Electricity Vs. Gas

ELECTRICITY VS. GAS

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Former is Cheaper Than Gas

at the University

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THE COST OF OPERATING

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The Plant on the Campus is

 $4,700

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The Cost to Light the University

Buildings and Campus with Gas

would be about $3,500 More.--

Itemized Statement

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  When the regents decided to light the

university buildings and grounds by

electricity instead of gas, they not only

made a big saving as over gas, but 

they also secured better lighting. In

order that the exact cost of operating

the lighting plant may be plainly seen,

the Daily Argus today publishes an

itemized table of the cost. The total ex-

pense connected With the lighting plant

or rather the cost of lighting is $4,-

700.75, whereas it would cost approxi-

mately to light with gas about $8,500.

LABOR.

One engineer at $750, one engineer

at $700, one electrician at $600; total .

$2,500.

INTEREST AND DEPRECIATION.

The cost of engines and generators

$5,000; cost of switch board $900;

cost of feeders and all wiring $20,000;

cost of piping $800: boiler plant

$4,500; total cost of plant $31,200.

COST OF OPERATING.

Depreciation on engines and genera-

tors, $5,000 at 5 per cent, $250; on

switch board, $900 at 2 per cent, $18;

on feeders and wiring, $20,000 at 2

per cent, $400; on piping, $800 at 2

percent, $16; on boiler, 1/3 of $4,500

at 10 percent, $150; total $834. In

the last item the boilers are only used

1/2 of the lighting.

Interest on investment at 4 per cent

$1,128.  Lamp renewals, 500 lamps

at 25 cents, $125.

COST OF COAL.

The coal burned under high pressure

boilers is about three tons per day.

One-third of the steam from high pres-

sure boilers is used for other purposes.

Hence we have about 700 tons of coal

to charge to the electric plant, and as

the steam is used for heating we have

only 25 per cent to charge to the light-

ing plant which is 175 tons at $2.25

per ton. This brings the cost of coal at

$393.75

LAMPS, MOTORS ON CAMPUS.

 The incandescent lamps, arc lamps

and motors installed on he campus are:

Motors 100, H. P. at an average effici-

ency of 80 per cent, equals 93,250 watts;

about 30 are lamps at 19,800 watts;

total 13,050 watts. This will equal

1884 incandescent lamps. The actual

incandescent lamps installed, 5,000, plus

the 1884 incandescent lamps, make a

total equivalent of incandescent lamps

of $6,884.

COST OF OPERATING PLANT.

The average work actually per-

formed by the plant amounts to about

150 amperes at 220 volts, 24 hours

power day as follows:

  Plant is shut down every Sunday also

all of July, August, September, mak-

ing in all 234 working days per year.

Thus 150 amperes 220 volts x 24 hours

x 234 days divided by 1,000 watts

equals 185,328,000 K. W. hours. This

would make the cost per K. W. hour

$.0254, and the cost per lamp per

hour sixteen-hundredths cents.

RECAPITULATION.

Labor . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  $2.050.00

Oil, waste, packing . . . . . . . . . 170.00

Interest and depreciation. . . 1,962.00

Lamp renewals . . . . . . . . . . . .125.00

Coal bill  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.75

Total cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $4,700.75

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Luella Davis Dead.

Luella B. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Frank K. Davis died at the home of

her uncle George D. Bunn, of Superior,

May 14, 1899, aged 14 year, 7 months.

She was born in the township of

Salem, Oct. 25, 1884. Always being

in good health, her sudden death was

a great shock to her many friends, her

sickness lasting but two weeks. Al-

ways being of a cheerful nature and

full of mirth, won for her many friends.

 

Angels came and claimed our darling;

Carried her soul to realms of bliss;

Though we would not if we could

Wish her back to a world like this.

 

With this World's trials and troubles,

Now her heart won't have to bear;

With her angel Sister she is waiting:

 For her love ones to meet her there.

 

It seems hard to part with our loved ones,

For the grief seems hard to bear;

But with steady hope we are waiting

For some day to meet her there.