in force until the expiration of a six months notice in writing by either party to the other of it's desire to terminate the same, provided that no such notice shall be given by either party to the other within eighteen months from the execution of such contract. The details of the contract to be agreed upon between the repre- sentatiyes of the City and the Com pany.
 The Luminous Arc or Magnitite Lamps above provided for are of the same capacity as those which have been lately experimentally used in the City of Bridgeport.
 We have endeavored to make the above proposition to meet the wishes of the City for arc lights at a less price than that provided by the pres ent contract, and to meet as far as possible the desires of your Committee. THE UNITED ILLUMINATING
 The United Illuminating Company,
 By Alfred B. Beers,
 It's Attoreny.
 Bridgeport, Conn, October, 18th, 1909
 The proposition of the United Hum mating Co. will be considered at meeting of the investigation committee to be held next Tuesday evening, at which time action will be taken upon the proposition.
 Attorney David S. Day, of the com mitte, said today that personally he favored the proposition of the com pany as it meant better light for less the future. MT. Day said that his opinion was only that of one of the committee, but from a careful study of the matter he thought the proposal or the CO1lpdHy IS SOOQ as IL VIII give Bridgeport the cheapest electric street lighting in the state. where the electricity is produced by steam driven power, and there is an all night con- tract.
 Hartford, he said had more lights than this city. which would make the per lamp cost cheaper. but in addition Hartford's electric light plant has water power auxiliary which enables them to sell their electricity a little cheaper
 Norwalk, he said. was securing light chea per because tits plant was muni- cipally owned, did not have to pay taxes and was operated on moon light schedule instead o7 on an all night basis. Therefore he did not think that fair comparison could be made between this citv and Norwalk.
 There is nothing in the proposition concerning the use of incadescent lamps upon the streets or a proposition to light municipal buildings any cheap CT. Chairman Day said that the com mittee was not empowered to consider but the cost of street lighting with arc lights.