The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-05-24
Bid for Light and Power for
City Acceptedsat Three h
Cents q Plant
MOTION 70 POSTPONE
Il FINAL ACTIONsIS LOST
Bemidji Max Caring Co. to
IF Furnish ca $nAbout
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nished ~ the ,Bemidji factur.s
ing Co.. according to acA zen by
the city council in adjou, \ssion
Monday evening and accoi' - the
bid entered Fby that cpmpa - the
regular session Of the council last
Monday. The rate in the contract &C
copied is set at three cents per kiilo-
watt delivered on sswitc hboard at the
Bemidji Manufacturing eompany's
plant on or about 80 days after the;
contract expires, the company, ac-
cording to the contract, must be guar
anteed minimum Of 10000 killo-
watts consumption per month.
The city is to connect up the cur
rent with the white way as soon as
the plant is ready To produce suffi-
cient current for the new lighting
system and the city viii also handle
the distribution of the service.
Motion to accept this contract was
unanimously carried after the water
and light COMMITTEES submitted its re-
port with that ecolnmendation.
John M. Culver, local manager OF
the Minnesota Electric Light e Pow
er company, personally requested
that the council defer action until
Wednesday night Of this week, insor-
der that E. j. Condor, ST., of the
Chicago office, president OF the COM
pany, might outline to the council Ger
tain notifications in rates with Mr..
Culver felt sincerely would give the
city better proposition than either
of the two opposing bids. The bid
entered by the Minnesota Electric
Light & Power company last week
called for rate Of six cents, as APP
piled to the amount of current neces-
, sary to operate the white way system:
This rate covered all expe inses incl
dental to connecting up and operat.
ing the system with the exception Of
service charge of 500 speryeaF. Z
Motion to adjourn until Wednes-
day night in order to hear Mr.. Con-
don before letting the contract was
lost in roll call, and the report OF the
water and light committee was then
made. ~ E$5' g.
L. D. BoyGe. as chairman, reported
from figures compiled that saving
was evident in either the bid entered
by e. E. Kenfield or by the .Bemidjl
Manufacturing company, these two
bids being practically the same, both
carving a rate Of three cents deliv-
cred at their plants. He estimated
that there would be total saving
to the city of St, 1854 a year on either
of the bids, including the pumping
oont,oo+ ~ - EN- Il ~
in explaining the difference in the
cost Of operating Bemidji's street
lighting system with and without the
white way system, Mr.. Boyee stated
the new system will cost only $7S.7s
perlmonthfmore than the present sys-
tenn, even though it is estimated that
the white way system alone will cost
approximately $236.25 per- month.
The present street lighting SYSTEM un-
der present contracts is costing the
city about $511.85 per month, accord
ing to the number of lamps in use. 9.
~ The committee further reported
that there would be q net saving to
the city over the power company's bid
Of six cents per killoWatt even after
all expenses incidental to, connecting
up and operating the system were
counted in. Figures presented on
the estimated cost Of this work were
not entirely complete and just what
the cost to- the city will be is-not
announced. Mr.. Culver stated that
this would undoubtedly be a saving
on the original sixicent rate proposed
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