Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-15
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The Tswsr Light.

The city of Aurora, Illinois, has
recently introduced the tower sys-
tenn OF electric lighting, the tower
being construed of hollow iron In
the form Of q triangle. The effect
of the light is thus described by
the Chicago Times:
IA trip to the beautiful city OF Au-
Kora, forty miles west Of Chicago,
on the q. b. and @. II. R., affords
the visitor q striking spectacle Of
eplendOr and q most impressive
conception OF the revolution in the
lighting Of cities now in progress.
II is at Aurora that We have the
largest and most available illustra-
tion Of the new theory and the new
eystem-the electric tower plan
Of elevated centers OF illumination.
which, while 1t greatly increases
che volume and splend0r Of street
and city light, causes the illumina-
ton to issue by broad floods
frem few fountain points,
instead of an endless null
tiplicity of gas jets or
taper-6ames that serve, like the
starlight. more fer fancy than for
use. The experiment of lighting
the city Of Aurora by "Brush cleo
trio tower,n by M. G. Bullock of
this city, General Agent for the
Northwest, is one Of recent inau-
guration and, in the moral ana
mechanical senses, has proven a
most brilliant success in economic
ing, enlargipg and improving its
illumination and placing the citi-
Gems Of the town in state of de-
lighted enthusiasm over the splen-
did practical results. Briefly, the
feature Of the new system consists
Of some six Brush electric towers,
stationed on opposite sides Of the
river that som ewhat evenly divides
the city, and at distance and rel
alive interval of half mile-the
Brush electric tower-a slender,
triangular elevation in skeleson
lines, formed of strong iron cub
ing, four inches OF the ground and
one inch at the top,s and looking
like the iron lines OF a triangular
skeleton monument, tapering from
wide. secure base to height of
$50 feet-a graceful, even orna-
mental piece of engineeriDg-archi-
lecture, looking, little distance
of, like pencil drawing against
the sky. Each tower is crowned
with two or three electric lamps.
equivalent to 1900 candles or 1875
gas jets each-the cost of the tower,
under the Brush patent, covering
al electric lighting OF whatever
height above roof OF buildings,
being $1,000. The united effects of
these great sun-lamps, as wit
messed by q Times correspond
emit, accompanied by Hal P.
Brown, general electrician Of the
northwestern agency in this city,
were interesting, novel and i'm
pressive to an almost indescribable
degree, the districts Immediately
adjacent to the towers being bathed
In foods Of splend0r far higher in
soft intensity than the most brill
liant system OF street gas jets,
while q suburban ride of i've
eighths of a mile beyond the out
side towers realized light as clear
az full Summer moonlight lying
abroad on the fields and lonely out
skirts Of the city. The people Of
Aurora are universally jubilant
over the results of the adoption of
the new system, and express the
most earnest and complete satis-
faction with the Brush tower plan
III all its beariugs and aspects"
It will be noticed that on the
Aurora towers there are only from
two to three electric lamps to each
tower with light equivalent to
1900 candle-light to each lamp.
There will be placed upon the San
Jose tower six lamps of 1900 can
dle-power each. The result can
we'll be imagined.-Sdn Jose Mer-
curry.