The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-20
take care of the interest on the. loan.
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take care of the interest on the loan.
e."ses Little Over Present Cost. , -
Under the present street lighting
contract is provided a. fiat rate Of
$505.6O per month to include lamps
of various sizes and their mainte-
nance. With the addition of a white
way system similar to that proposed
a saving or reduction Of the rates for
the existing street lightning can be
affected by the abrogation of the
present contract. Then for the entire
street lighting the Minnesota Electric
Light & Power company offers its
standard lighting scale. On the sys-
tenn as exists at present based on ex-
act current consumption by meter for
months of December, January, Febru-
airy, March, April and May, this would
affect saving over present costs of
$482.4O, or an average Of $50 per
month. Further consumption by the
addition of the whiteway would pro-
vide for an amount which would make
all whiteway current cost q straight
six cents per kilowatt with five per
cent discount. The total probable
operating cost to the city for all street
lighting to include the whiteway and
outlying district is estimated at about
one and one-third times the present
operating cost. =.
Would Include 126 Post Units.
The whiteway system which is pro-
posed would include 1926 post units of
400 candle power, with an installa-
ton cost complete of $4,000. On
another proposition which has been
prepared by the company and which
was to have been submitted to the
Bemidji Civic and Commerce asso-
citation provided serious considera-
ton was not taken by the council, it
was proposed that a syndicate of bust
ness men be formed to take over the
financing of the system and either
allow the council to make arrange
ments to take over the system at the
end of the second year or to have
the syndicate itself purchase the light
ing system at the end Of that time by
apportioning the cost among its in
dividual members. This apportion-
ment could be made on the basis of
front-foot division or any other meth
cd which the executive committee of
the syndicate might decide. =
Submits Completed Charts
Complete plans and charts were
submitted by Mr.. Culver for the con-
sideration of the council. According |
to his plan the whiteway would ex-
tend along Beltrami avenue as far
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avenue to Sixth street, and would in
clude the intersecting streets as well. /
The charts have been turned over to
the water and light committee of the
city council and it is believed that
few. changes will be made in the loca-
ton of the proposed lights if the
is accepted.
The proposed changes in the plans
would include the same number of
post units but would limit the extent
of the system on Minnesota avenue in
order to provide number of the
lights for .Bemidji avenue. |
Two Years to Repay Company.
The plan for reimbursing the cleo
trio light company as suggested pro-
vides for an addition of $4,000 to
the city budget for the ensuing year
for this purpose and like amount
the following year when the total
cost would be repaid the company.
In this way all taxpayers of the city
would pay their share for the benefit
received, while under the syndicate
plan only the business interests would
stand the cost of installation.
May Decide at Next Session.
After being considered and dis
cussed at length by the members of
the council the plans for the pro-
posed system have been submitted to
the water and light committee to
make the proposed changes in the
location of few of the lights and
it is believed that the proposition
will be decided upon at the next
meeting of the city council on Mon
day evening, August g. !
In addition to this project several
other matters were acted upon by the
council at this time. It was voted to
ask for bids for making repairs on
the city Jail, and for painting the
water tower and the Mississippi
bridge. Bids on this work are to be
presented at the next meeting.
SCRAWLED By GREAT P0ET7