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


cred it as meaning 1000 candle
power lamp?
Nor answer.
Mr.. Spinks: That case was nothing
like this. That case was settled by
two private parties.
Answer: 1t was settled by arbi-
traitors, of course, but the light was
what was known commercially as
1000 candle power.
Mr.. Spinks: The Colorado Springs
people had to accept their light. We
have never accepted this as being
right.
Question: What should be the
proper voltage of a series enclosed
arc lamp of 1000 candle power?
Answer: Across the terminals 1t
should be about II.
Question: How are these currents
regulated?
Answer: By a constant current
regulator at the power house.
Question: All the lamps on the
same circuit have the same current,
do they?
Answer: Yes, sir.
Question: And the same illumi-
mating power?
Answer: Some lamp might act
badly, of course, owing to individual
defects, but the system as a whole is
the same.
Question: What would be the eff
feet of a Sc ampere and 7.5 ampere
lamp on the same circuit?
Answer: Why, you would be feed
ing more energy into the coil OF the
Sc lamp than it is designed for, and
it would burn up.
Question: Would a &c ampere
lamp on a rs ampere circuit be bene-
fetal or detrimental to the company?
Answer: Absolutely no benefit. 1t
would give more trouble than If they
were all of the same kind, of course,
that is plain, | think. The smaller
lamps would burn up all the time.
Mr.. Spinks: Three burned out last
night, did they not?
Answer: Not to my knowledge.
Mr.. Harlow: My question was,
would it be any advantage to the
company?
Mr.. Spinks: That's our contention
all the time.
Question: What is the difference
briefly stated between an old style
Schuyler open arc lamp that used to
be used here and the lamp that is at
present in use?
Answer: The principal difference
is the method of the distribution of
the light. The object of putting in
the inner globe is to give greater dis
tribution of light, and therefore much
more satisfactory illumination. The
old lamp was more brilliant to look
at but it did not give the light.
Question: Do you think that for
a city of this size there are enough in
number of lamps here to properly
illuminate it?
Answer: / do not.
Question: Upon what do you base
this opinion?
Answer: / consider that this tes-
timony here is given by me as dis
interested party, as an expert en-
tirely, and | don't want to be con-
sidered as anything else, and l do
not hesitate to express my opinion,
which is based on the records OF
other cities, and cities in this State,
and my own experience that the num-
Der of lights is not sufficient to prop
erly light the city.
Question: Have you any statistics?
Answer: Yes, sir. will submit
this: In Charlottesville, they have
a population of $500, and there are
1O2 arc lamps, Alexandria with 15,-
900. 14,500, as is shown here, has
sc arc lamps; at Clifton Forge the
population is $500, they have AZ;
Covington, Va, population 2,95O;
- 7 YSehhs'ro thew h",'=o~ fyf"
lation of 22.S50, and have 278 lights;
Newport News population 2S,749,
141 lamps; Norfolk 10000, 900 arc
lamps; Radford, population $500, 80
arc lamps; South Boston, $500, they
have 81; Suffolk, 2,S35, they have 26
lamps; Winchester, population 5,161,
100, lamps; Annapolis 5000, AZ arc
lamps; Frederick, Maryland, 1886
120 arc lamps; Hagers
town, Md, 1850, 100 lamps. /
mention that to show what |
mean. These figures are taken from
the official blue book.
Mr.. Hill: Are these all run by pri-
vate companies?
Answer: No; Hagerstown is a mu-
nicipal plant. | think Frederick is.
Mr.. Fisher: Do they all use Fort
Wayne lamps? What is the name of
that book from which you read?
Answer: McGraw's Blue Book.
Mr.. Harlow: How could the light
ing be improved?
Answer: | agree with Mr.. Belts
group lights together, as he suggest
ed in the suburbs.
The Chairman: Is lamp on every
corner sufficient?
Answer: | think ii would be, but
It would be a little more expensive
han putting incandescent lamps.
That is the way they do in Washing
on, and you can go over there and
ind that the lights go out; all lamps
will go out, you know; you can't stop
that We don't claim that these
amps are perfect.
Mr.. Spinks: You are here as an eX-
pert, you say; now don't you think
here has been a large ground for
by the people Of Alexan-
lria?
Answer: No, sir; we have found
'ery little complaint outside of the
lily Council. We have not been not
fed that there was any complaint.
Mr.. Spinks: Who do you suppose
he complaints would be made to by
hese people if it were not to their
representatives. in Council?
Answer: Your Chairman of the
light committee stated that he had
,een satisfied
Mr.. Spinks: You have just read a
etter there to which you said you
ever got any reply?
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