Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15
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Its Cost for Lighting a. Compared
| With Gas. ~ ,I, l.,,

lie Cost for Lighting a. Compared
~ With Gas. 81 7
With the dwellers in or near the big
cities and towns the choice Of an u
Eliminating fuel usually lies between
electricity and gas. Unquestionabiy
the former is the more expensive, says
writer for the Pictorial Review,
This price of both varies with the To-
cality. Gas is obtainable as low as
so cents per 1000 cubic feet in some
places, though it is as high as $1.5o In
others. 1t is safe to say that the ay-
erage price is 81 per 1000 and at this
figure is equivalent to electricity at
five cents per unit (kilowatt hour).
Now the average price Of electricity
being twice that amount, or ten cents
per kilowatt hour, II is readily seen
that under ordinary conditions cleo
| tricity costs twice as much as gas.
Still the use Of the newer lighting
| fuel is on the increase. Viewed from
other standpoints than the economical
one II has it's advantages, and 1t Is
doubted IL those who have once used
It would care to do without 1t. 1t Is
very well to mention one point at the
very start. Where certain amount
of electricity must be paid for whetn-
er used or not you may as well take
advantage Of the full allowance. what
does a woman gain by scrimping her
self throughout the month to keep nes
bill from exceeding $3.50 only to find
she has actually used 40 cents worth
of electricity? She should learn to
read the meter and be guided by It's
indicators. -+
Carbon fiament lamps have been
largely replaced by the improved me-
tallic filaments of which one OF the
best and most widely known Is the
tungsten. In any city where 1t Is not
supplied the electric lighting company
win furnish 1t upon application.
For reducing the flow OF the electric
current when only faint light Is
needed. a number Of devices have
been put on the market. One Of these.
turn down attachment, can be used
with any incandescent lamp and pro-
yides two changes Of light below the
normal. It should be understood, how
ever. that while the current Is cut
down the light Is not reduced In direct
proportion, for some Of the resistance
introduced by the DINNER Is convert
ed into heat Thus II regulator at
tached to a 16-candlepower light cuts
the current In two, the resulting light
will not be S-candlepower, as might
be supposed, but considerably less.
A second arrangement consists Of
two filaments-one Of ordinary type.
the other much shorter-in the same
bulb, at the base OF which the current
Is shifted from one to the other by a
switch operated by cord. This light
fits any ordinary standard socket, and
is both compact and economical. aa
The incandescent gas mantle was
hailed as q great modern invention,
and Justly 80. Its claim to recognition
is based upon the fact that II makes
possible a brilliant light with less flow
of gas than is required by the ordinary
fiat flame. The inverted type marked
further step In mantle development
and one by which thousands Of homes
have profted. The inverted mantle
does not dissipate big proportion OF
light on the ceiling, but throws 1t
down into that part Of the room where
Il is most needed. .,
Electricity is also used in conjunc-
ton with the gas burner for ease of
lighting, the electricity being obtained
by use Of dry battery and spark coil.
| These electric lighters are used to
produce the lightning spark after the
gas Is turned on by hand, or In con-
| junction with magnet operated cocks,
to turn out and extinguish the gas as
we'll as light II, all from convenient
ly located push button.
The color of the light (and this is
largely regulated by the shade) should
not be overlooked. A yellow light Is
softer than the clear white; green Is
both restful and cool.