THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 35.
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*4 Saturday, January 19,1901,
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Opposite Post-Office, Emporium, Pa.
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"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1901.
Letters from the People.
[All communications under this head must be
accompanied by the writer's name. We will not
beheld responsible for any expression in this
department. I— EDITOR.
Cost of Electric Light.
Editor Cameron County Prcta:—
"Noah" in the last week's PRESS
says he wants figures. The trouble
with Noah's vision is similar to that of
Mr. Howard. There are some figures
that he can't see even when they are
right under his nose. However, a little
thing like that does not phase Noah,
he immediately sits down and manu
factures figures ,to suit himself, with
following result:
On account of the #7,000 bonds S6OO 00 per yeur
Interest on $7,000 bonds, about, 300 00 ,112
For coal or gas, about & r >o 00 "
For Engineer, 700 00 "
For Asst Angineer, about 500 00 "
Man to repair wires and lights 600 00 "
For bookkeeper 300 00 "
Total $3,350 00
Less 200 lights st 26c each 600 00
$2,750 00
■ This leaves a balance of $2,750 to be
j raised each year for twelve years, un
• til the bonds are paid.
' This is one of the publications which
! come under the head of "important if
i true."
| The only trouble with it is that it is
| incorrect in every particular.
The law requires council to provide
I for a payment of 8 per cent, on bonds
each year, this including interest and
j annual payment, and in this case
j amounts
j On account of bonds to just $560 00
Cost per year for fuel, outside llgures 200 00
Cost per year for engineer, 600 00
Cost per year for Asst engineer, 000 00
Cost per year for man for repairs 000 00
Cost per year for bookkeeper, 50 00
Cost per year for carbons, 15 00
Cost per year for repairs, 30 00
Total $1,455 00
S I.ess 250 private lights, 25c each 750 00
] Borough street lights 600 00
#1,350 00
Leaving a balance of $lO5 00
Which can easily be paid from
j borough treasury from present assess
ment and not raise the tax rate on Mr.
Noah's property one single, solitary
; cent.
j Noah's figures are no good. If he
had any basis for them except his
imagination he must have been figur
ing on an old engine he had in the ark.
Modern automatic engines require
only one engineer, and as his hardest
work is to keep awake, he has ample
time to make all necessary repairs and
to clean and trim the lamps, which
with the new enclosed arcs has to be
done once a week only.
If Mr. Noah or any other man de
sires to know on what my figures are
based, they can be accommodated.
The trouble with the opposition is,
however, that they don't really want
to see any statistics. They stand up
and yell at the top of their voices for
figures, and the minute they catch a
•glimpse of a sign of a figure coming
around a corner, they take to their
heels and disappear as rapidly as pos
sible in the opposite direction.
E. O. B.
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The Electric Light Question—How it
Effects the Tax-Payer.
. Mit. EDITOR:— In searching for a
different method for lighting our
; streets, its doubtful if we find another,
as cheap as the present torch light
system, for it has no expenses for re
pairs and labor. Being compelled to
discontinue this method, hereafter we
! shall have to consider these expense J
' items in any other system.
Not being able to change every year, j
it behooves us to consider not only the
cost, but the quantity of light from the
j system we adopt. For a while we can
| endure a poor system, and then curse
I it afterwards, as others have done.
| Reports from the towns of Ridgway,
| Port Allegany, Austin, St. Marys,
j Tidioute and others using thegas lamp
system, say while they are enduring it, j
j they now are at the cursing period of
their existence.
No one complains of the quantity j
and cost of electric light when free |
from corporate greed. Probably our i
town will adopt one of the two men
tioned systems, hence it is quite proper
to compare the quantity and cost of
the light of the two systems. The
cheapest gas lamp yet found is the one
with wooden post, standing in front of
the courthouse, at a total cost for
lamp, post and sitting, of over #7.00.
