Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-14

instance that the wiring that you rec
commended to be done, was done?
Mr.. Belts: | know it was not done
up to year ago.
Mr.. Fisher. Could you get this
information together for the commit
tee as 10 the condition existing to-
day? They could not have changed
this condition in the last three weeks,
could they?
Mr.. Belts: No, sir. That thing
there where he said they had re-
duced the current in the circuits;
they had no business to do that.
Mr.. Fisher: You have had eXper-
fence in all these matters?
Mr.. Belts: Yes. sir.
Mr.. Fisher. Is ii customary for
the engineer at these plants TO keep
log?
Mr.. Belts: Yes. sir
Mr.. Fisher: You could take that
and see what the service has been for
the past year?
Mr.. Belts: don't know what
that log shows. | don't know wheth-
er the current taken by the arc light
circuit is shown, or whether 1t shows
how much current was furnished to
the arc lights originally; but from the
records ! could figure out whether
less amount of wattage is furnished
to the circuits now.
Mr.. Fisher: Could they falsify the
log there?
Mr.. Belts: They would not do
that.
Mr.. Fisher: Don't you think it
would be better for this committee TO
have a report of the condition exist
ing today. just as you reported the
condition three years ago?
MIR. Belts: Yes. 90. Have we
the right 10 look at the books of this
company?
Mr.. Fisher: Yes, sir. Under the
ordinance. Don't you think it would
be better for the committee 10 have
this report. In the ordinance II states
that we shall have authority
Mr.. Uhler (interrupting) They
don't object to your looking at the
books.
Mr.. Belts: The third report that |
made is dated March oath.
Mr.. Spinks: Here is a letter TO MIR.
Price in which they stated that they
made the change
Mr.. Belts (interrupting): That
change is all right. They called on
me commencing with the first OF jan
uary to give them advice to make
these conditions satisfactory. NO at
tention was paid TO them and you VIII
see that | made the same recommen-
dation for three months successfully.
Mr.. Fisher: In January, l9O9,
4 f~r IN.in
Mr.. Belts: Yes, for further ad-
vice. The service was not SatlSfac-
tory, not even after the change was
made that is set out in that letter
The lamps were changer to 10. but
the service was not satisfactory. That
letter don't say that the service is
satisfactory. The system was chang
ed so that letter says, and about a
year later they came and asked me TO
make a report and that was because
the service was not satisfactory.
Mr.. Spinks: Do you know any
thing about the ordinance that was
presented to the City Council Of AL
exandria by the electric light COM
pany stating that the recommends
lions had been complied with, and re-
nuesting the city to adopt this ordin-
ance. That ordinance came into the
City Council and l. think that Mr..
Uhler had the matter recommted TO
the Committee on Light.
Mr.. Uhler: They asked TO have
the City Council adopt the light IS
ampere as the regulation lamp. 1t is
now in the hands of the committee.
The Chairman: Was that at Mr..
Uhler's request that it was commit
ted?
Mr. Uhler: Yes. sir. Here is a
letter on the subject.
The Chairman: No action has
ever been taken?
Mr.. Uhler: No, sir. It is in the
hands of the committee. This letter
here came from Pennsylvania on Aug
ust goth. The reply made TO that
was that the matter would be sub
mitted to the Corporation Attorney
as TO what bearing it would have on
the contract. That is as far as We
got with that.
Mr.. Spinks: The city never did
accept that?
Mr.. Uhler: No, sir. | asked &c
have that paper recommitted.
Mr.. Hill: Are these lamps OF the
city of the latest improved type Of
lamp at the present time on the mar
ket. Is there any better lamp manu-
featured today than this?
Mr.. Belts: Yes, sir.
Mr.. Hill: Do you think the Alex
andria Electric Company is furnish
ing the city proper light according
10 the contract made with the city;
Mr.. Belts: / do not.
mn. MD I a nj ypli n
, say there is at the present time I
lamp on the market that would carr.
out the contract made by the Alex
andria Electric Company with th'
city?
Mr.. Belts: 1t depends on what yol
would
Mr.. Hill (interrupting) Can The
{ Alexandria Electric Company have ;
lamp made that will carry out tn
contract they made with the city?
Mr.. Belts: Yes, sir.
Mr.. Hill: Do you think we arr
getting as good light as other cite
+ according to our contract with th
!; Alexandria Electric Light Company?
Mr.. Belts: No. sir.
Mr.. Fisher: You stated in you
/, former report that some of thes
/ wires which were then in use shoul'
: be taken down. Has that been done
Mr.. Belts: 1t had not been dom
1 up to year ago.
Mr.. Fisher: Is that wire danger
: Gus to be in use?
Mr.. Belts: would not say so.
. did not improve things and it don
look so nice. If he had not agreed
q 10 take down everything and had no
said that the wires were not satlSlac
+ tory | would say that there was no
2 ANYTHING to be said about IT. Nom
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