Cost Of Electric Lights

This is the heading upoo a valuable artiole contributed to the Independent by Prof. Rosewater, of Johns Hopkins Univereity, upon the relative est of the franchise and city systems of electric lighting. He quotes from the investigations of the city of Scranton, Pa., in whieh were reports of the cost per light from 91 c ties huving the fraiichUr system and 18 having the city system. Ypgilanti raoká at the head o tbe 18 cities, reported as here shown. Ypsilantt. Mlch $23 61 till midnight. Painesvllle.O _ 35 00 Paris, 111 _.. 36 U0 all nlght. Dunklrk, N. Y 36 50 MarLluBville, Ind 40 00 till midnight. Lewiston, Me 42 00 all night. Litlle Rock „ 47 50 when dark. MadisOD.Ind 48 00 all night. Huntington 48 64 " Hannibal, Mo 52 00 Aurora, 111 56 00 till midnight. Decatur, 111 60 00 al) night. Bay City 60 00 Grand Ledge 62 00 till midnight. Chicago 65 60 all night. Topeka 72 00 " Í4 00 eight hours. Easton, Pa 100 CO dark nights' These rates aver&ge $52.12$ per light per year, and our rate is liule more than half that. The 91 reports of frandn-e lights average $105.13 per light p-3r year. Fur all-nighc lights Adrián pavs $100, Jackson, 88 89. Fll R'ver ard Boston $180, New York, $90, New Orleang $130, Philadelphia $177, Milwaul:ee $150, Troy $158, etc. For lights till midniüht, Ualeshurg III , pays $09, Janesville, Wis., $100, Battle Creek, $85, etc. Ouly 25 of the whole 91 ere below $100. We think our people fthould be well satisfied with their system, and feel thanklul thtt they own and opérate boli their electr'c light plant and their waterworks