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

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Mr.. Belts: Yes, sir.
Mr.. Spinks: Here in this report
from which l am reading (see page
81: The Chairman: AS a member
of the Gas Light Committee re-
member a letter read before the COM
mittee stating that they were going
to put in these lamps and asking the
comittee TO sign a letter stating that
they would not make any more COM
plaint if they put them IN. Mr..
Belts: No, they were not put IN.
Mr.. Darrah put in some coils here.
but they were Go amperes. Now
this witness has been employed by
the electric light company for the
past couple of years. Mr.. Belts: Mr..
Kirby don't know anything about 1t.
Mr.. Spinks (still reading); My
information is that Mr.. Belts took Tor
granted that all the lamps had been
changed to the seven ampere type,
and he SO notified the committee and
then the company stopped paying re-
bates. One-third of the lamps they
have now still retain the old coils.
They have never been changed.
Mr. Belts: | don't believe he
knows anything about it. He was
not employed at that time. He learn
ed what he knows about it from
LLOYD. | want you TO understand my
position. | am not here to defend
this company, | want you to under
tand this: These people delayed for
a long time doing what they were
supposed to do and what they could
. have done, but they did it finally.
am not saying that the company is
now satisfactory. ! want TO snow
YOU that the recommendations | made
which would have made it satisfact-
ory have not been carried out. You
want to get my unbiased opinion.
You want the truth. | can't say they
did not make those changes.
Mr.. Spinks (reading further):
What I meant was could we not test
those ourselves or would that be
good test? Mr. Kirby: Yes. the on
" test you could make would be for
the wattage Of the lamp.
Mr.. Spinks: That would give il to
rs any night that we took it; say
tonight, or tomorrow night. or any
night. what the shortage was? MIR.
Kirby: Yes, sir Mr.. Spinks: The
voltage at the plant could be raised
could it? Mr.. Kirby: The ampere
at the plant could be raised and low
cred at will: it has been done.
Mr.. Spinks Of Mr.. Betts): Is
that a correct statement? Could
that be done?
Mr.. Belts: 1t could not.
Mr.. Spinks: You could increase
the voltage. want to ask TINS:
How do you figure the watts? Don
YOU multiply the amperes by the volt
age?
Mr.. Belts: Yes, sir.
MIR. Spinks: If | had 40 volt
current on ampere lamp, that
would be $50 watts?
Mr. Belts: Yes. sir.
Mr.. Spinks: What would that be
in candle power?
MIR. Belts: There is no relation
between them. ;,
Mr.. Spinks: These questions ana
answers | have read you were from
an employee of the plant.
Mr.. Belts: Mr.. Wicker down there
knows about that. You don't know
ANYTHING about it. You cant make
those lamps operate with amperes.
| can tell yOu Ii'S ''O -
lamp is too sluggish.
MIR. Spinks: You will say that IS
not the best type of lamp?
Mr.. Belts: Yes, sir. That my
opinion. ,,o
! Mr.. Spinks: 1t is not according to
our terms in our contract TOT the
latest improved lamps?
MIR. Belts: Here's the point:
don't think you ought to go back 10
the time when they made the con-
MIR. Spinks (interrupting) Sup
nose we eliminate the contract, where
would we be then?
MIR. Belts: They have suffered a
penalty of 30 per cent. They did not
mt in the right kind of lamps, but
they changed them afterwards. Now,
has it been satisfactory since the
change? That is the question at Is
sue. You say the lamp is not salts
factory and | agree with you, Dut
that part has been settled. Ihcy
have made the change and put III
what was supposed TO be the rlght
lamp. but is the lighting satisfactory
You say no. | agree with you. "hat
is wrong with it? That is the matter
to be determined now. and is to be
decided after an examination or the
conditions. The regulators were
sluggish: they did not work salts
factorily. We kept touching them
with lead pencil that night down
there. and YOU could see that the IN
strument would vary. The resula'
tors were sluggish.
MIR. Spinks: Suppose the meter
showed 10 amperes and the volt
Mr.. Belts: Never mind that. If YOU
have the right current through thai
, circuit
: Mr. Spinks: Suppose they did no.
have it?
Mr.. Belts: They did at the time
we made that test: and was there
: couple Of times a month or so aile'
| that, but have not been in the plan
since last June. The point is TINS
that they did change the lamps wher
= it was decided that they would have
to be changed from Go ampere Il
l rs. They did hat. Some new
5 lamps were put in to make up for tn
: ones burned out. The rest had COLE
5 put in.
Mr.. Spinks: If you were going Il
. buy rs ampere lamps would you &C
[ cept the old Fort Wayne lamps tina
t had been Go ampere lamps recoile'
t as rs ampere lamp?
: Mr.. Belts: Certainly.
: Mr.. Spinks: Would you not rathe
e have a new lamp than TO have an OF
: lamp rebuilt?
/ MIR Belts: There is no differenc
in the lamps. They are all right !
: they have the new coils in them.
: Mr.. Spinks: They did not put IL
f new lamps?
n AIR Rptts: They put up new COILS