(5.) Occasionally the public lamps are extinguished at midnight all the year round, if not for the whole, for some portions of the district, it being assumed that all respectable citizens being in bed, no light is required.
(6.) In some cases every other lamp only is lighted in the summer months, and many other similar variations for the sake of economy may be practised.
(7.) The public lamps are sometimes supplied by gas through meters, which is then paid for at so much per 1000 cubic feet consumed.
Of all the above methods the first is undoubtedly the most satisfactory to the inhabitants, the urban authority, their officers, and the gas company; it is the least likely to introduce disputes, and although something may be saved by adopting the more parsimonious methods enumerated, it is found in practice that the first is the best.
In drawing up an agreement with the gas company to light the public street lamps for any length of time, the following points must be considered.
Hints for a Contract with a Gas Company.
The company to provide a sufficient supply of gas of the full illuminating power and quality as provided by their Act.
Payment to be at so much per lamp, or per 1000 cubic feet consumed, or at per hour, or whatever may be determined on.
Payment to be made by urban authority for lighting, extinguishing, cleaning, repairing, etc., as may be agreed, such payments to be made quarterly, or at such times as may be agreed upon.
The hours or times throughout the year during which the lamps shall be lighted to be determined by a table, every lamp to be fully lighted within one hour of the time named, and not extinguished before that named for extinguishing. The consumption of the gas to be regulated and determined by Sugg’s or Borradaile’s street lamp governors, or such other mode as is agreed upon.