Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-01-16

stated in the former proposition for
214c per K w. hour, measured and
metered as it is now being measured
to-wit, at the pumping station.
Second The city is now paying for
sixty-two arc and twenty-seyen in
candescent lights. which IS the same
DIS seyenty-one arcs at $4,000 per
| light per year, which costs the city
| 1920. 90.
| AS We have heretofore and herein
above made you a flat rate propo-
| siuon on current for pumping, We
| herewith make you a flat rate on the
street lighting and suggest some
changes which We think would be
more satisfactory and cheaper and
| yet furnish more light. This proposed
change would give a very much bette
| lighted city as all the smaller lights
would be changed TO lights giving
more than three times the candle
| power of the small lights now used an
the large lights that would be taken
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| out and smaEed ones put in, in lieu
thereof are located off the MAIN
streets and out of the business part
of the city and they would be of a
uniform candle power and we think
would sufficiently and satisfactorily
light these streets.
We propose to use twenty of the
large arc lamps through the main
size of the lights that the City Of
Merrill now uses as suggested by your
Mayor, which are 250 watt Tungsten
for the balance of the city.
We will make you a price on the
large arc lamps at $50 net per lamp
per year and on the fifty-six $50 wat
lamps we will make you a price of
$500 net per lamp per year This
would make the flat rate cost to you
for the above numbered lamps So
168 90.
If the city is of the opinion that
it would prefer the present system,
namely large arc lamps in most plac
eS with the use Of small lights as
now located and used, we propose
net per lamp per year, but in case
the City orders installed any more o:
the smaller, the city will be required
to pay the cost of construction of al
lines, that is We will build three
hundred feet Of lime from where ou1
line now is or may hereafter be at
the time the city orders In more light
but if this point does not reach the
place where another light is oorder-
ed in, then and in that case the city
is to pay for the construction Of
the extra distance.
We might say in explanation OF
this last proposition, that three of the
small lights now used, equal in price
$1,000 per year.
At this time We would not enter
into contract to cover any of the
above propositions that might be &C
cepted by the city for more than one
year as the street lighting Tungsten
lamp is in it's experim ental stage ant
the cost of the lamp and also the life
of the lamp has to be considered
The above and foregoing PROPOSE
tioms are made and based ON our
present street lighting schedules
present cost of current, city assess
ment, and other present conditions.
Yours respectfully,
Electric & Water Company,
By E. P AIpim, President
On motion the proposition of the
Electric & Water Co., togtheer with
the reports of the commiees were
referred back to the same commit
tees to report at the next regular
meeting of the council.
There was a petition presented
signed by James Peterson and twelve
others praying your honorable body
to put in street light at the cor
ner of Chestnut stree and Sixth
street souh.
On motion the petition was refer
siness.
The following petition was present
ed from the Police and Fire Commits
sion.
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council of the City of Grand
Rapids, Wisconsin:
The Police Commissioners of your
city have been spending consi derable
time Of late trying to make the po-
lice force of your city compare faV-
orably with any force in the state.
We have made some changes al
ready, and have others under consid-
Grafton, and would respectfully ask
that your Honorable Body assist us
in this matter by adding one more ma
to our present force, and in that
way We will have two regular mem ON
each side of the river, with the CHIEF
as general overseer and not confined
to any regular beat.
With this extra man on the force
We can make other important and
beneficial changes which will materia
ly add to the welfare and safety of
our city
You no doubt have noticed the great
Improvement in the appearance OF
our present Force, due to the fine
new uniforms, caps and overcoats,
which they have just purchased at
cons iderable expense, in order to be
UP to date and to impress the tray
cling public that they have struck an
ira man the city will be at a very