Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-29


Light Company, and the Superin-
tendent of the said company.
The Chairman: ! will state this
meeting was called for tonight by
agreement with Mr.. Harlow from
whom | received letter on June 10,
requesting that he be given permits
sion to appear before the committee.
You have had all the papers with ref
erence to our actions and proceedings
and our recommendations to Council,
and the matter was referred back 10
us for a consultation with you, for
which we are here tonight. We have
to make a report on next Tuesday
night, the gath, and we are here 10
listen to you, to know what you can
do in reference to helping us make
this report
Mr.. Harlow: | understand that in
this hearing by agreement between
the committee and the attorney for
the Alexandria Electric Company, we
are to have stenographic copy OF
the evidence, the company, OF course,
paying for its copy. There was some
misunderstanding with regard to our
getting a copy of the testimony taken
previously.
The Chairman: You we're furnish
ed with printed copies Of the testi-
mony.
Mr.. Harlow: We only received the
testimony on the day the committee
reported to Council, and / understood
in my conversation with the commit
tee a few days ago that the steno-
grapher would take the testimony
and give us the report, or a copy OF
it. ! would like to have that under
standing with the committee now.
The Chairman: You want a copy
of the stenographers report of the
meeting tonight?
Mr.. Harlow: Yes. sir. | presume,
of course. that most of this testimony
will be testimony of our witnesses.
The Chairman: Is it the wish OF
the Committee that copy be furnish
ed to the company?
Mr.. Hill: Yes, sir.
Mr.. Spinks: Certainly, so far as
am concerned.
Mr.. Harlow: You will recall that
wrote to the committee and request
ed that they point out the facts upon
which their report of defective ser
vice was based. | understand that it
is the desire of the committee to adj
lust. if possible, the differences be-
tween the City Council and the Alex
andria Electric Company, If there are
any, and 1t is almost impossible to do
that unless we can have a working
basis. If the committee will furnish
us with a list of the specific defects
that exist, that is the defects which
they think have so far been proven,
we will take that up with the com
mittee and endeavor to adjust it.
We desire to have your advice as to
what. in the opinion of the committee,
as shown by the evidence they have
taken, are the defects which should
in the opinion of the committee be adj
justed.
The Chairman: | would like to
state that you are not furnishing us
with proper lights. Your lamps are
not working properly. Last night we
had three lamps out on two blocks at
one time. On the corner OF King and
Royal Street the lamp had to be taken
down and another one put up. Those
things are occurring every night. Ine
lamps are said to be sluggish;
don't know what is the matter with
them That is for you to find out.
Mr.. Harlow: ! understand that
your view of the situation is, / gather
this from the testimony that has been
taken before this-that the system
as a system has been changed, and
that it is all right, but the defects
consist in the behavior of the lamps
The Chairman: We don't care
what kind of plant you have, so we
get the lamps and the light.
Mr.. Harlow: | understand that the
difficulty seems to be in the behavior
of the lamps, and the lamps seem tC
be sluggish. | would like TO ask yot
whether the committee found any
other defects than that some OF The
lamps did not continuously light ant
that the lamps were sluggish.
The Chairman: What more do yoI
want than that?
MIR. Harlow: There was some con
siderable discussion in the testimony
with regard to the amperage of thu
lamps, and also with regard to wheth
er the plant was capable OF giving th'
city proper light and at the same
time lighting the suburbs
The Chairman: | don't think the
capacity of the plant is in question
The lamps are not performing theil
duty.
Mr.. Harlow: l understand that the
principal defects and the only de
feet is that the lamps are not giving
proper light?
The Chairman: That's the trouble
Mr.. Spinks: ] would like to say
that the contention Of this committed
has never been that the lamps are MOI
seven and one-half ampere lamps, oil
that they were not the proper lamp:
to give the service that such lamps
could give, but our contract in NJ
place states anything about sever
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