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Show TIIE INCANDESCENT LIGHT. What the Board of Directors of the Territorial Asylum Say of It. In their first biennial report to the Territorial Legislature, which has just issued from the printer in pamphlet form, the Asylum Board submits among a number, num-ber, of very' interesting features some facts respecting the advantages of lighting light-ing by the Brush incandescent electric system, which should prove of import ance as a matter of information. The report re-port says: "As the time approached for opening the institution, the question came before the Board as to what was the best system of lighting the asylum. Investigation proved that while a gas plant, sufficient to produce the requisite amount of light, would cost $4,000, a system of incandescent incandes-cent light, with plant, would cost less bv one-half that amount. The former would necessitate the establishment of gas-works on the premises, with the evil and nuisance entailed thereby, being dangerous dan-gerous from fire, as well as detrimental detri-mental to the health of the patients. The Brush incandescent electric light, the form adopted, was furnished by the Rocky - Mountain Electric Light Company. Developments in the use Of this SVStem of lio-hfc dnrinnr hit monthsjhave fully demonstrated its superiority supe-riority over any other in cost of maintaining main-taining (being 1 cents per hour for one lamp), besides being absolutely steady, much more powerful than gaslight, subject sub-ject to more perfect control, and its use in an asylum for insane is attended with no danger from fire. - "We take pleasure in reporting that the Rocky Mountain Electric Light Company, Com-pany, ill consideration of the purpose for which the asylum was built, furnished this light absolutely at cost." |