, 1881-04-16
co'npanics. Wires i,avo already been put

companies. Wires l,avo already been nut
intn forty ilonses."
FlsANclllsE HRANrEn r1t,: nnusu COMPANY
AND rLASH THAT ALE LAID.
Stir inri Ttmfx. Aprti H.
When tho Brush Electric illuminating
Company fnatlc n bid to tho t.ns Commission.
ors sotMe tlnys agn, 10 light rattn,,, streets
Of tflls city, II WIS mt with the obIecttol,
Tint the Commission hal 10 lpwcr to nIy,,
the contract tiMtil the Company Ind secured
from tho Dnnrtl of Aldermen the tIRtt to usa
tho strrets fur ulo erection at poles n,ul Tho
r,tnnlng Of wires. TN 'iuessihy tho board
era',tel tis franchise, and tie officers of tho
Company arb nav hopeful TINT tiIu gutltrNct
Tor lighting at least tho slttaler district u,u,,,
which tEo,r bld WINS I,atlu will bu awarded
to thonl. This district embraces Broadway
MID Filth avenue. frOm Fourteenth toThtrty.
fourth street. and the cr0ss strcets' between,
aid Union and Madison Squares. The cor
porntlon Offered to light this territory for
$1,000 year,
nIsIlsAclSd FIVE 1tuSf't1ED AND FfFTY.FIvE
NA4.tAMi'9.
Mf. a. A. Hayes, Jr. Secretary OF the Brush
Company, explained to Il Tlncy rrtortgr last
evening tho SYSTEM Mpon wlicI, the lighting
will be dosc, prpvi,lc. tho col,tract Is nwnr.i.
OIL. "ln both untoii asld Dtatllson SQUARES. u
iso snItl, "we sltaii ercct Il slngtu iru,, pote,
WHICH Will rlso to tic hight Of 12' to lis feet
Fitting this rolD, so ns 10 slide tlp and tlown
with comparative casc, will bo a large Iron
tr'nnelc, mud tu this stx lights will l,e at-
taelIetl, each having nj, illuminating n,wcr
OF O.000 candles. This viii gtve n tutai power
fNhooo cas,.les to the six lights. VIII, sstcl,
H'tnntity of lglltat such NJ. altt,tle we s,,aI
have no use for pnles III Fifteenth. Sixteenth,
or Seventeenth atr,.ets. 4 Hood Of ltgit
from Unlo' Suuare will ronr down tlausu
streets, ald lltlulfnnte them nil Tint IL Is nee
essnry, and fnslnEtly better tllnn, tho gus
ln1hps nav in tse. Tho high buildings In
Fourteenth street will pruhably llaka It nee
essnry for rs to erect Ole ur troro poles therr,
Tllo brllliancyof
T'tls lttiltT OF THE FUTURE
Which VIC proposs to furnish cai, DO cstt-
'l'atea by references to TIC tower system
,yi WhiGlt T. now y use ~ Wabash, 1nd. Tint
power, R!ylilg total payer Of il, ,0O0 caittiIes,
lust al,e;.llird tito powor which wn propose L,
expelA III Union Suutnre. Tile pole IS u, Tic
top OF inc E0urt-llosse, and lights lip i. mile
sa%tG s4a ~ " isa ,t am tTpi ca o
iMiEl'ts M II th!y ls tic ense i! Wabash, whit
times tle el.lldle power? Tic Wcst Is lar far
alie1d o. New Y9rk ~ n.!opt!as tho light Ut
nol1ed calling fur bldg for gas contrnets
toar months IN order to admit oi Il
trihl of this system. On Fifth
nyonnc, Of course, we Shall not n,aku .iso t,
nt, tlia tower system. Here W. slinft Greet
poles Tor single lights at, regular Intervals,
rs We now haye then! 0n Rr0aslway. Weare
now running Itfty-four lights on. a Single
wire. AMI "o tavU rim over q circuit OF len
Miles on one wlrG successfully, NO that there
can bu l!D tloubt Of our ability to fulfil nny
c9t1trsst awarded 10 u.s." AIr. tlNyes ux-
p!1l1ieu tic working Of tho trlnngle Of, the
trnH poh. Tho wires tio hot rise and ftlil
with the trfangle.. Two wircs viii be
STRETCHED from the hig|l buildings on either
slhe Ut the square to tic top Of the pnte, and
when the Triangle is rnisch, after tic inti1ls
!layo been trimmed, connection will b. inntilo
by n!Gnns Ut "colItaet points," II tho c0il-
tract Is awarded to the Drus!} Company, tlle
arrangements for lighting tile district wlll bc
made some time during the coming month,
50 That before the 1st OF june broadway and
Fifth, avenue fron Folirteeutl. 10 iii Tnirty. .
fourth street will be lighted by electricity.