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A TIMELY LETTER.A NAIL DRIVEN IN THE RIGHT PLACE.A WORD ABOUT ELECTRICT LIGHTS.Mb Editor:—la keeping with your hitherto progressive spirit in ■ constantly urging our City Fathers to adopt such measures as will be of benelt to the tax payers, will you allow me to call the attention of oar city council through the colaoi of yoar valued paper to the neccesity of procuring better lights for oar streets. While the improvements id this department has been folly abreast with the other work of the present board and in fact is well nigh perfection, so far as the old system of Vtreet lamps are concerned, yet the demands for an improved system oflights are constantly increasing. Be it eaid here to the credit of the present board that they have entered their work with gloves off and while scarcely four months of their term baveexpir ed improvements meet us on every hand. But Mr Editor to carefully note in thi* communication all of the many improvements made since they have been in office, would be to deviate from the object set forth in the beginning of this article aud perhaps to bore some of your readers, therefore I shall endeavor to confine myself to my original purpose and show by careful estimation that the town will uot only be g.eatly benefited by the introduction of an electric plant, but will eventually derive a handsome income from the outlay of capital.A thorough canvnss of the buisnnss portion of the town results in finding that there will be used not less than one hundred and fifty lights for the stores alone, while the hotels and offices will use one hundred more, to this can be added with aafetv two hnudred for private residences, make-ing a total of foer hundred and fifty lights for private purposes, that will return a revenue of two hundred and 8eveatv dollars per month at the usual rate of60ctsper month foreach light. To this also cat be added the item of expense new incured in keeping the present lights in order, which our worthy constable informs us w 11 not fall shert of fifty dollars per month. Thus we have a monthly income of three hundred and twenty dollars, from which must be deducted the running expenses of the plant which will not exceed one hundred and thirty dollars per month providing arrangements can be effected whereby the fuel will b»* furnished hy one of our large saw mills in con sideration of furnishing lights for the same. As a result of the present estimate, we have a net monthly income of one hundred and ninty dollars at the same time deriving the benefit of improved lights for our streets. Now as to the relative cost to the consumer—in a place where two large ( oil lamps are employed to give light, | it was learned that the oil consumed amounted to two dollars and sixty cent* per month, and the breakage or chimneys Ac about .^Oct*. or a total of three dollars and teneenis. In this same place three electric lights will equal the light given by thelamps, which at a cest of 60cts will amount to two dollars and forty cents resulting in a save to the proprietor of 70 cente per mouth. It is not the purpose of the writer Mr Editor to impress upon the public the acuracy of this estimate, but to invite die caasion that will lead 19 an investigation which I am sure will be mostsaiisfaotnry in its resuite. Trusting that' the subject will recieve your hearty approval .... I. Remain, Yo^rs AcPr olt;r re as.
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Fisherman And Farmer
Edenton, North Carolina, US
Fri, Sep 11, 1891
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