Electric Lighting in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Electric Lighting in Aberdeen, Scotland.

At a recent meeting of the gas committee of the Aberdeen town council there was submitted a communication from the Board of Trade that powers would not be given to the corporation for introducing electric lighting, except in their capacity as police commissioners. A deputation recently appointed to visit various towns in England to ascertain the working of the two systems of electric lighting gave in their report. It was stated that in Brighton the company having the electric lighting of that town paid a dividend of five per cent, while in Liverpool three per cent was paid. The general price charged was 7d. to 8d. per unit. The corporation of Bradford work the system themselves, and charge consumers 5d. per unit. In some of the other places there was a stipulation that no one was provided with the light unless he guaranteed a consumption of the value of £14 a year. A comparison was made between electric light and gas light of sixteen candle-power burning for 1000 hours, and it was ascertained that while by the electric system the cost would be 40s. 9d. (including the price of the lamp), by gas the price would only amount to 10s. 1d. The deputation indicated that to introduce the light into Aberdeen would be an expensive matter.

加利福尼亚州的森林大火。-去年遭受森林大火的损失估计为25,000,000美元的木材价值被摧毁，而山区的森林砍伐对农业利益造成了极大的伤害。这些可怕的大火的责任是在绵羊牧民身上。该州的官方森林人和居住在高森林中的登山者确认了这一点。牧民将绵羊驱赶到不属于他们的土地上。他们吃了没有支付的饲料，并通过烧毁经过的森林以及放牧股票来征服服务。国家的媒体自然会大声地要求这种财产的肆意破坏应停止。