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

Springs. Here it is. Breads from
report, which is omitted on direction
of committee.)
Mr.. Spinks: In the Colorado
Springs case what was the ampere OF
those lamps?
Mr.. Belts: Six and six-tenths.
And as a result rs ampere lamps
we're put in.
Mr.. Spinks What was the decision
of the arbitrators in the Colorado
Springs case?
Mr.. Belts: They made them ac-
cept. They made the company ac-
cept a 20 per cent reduction.
Mr.. Spinks And l understand
thew were holding back some money
and the interest on that amounted up
to about 10 per cent?
Mr.. Belts: For a good many years
they paid the bills without question,
and then somebody did question 1t
and they employed experts on both
sides. 1t is the celebrated case. Here
II is in my report. Breads from re-
port; omitted as directed
Mr.. Spinks: That is just the posi-
ton we are in here.
Mr.. Belts: That | will agree to-,
but not from this standpoint. want
TO read in this connection some cor
respondence which | have here. This
first letter which | read is from MT.
Waller and is dated August %, 1907.
Here reads letter; omitted as d.
rected.) Here is a letter from the
company. dated August 20. 1907.
Read, but omitted from report
Here is my reply TO the letter from
Mr.. Waller; it is addressed to ). b.
Waller and is dated September ~.
(Omitted as directed.)
Mr.. Spinks: You did not state
that that was a 1000 candle power
lamp. but that it is generally con-
sidered so.
Mr.. Belts: Yes, sir. There are
some things | want to state about
that letter
Mr.. Spinks Cinterrupting): That
was the nearest thing to it, was it?
You don't state that it was.
Mr.. Belts: No, sir, because nave
previously stated that there is no
such thing as 1000 candle power
lamp.
MIR. Spinks: My reason for saying
this is: We are not electricians, none
of us. | was a member of the City
Council at the time when this con-
, tract was made Mr.. Mandevllle
stated to this Council that they
would furnish 1000 candle power
lamps.
Mir. Belts: He was talking in the
old fashioned way.
Mr.. Spinks: He agreed to give us
something he could not give us?
Mr.. Belts: don't suppose ne
ever thought of this =.
Mr.. Spinks: Don't you think II
, would have been a more honest thing
, on the part of the original company
to have put in rs ampere light IN
. stead of a &C. ampere light?
, Mr.. Belts: You did not get 1t al
: first. Not until the time they put In
, the new coils. In this letter TO MT
) Waller. which is dated September III,
Won will see that, and in the latter
! mart of October Mr.. Darrah came up
J to me and asked me for letter ana
, here is a copy of my letter 10 MIN. IT
I is addressed to A. j. Darrah. heaus
{ letter, which is omitted You see
, what | said: You are in a position
; to live up fully to the terms OF your
) contract" The point | want 10 make
. is this: Some changes were made IN
; the arc lamps and regulators, ana one
evening | think Mr.. Dunn telephoneo
mo and | came over and went down
) 70 the plant, and | carried down an
= ampere meter and checked them VI
, ON their switch board. and | was sat
' isfied the meters read within very
small fraction of being correct.
> Mr.. Spinks: Seven and five-tenthsl
r MIR. Belts: Yes, found those In
{ struments correct They were using
rs amperes.
Mr.. Spinks: This time is the only
{ time after the electric light company
2 had been started, and they had stated
t that they had complied with the rec
2 concentrations that you made ,anc
this examination of their plant was
2 made in the night time?
/ Mr.. Belts: No, sir. ] made
e good many.
T Mr. Spinks: You recon mehue'
. that it be accepted?
[ Mr.. Belts: | recommended 10 MT
e Uhler, the chairman of the Ligh
= Committee, that the work be accept
n ed. The work that had been done VI
6 to that time.
r Mr.. Spinks: / think you said ina
0 there is such a thing as boosting I'M
current. Did you make an eXamlna
= ton of the lights on the streets!
MIR. Belts We looked at them
: YOU cant examine the lamps. w
0 satisfied ourselves that there wer
f IS amperes going through those CIT
o cults.
+ Mr.. Spinks: You don't kno'
e whether since that time there ha
r been rs going through?
l. MFR. Belts: Oh, yes. Those lamp
S have been operated at rs ampere'
r. No question about that. | am tellln
e YOU they are rs amperes. agre
e with YOU that the service has nc
& been satisfactory. That it never ma
been satisfactory. A short time aite
e this. along in December, | got LEI
ter from Mr.. Matthews. Here Is
n letter addressed to Messrs. Matthew
Is and McIver. | don't consider this
private correspondence between m!
e self and the company necessarily.
ID feel that | have always occupied d
n entirely unbiased ground IN TN
e. thing. IN acting for the city orlgiha
is ". You will find that all the exper'
will say that | have taken the groun
ID which is the only ground to tax
Y. The original lamp was not the llgi
If that was agreed to, and | said thi
ia when the rs lamp was installed thi
n then the company would be in pos
ton to live up to the terms of its col
tract. had talk some time IN u
ey middle of the summer with these pc
pie and / said that this company ma
in never been from the start handle
as satisfactorily, and had little CO.
versation with them one day with T
20 gard TO taking up the management
ge the comDany in some other way. [