On account of small illuminating pow
er, towns using them have to place
them on every corner and between the
corners, some in the alley-ways and
closely together in shady places, con
sequently,if our borough should set up
100 gas lamps, we would then get only
one sixth as much light as we would
with the proposed 30, 2000 c. p. elec
tric arc lamps. Informants from these
gas-lamp-towns, say that beside the
cost of mantles, the daily repairs and
attention turning the lights on and off
night and morning, require the ser
vices of a man with a salary of $35 or
S4O per month. Should some complain
because our borough gave $30.00 per
month for such a man, to clean, repair
and daily walk ten miles to turn on
and off that light night and morning,
he should remember we are constantly
paying more money than this for less
work. $2.00 has been given as the
cost for mantles per lamp, per year.
From thene well established prices, we
see that the annual operative cost for
100 gas lamps will be as follows:
Interest oncost 100 gas lamps at 17 @ 1
per cent S2B 00
Annual cost for gas at 25c per month 300 00
Cost of labor, attending tlieni at $30.00
per month 360 00
Yearly cost of mantles, $2.00 per lamp.. 200 00
Total yearly operative cost SBBB 00
For cost for gas for running engine
will refer you to Mr. C. H. Felt, Em
porium, who is daily running a 100
H. P. gas engine for less than SI.OO per
day, using gas at 25 cents per 1000 feet.
A proportionate cost for a 75 H. P. en
gine using gas at 20 cents per 1000 feet,
would be less than 60 cents yer day.
The bookkeeper of Iron Co., tells me
that they pay their engineer, for run
ning their two big engines, pumps and
electric light plant, $2.25 per day.
As the labor in the power house using
a gas engine would be next to nothing,
for S6O per month, an engineer would
eagerly seek such a job, agreeing also
to look after the lamps and wires.
Carbons would need replacing every
100 hours. Hence, the yearly opera
tive cost of the proposed electric light
plant is as follows:
Interest on $7,000 at 4 per cent S2RO 00
Gas for engine, less than 226 00
Repairs 200 00
Salary for engineer, $60.00 per month 720 00
Carbon, S3O and oil S3O 60 00
Total annual expense $1,485 00
Lcsb income from 200 incandescents 600 oo
Net yearly operative cost SBBS 00
We see from the above, that the
yearly . expenses of the two systems
are about the same, while the 30 arc
lamps give six times as much light as
the 100 gas lamps. Is it strange that
our neighboring towns are frantically
cursing the day they adopted the gas
lamp system?
Produce as much light by the gas
lamp system as the electric gives and
figure the cost. The twinkering gas
lamps suffer so by the comparison that
they fairly groan with pain.
How will the adoption of the elec
tric light effect our taxes? As the
operative expenses of the two systems
are the same, we ought only to con
sider the payment we make on the in
curred debt. The total valuation gen
erally,is about $270,000. To make a pay
ment of SSOO annually on the debt,
will require an additional two mill
Borough tax, the interest item is put
in the operative expense above. To
make this yearly payment the tax
payer now paying a total tax of SIOO
will pay $4 more; SSO, $2 more; S4O, 1.60
more; S2O; 80c more; $lO, 40c more; $5,
20c more Borough Tax.
The tax-payer by comparing his tax
receipt with above schedule, can easily
tell how much his taxes will be increas
ed to help pay the debt. How trifling
the amount to pay when the quantity
of lights received is considered.
SIX TIMES AS MUCH AS BY THE
100 GAS LAMPS.
How much we feel the need of such
light in the blackness of some nights,
deeply realizing that all rascality,
crime and immorality instinctively
welcome ahd seek the cover of dark
ness. Weassumming the roll of pro
tectors, would ask is it not due
our mothers and wives, our sisters and
daughters, that we, as far as possible,
throw around them that protection
the daylight gives them.
The benefits of electric light are en
joyed by all, to the very outskirts of
our town, hence not sectional in char
acter, like the proposed Fourth street j
pavement. XX
Cooks Scarcer Than Husbands.
Cook —Madam: Your husband is be
coming so unbearable I cannotstand it.
Mrs. Brown —Then Bridget, I'll ap
ply for a divorce at once.
