The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-30
GAS COMPANY
ASKED DELAY
In AwSsN"ng Contract for Street
Lighting in Barre
COUNCIL TOOK NO ACTION
Health Officer Woodruff Submitted His
First Report Regarding the Smallpox
0utbreak-City Settles With DR..
M. D. Lamb.

The latest development in the question
of awarding the contract for street light
| ing after November | when the pres
ent contract betweeA the city and the
| Consolidated Lighting Co. expires, came
at the regular meeting of the board of
aldermen last night. when the superin-
tendent of the Peoples Lighting. Heat.
ing & Power Co., one Of the firms COM
peting for portion or all of the con-
tract, asked that the question be held
over until next spring. The gas COM
pany's agent also submitted a propo-
sition for carrying all Of the city's con.
tract, with the stipulation that the
agreement signed should continue for n
period OF five years, Superintendent J.
Is. VI. Wharton represented that his firm
would be to the expense of $4,000 in
providing equipment for the contract,
which. as he submitted, would cost the
city 81 800 per year, or, as he asserted,
n saving of S409 per annum over the
Consolidated Co.'S bid.
On the motion of Alderman Dawson,
the communication was placed on the
table until the next meeting The gas
company's statement as read by the
clerk is given as follows:
TO the Honorable City Council of the
City of Barre, VT.
Gentlemen;
Because Of the approaching cold
weather and the resulting difficulty in
digging the streets to install gas lines
and lamps we are compelled to notify
your honorable body that it will be i'm
possible for us to light the streets of
Barre with gas this winter.
1T is with regret that we note this
condition. as we were hopeful of re-
eeiving, at least, a part of the city's
business since we help to maintain the
city government TO the extent of about
81 $50 year, paid in taxes.
The question of gas for street light
ing has now been before your honorable
body for about three months. We were
to submit our prices las we
did submit them to a committee of the
Board of Tradei on August l3,
"On August 2s we got permission TO
install three f3l lamps as demon
stration and two Of these were lighted
I. The third lamp was light
ed September II
Your honorable body. as whole, vis-
tied the demonstration September 81,
which is little over five weeks ago.
We understand that the street lighting
committee has made no formal written
report or recommendation since that
time
1--WE mention these facts because we
Ieel that we have been reasonably
prompt in presenting our side of the
iuestion. We regret that this question
IaF,
md we would ask now that the question
,e held over until next spring or sum
ner
"We have figured out the cost Of light
ng the city with gas ON the following
lasis We assumed that there are now
] are lamps and 2j 80 c. p. electric
amps in the area OF the city now COW
red by gas That would leave 40 arc
amps. ? l00c. p. electric lamps and 26
PC. p. electric lamps in that area not
ow covered by gas.
I'VE figure that we can replace
a are lamp with gas lamps.
20 32-c. p. electric lamps with gas
lmps.
"S arc lamps with naphtha lamps.
Il l00-c p electric lamp with naph-
la lamp.
. 32-c p. electric lamps with naph-
IA lamps,
"It will take about l5a gas lamps
nd 81 naphtha lamps, on this basis. to
CHIT the city with gas as well as it is
ow lighted with electricity.
"The cost of Ill arcs, , l00-e p cleo
,ic lamps and 81 32-c. p. electric lamps
i'll be S7.006 year, according to the
d submitted by the electric company,
II five l5 year contract.
THE cost of $50 gas lamps and 81
,phtha lamps will be 81 .635 year, ac-
riding to the bid we submitted.
For this number of lamps $50 gas
ID 81 napthal we will make a bid of
500 a wear for all-night and every
ght lighting, provided the contract is
! for five years. additional lamps to
st $3.50 a year for gas and $3.50
ar for naphtha.
Very truly yours,
"Peo. Ltg.. Htg. & Pr. Co.