The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-26
So City Council Didn't Ac-
cept Street Lighting
Proposal
COMPANY NOT WHOLLY
SATISFIED, EITHER
Proposed 10-Year Agree
ment To Be Taken Up
Again Friday

! a proposed contract between the city
OF Barre and the Consolidated Lighting
company for street lights, to cover a
PERIOD OF ten years, was presented to
the city council in special meeting last
night, stamped with the approval of
the lighting committee; but the remain
ing members of the council saw some
objectionable features or omissions and
the contract was referred back to the
committee to be revamped and present
ed at another special meeting next Fri.
day evening
The council has been debating new
contract for many months and hopes
to get the matter cleared up before a
new council is elected next Tuesday:
hence the special meeting called for
Friday evening. The chief omission com.
planned of last night was the failure
to provide clause giving the city the
right to retain arc lamps Instead Of the
200 c. p. ineandescents If the incan.
descent lamps should prove to be un.
satisfactory. The lighting committee
had given its unqualified approval TO
the 200 c. p incandeseents. declaring
they gave in the demonstrations fully
as much light as the arc lamps now in
nse, which are rated at 800 C. p. and
which cost ten dollars more, approxi-
mately.
The reported contract is document
which goes into many details covering
penalties, hours of service, indemnity,
minimum register of lamps, replacement,
etc, but it did not contain clause
allowing the Consolidated company a
certain latitude in case its plant should
be incapaeitated by reason OF agencies
beyond its control. Manager Millar Of
the company stated that he should ask
for such a clause, and the individual
of the council seemed to be
satisfied with such a stipulation.
Mayor Thurston expressed his doubts
about the 200 c. p. incandeseents being
to light the streets as wen
As the present are lamps, and it was
he who insisted most OF all that
'lause be inserted, giving the city the
'ption in the matter; and it was added
hat under proposed ten-year contract
he Consolidated company undoubtedly
would give reduction on farc lights
II proportion to the reduction in the
0-year incandescent service over the
hort-term contract
Under the reading of Tthe contract
he cost of the incandescent lamps was
o be as follows under the l0-year con-
raet:
200 c. p. tungsten S4s per year.
100 c. p. tungsten, S30.50 per year.
60 c. p. tungsten s23 per year
40 c. p. tungsten $3.50 per year.
Then, in case the city should wislf
. terminate the contract before the
xpiration of the ten years, as it would
ave a right to do, the cost of the
ghts would be according to a slid
lg scale, dependent on the length the
,rvice had run. 1t is the purpose of
le council to place more lights on Main
rect, the number to be decided upon
ter; but in the other sections of the
ty each present arc lamp is to be
placed by single 200 c. p incan-
scent lamp.
Aldermen Transact Routine Business.
Prior to the meeting of the city coun
|, regular meeting of the board OF
dermen was held at which some ron.
ne matters were rapidly disposed OF
he usual weekly warrants were or
red paid. as follows: Street depart
ent, Sl02.67; water department S56.lS;
e department, S76.Sl; police depart
ant, S7s.46; jantor, Sl4. In addition.
'rrants were drawn to pay S43.36 for
stage, s26.40 for John J.. Wallaces
rvices as auditor, 500 to the Barre
wings Bank & Trust Co. for six
,nths' interest on 900 Lincoln
lool bonds and SIS to Mary A. Bige
V for land damages on Washington
eet.
An appropriation setting aside Sl02.50
be used in repair of city books was
opted
rhe lighting committee recommended
, installing of 40 c. p. incandescent
mp at the corner of Railroad and Ladd
eets. and the report was accepted and
recommendation ordered carried out.
The street committee reported that
bed of Potash brook from Main
eet back TO the Mathcwson school
Elm street has been cleaned of rub
h and vegetable matter; and its re-
t was accepted and placed on file.
|. H. Buzzell made application for
el license on Pearl street, and the
ilication was referred TO the license
lmittee to investigate and report.