Ice Cream To-Night.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Strayer will serve
ice cream, cake and coffee at their home
this (Thursday) evening. Proceeds for
the benefit of M. E. Sunday School.
Public cordially invited.
Do Your Duty.
It is hoped everybody will attend the
entertainment to be given by the Mo
zart Symphony Club, at courthouse,
Friday evening, for benefit of the Fire
Department. Remember, citizens of
Emporium, that the firemen respond
promptly to your calls.
Disastrous Fire.
Last Saturday morning Franklin
was visited by a disastrous fire, entail
ing a loss of $40,000. The Citizen-
Press, owned by Hon. E. W. Smiley, is
in ruins. The Press was one of the
most complete plants in that section
of the state and we are pleased to learn
that the Messrs. Smiley will imme
diately resume with a new outfit. The
Citizens-Press and its energetic editors
have been too closely identified with
Franklin and Venango county to be
doomed by one fire.
Election of Officers.
At a regular annual meeting of the
Hamilton Hose Co., Jan. 30, 1901, the
following officers were elected: Fore
man, Richard Cavanaugh; First Asst.
Foreman, Thomas Butler; 2nd Asst.
John Zwald; President, Josiah Howard;
Ist V. Pres., John Heilman; Secy., C.
C. Richie; Treas. J. D. Logan; Trustees,
Joseph Kaye, A. F. Vogt, Wm. Robin
son; Delegates to convention, Joseph
Kaye; Alternate, Wm. Robinson. Fire
police to be appointed.
Farmers' Institute.
The Farmers' Institute will be held
in the courthouse on the 25th and 26th
of this month. Some of the best men
in the state are engaged for this meet
ing and our farmers should so arrange
their labor that they may attend every
session. The first session will be held
on the afternoon of the 25th, beginn
ing at 1:30. Local talent will be strong
ly in evidence and the question box
will afford all those who desire infor
mation on special topics to bring their
wants before the Institute.
Most Excellent Lecture.
"Sunshine and Shadow" at the court
house, last Saturday evening by Prof.
A W. Hawks, of Baltimore, was greet
ed by a very large and appreciative
audience. We have listened to the
most popular platform orators of the
day and never yet have been so pleas
antly entertained as we were by
"Hawks of Baltimore." Rev. O. S.
Metzler the manager of the People's
Course has presented many pleasing
attractions this season but the "Laugh
ing Philosopher" clapped the climax.
One has to hear "Sunshine and Shad
ow" to appreciate it.
Pound Party—Literary and Musical
Entertainment.
The gQod people of Emporium are,
respectfully requested to attend a
Pound Party at Odd Follows Hall, next
Monday evening, at 7:30. A fine liter
ary and musical program has been pre
pared for the occasion. No admission
fee will be charged, but each person is
expected to bring a pound of some use
ful article— or the price thereof. The
proceeds are for the benefit of a worthy
family, who are in need, caused by long
sickness and death of two members
within a short space of lime. Let the
generosity of our people be manifested
upon this occasion. Don't forget the
evening—Monday.
The Experience of Other Towns With
Electric Lights.
Watsontown borough, owns its Elec
tric light plant. Population, 2000. They
have 33 arc lights and 1400 incandes
cent lights. Their plant cost $11,307.00.
It costs $259 per month to operate it.
They use coal for fuel. Net cost of
each arc light per annum is about S4B.
Plant was built in 1898.
Milton, Pa. Population, 6200, buy
their lights, They have 60, 2000 c. p
arc, and pay $72 per light per annum.
Titusville, Pa. Population, 9000,
own their electric light plant. They
have 120 arc lights. The plant cost j
cost 18,000. It costs $4,200 per annum !
to operate it. They use gas for fuel, j
Net cost per annum is $35.00.
Dußois, Pa. Population, about I
10,000, buy their light. They have 68
arc lights 1200 incandescent and pav
$65 per light per annum.
The foregoing are all the towns
which have replied to our questions
and who light their streets with elec
tric lights.
C. JAY GOODNOUGH,
Secretary Council.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT.
(Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.)
FRIDAY, Snow Flurries.
