Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-03
Grafdess Newspaper
Lonely In Wheeling
Majority Surprises Warner
Company By Printins
Without Price.

week of the reason Tor local pClltl-
cions holding up the light contract,
created something of a sensation,
and nowhere more than aiming the
Warner Arc Light people themselves.
at is something new to us, said
N. Latchaw, a representative OF the
company, to a.. Majority man, es-
necially in Wheeling, to have news
naner give orr side without holding
rs m. We certainly consider the
majority as an honest and fearless
naner. end are thankful for the only
statement of facts appearing in q
wheeling paper, for which we have
not had to pay advertising rates.
..The Warner Arc Light Company
came to Wheeling in all good faith
proposing a system of lighting new
and mn to date, and to be fully paid
for and turned over in fee simple
. INTO the city OF Wheeling, from the
sayings of the new system over the
old. during a period of thirty consec-
rtice months The savings to be
computed upon the two expense items
alone of carbons and trimming. As
a matter of fact, the other savings
in lighting the present load, while
heing able to give the city more and
better lights. would be fully equal
To the saving from carbans and trim
ming all of which, under the liberal
terms of the contract, are all credited
n the city. the Warner Arc Lamp
Comnany profting in no sense there
= by.
"The minimum number of lamps
nrovfded for. under the Warner con-
tract is $50. OF these 80 are to be
Fame lamps, giving candlepower
$500 each, making an aggregate OF
1o5. 900 candlepower from these 30
little, but not much.
q lamns alone. which are to be put up
In the business district of the city;
add TO this 500 inclosed arcs, amper-
age SIS. voltage so at the arc, Civ
ing each lamp a candiepoWer OF S1v,
and multiply this by 500 lanaps. We
have 100000 fandlepoWer more oE
total of 165, 600 candlepoWer as the
minimum light effieieneE ~ex nresseA
in candlepower, which the warner
contract proposes to furnish tine ely,
whereas the only other lam etna 4.
bretends to come in On THIS propose
ton (and it has failed to hang UP
and demonstrate it's power TO opeT-
ate under existing conditionsl, only
offers the city a total candlepower OIL
$4,000, or trifle more than nali
what the Warner system proposes 70
give the city, as will appear below:
Now. keep in mind that l65,0O
candlepower is the minimum OF
light proposed by the Warner COM
psAy. But under the terms OF the
contract. Just as it reads, the War
ner people can and will give the city
a much higher efficiency Of light, and
that is the sole reason for suggest
ing the use in part of the Tungsten
arc. Mr.. Warmers newest device lot
street and indoor lighting.
The Warner Tungsten arc, which
is not to be confused with the fragile
r short-lved thing generally In use,
and which no dealer or manufacturer
will guarantee long enough for you
to get home with, is guaranteed 70
last L 500 hours service after you
have it Installed, and 1t has proDa-
bit life of from 1900 to 1000 hours.
The watt consumption of warner
Tungsten arc is much less than one
half that of the old open arc, now IN
use in the city,. and less than nan
that of the Warner inclosed arc. II
follows, therefore, that twice as many
Tungsten arcs can be used on the
present power plant as either open
or inclosed arcs, without increasing
the load But how about the candle
power of the Tungsten arc? Eacn
Tungsten arc has an exact candle
power of 200, and 1000 lamps,
which the plant could carry, OF tnas
type, would yield candlepoWer OF
100000; this added to the candle
power of the 80 fame arcs, would
q give a total candlepower of 3O5,O
: as compared with 10000 which the
Tungsten offers.
But as each Tungsten arc il listed
at $2S as opposed ITO $t8 for the
Warner inclosed arc, and as the ex-
pense of up-keep of Tungstens IS
greater than that of inclosed arcs,
the Warner people could not put in
all Tungstens under the time limit
Of 80 months, and get out finaucialiy.
For this and the obvious reason tnal
they assume all the responsibility
in the case, the contract specifies that
500 of the lamps proposed may Oe
either inelosed or Tungsten, as may
be best suited to the conditions ana
etlcient lighting of the city OF Wneel-
ing, in the opinion and judgment OF
the party of the first part CINE
Warner Arc Lamp Company.
The Warner Arc Lamp Company
could Night the entire city with flame
arc lam ps, giving over 1000. 600 can
dlepow er of light on the present
power plant. without the expensive
re-win4ing demanded by the Trust
before they can get in with their lit
tie 40 candlepower lamp, 500 OF
which would give only $4,000 can
dlepower to the entire city. The
lamp they proposed to the committee
On investigation is 4-ampere lamp,
with voltage of SIS at the arc. Civ
Ing thus a watk consumption of 2I2;
and as their lamp takes I.6 of q watt
to produce a candlepower of light.
the lamp can give only ITO candle