SATURDAY, Fair.
SUNDAY, Fair.
DEATH'S DOINGS.
RUSSELL.
AMIE, daughter of Allen, Jr., and
Vinnie Russell, died at their home on
Four Mile, on Saturday last, aged 10
months and seven days. Funeral took
place from the home ou Monday after
noon, Rev. McClelland officiating.
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MRS. MARY A. 8 ART WELL.
Died at her home on King street,
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 1901, Mrs. Mary A.
Sartwell.
Mrs. Mary A. Sartwell, wife of Ros
well, Sartwell and daughter of Henry
and Joanna Chapin, was born at White
Store, Chenango Co., N. Y., April 19,
1829. She came to Smethport with her
parents in September, 1883. where
she has since resided. She married
October 22, 1851.
She was the mother of two children,
Thos. L. Startwell, of Eldred, and
Frank Chapin Sartwell, of this place.
She wasthe youngest of her mother's
children, and a woman of strong
character, fine mind and good memory.
A warm loving heart, ever ready to
relieve the ill of others.
She leaves a very large circle of
friends and relatives to mourn their
loss, which can never be filled. For
many years she has been a consistent
member of the Episcopal church.
The funeral will be held at her for
mer home to-morrow, Friday, Feb. 1,
at 2 o'clock, Rev. J. Heber McCandless
will conduct the services. Interment
at Rose Hill cemetery.
Thief Caught.
Last Tuesday evening a woodsman
named Connor, while passing H. A.
Zarps & Co. 's store, stole what he sup
posed to be three pairs of gloves, (but
in reality were six odd gloves), and go
ing on down Fourth street, stopped at
J. F. Parsons' store, where he stole a
can of corn while Mr. Parsons was get
ting him some crackers. About 8:00
o'clock in the evening Chief of Police
Mundy caught the chap at the St.
Charles hotel, while attempting to sell
his plunder. Mr. Mundy did not know
a theft had been perpetrated, but took
the chap in hand and investigated,
after which he took the prisoner before
Squire Hacket, who committed him to
jail in default of §IOO bail, where he
will remain until May court.
To the Voter.
In using figures published by the
council in this issue of the PRESS as a
basis for estimating probable cost of
electric light in Emporium, it is very
important to remember that all these
plants run old fashioned 2000 c. p. or
Standard arcs, which are much more
expensive than the latest development
in the business known as the new en
closed arc. This new arc requires just
five-eights the fuel that the Standard
arc requires, it uses just one-seventh
the number of carbons in a year and
just one-seventh the number of hours
labor to clean and trim. It keeps one
man very busy to trim and clean 100
lamps in a day. Hence the Titusville
plant requires 90 hours labor each week
on the the line where the Emporium
modern plant with 30 enclosed arcs
will require three hours a week.
Standard arcs use one carbon each
day. New arcs one carbon each week.
E. O. BARDWELL.
Meeting of School Board.
Stated meeting of Emporium school
Board met in city hall Feb. 4, 1901.
Present: Messrs. L. K. Huntington,
B. Egan, F. P. Rentz, W. S. Walker.
Absent: Messrs. T. F. Moore, J. D.
Marshall.
Minutes of stated and special meet
ing read and approved.
Moved by Mr. Egan that we pay
II ,000 of the school bonds as follows:
No's 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 and
47. Motion carried.
The following bills were ordered paid:
Geo. Metzger, Jr.,repairing bells, §1 00
Express, 60
R._C. Dodson, sulpbur 85
Milton, Bradley & Co., supplies, 338
Walker, Howard & Co., do 10 94
sl6 77
Prof. Baatian was present and made
report for fourth month of school.
On motion the Board adjourned
W. S. WALKER, Sec'y.
State Association of School Directors.
The sixth annual convention of the
Pennsylvania State Association of
School Directors will convene at Har
risburg, Feb. 14th and 15th. Miss Mat
tie M. Collins, Supt. of Schools of this
county, is down on the program for an
address, "Who is Responsible for the
Pupils' Wasted Time."
NO. 50.