The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-12
EXAMINATION OF LIGHTS
TOUR or THE COUNCIL Committee
To Ascertain whether the Electric Lights
are Performing Their Proper Tune
tons-Aimost an Accident.

The Committee on Lights of the City
Council met in the Council chamber last
evening to 60 on q tour of inspection
through the various parts Of the city 10 look
into the lighting of the various streets. A
number Of complaints had been received
recently to the effect that the electric lights
did not give sufficient light as provided in
the contract.
The mem bers of the committee who met
at the Council chamber were: Chairman
Gum and Messrs George Il. Davis. Grimes.
Taylor and Hardwicke. Superintendent
Adams of the city gas works. and MIR.
Joseph NJ. Shelton, clerk to the commit
tee. accompanied the party. The Richmond
Railway and Electric Company was repre-.
sented by its treasurer Hr. George f
Fisher.
TIE START.
The inspecting party started from the
Council Chamber down Ninth to Cary
street. where the lamps on Tenth. Eleventh
and Twelfth were ordered 10 be moved fur
ther out into Cary street. At the corner OF
Dock aud Sevsnteanth streets the commit
tee decided to have the lamp moved to the
bridge which crosses Dock street. At the
corner Of Eighteenth and Dock streets Il
was decided that the lamp be removed
across the street. and continuing the tour
the committee deemed IL advisable tokhaye
the electric lamp removed from the corner
of Ash and Water streets 20 the corner
Ash and Lester streets.
THE ROUTE.
The committee in inspecting the various
streets went through the following route
Down Lester street 10 Orleans street, where
IL was deemed necessary TO have the lamp
at Fifth aud Orleans street removed TO
Sixth and Orleans street. down State street
through Fulton TO Thirty-hrst and
Main street. 10 Thirtieth and Franklin. TO
Twenty ninth and Grace. 70 Thirty second
and Grace. through ChimbOrazo Park 70
Twenty and Clay, to Venabie and
Scott 10 Jessamne and Peasants. to
Twenty-second aud Peasants, TO Mosby
and Peasants up Seventeenth street 10 its
terminus. across the Fifth-street viaduct
and through that section Of the city as far
as the electric lights have been erected TO
Clay and Ninth. to Clay and Tenth, and out
Clay street as far as Eighth street.
ADDITIONAL LIGHTs.
At the conclusion OF the trip the COM
mttee decided TO nave the electric lamp on
Thirtleth and Franklin streets raised ten
feet and 20 recommend 10 the City Coun-
oil the erection Of additional electric lamps
at the following points
Corner Jesssmine aud Peasants. Twenty
second and Peasants. Mosby and Pleas
ants. Hospital and Hill Ninth and Abigail
Twelfth and Clay. State and Fulton, Twen-
ty-seventh and Clay. Thirty-seoond and
Grace, Union and Franklin, Venabe and
Scott, Tenth and Turpin. Seventeenth and
Accommodation streets.
The committee did not go any further up
town for the reason that the electric lamps
in the western part Of the city have not vet
been all erected. II will take about ten
days or two weeks before this work can be
completed and when this is done Super
intendent Craige will notify the chairman
of the committee in order that the tour of in
spection might be continued.
ALL WIRE BURNING.
IL was a remarkable fact that no fault
could be found with the burning Of the
lights during the inspection last evening,
and not single light could be discovered
which did not burn.
During the last meeting of the Common
Council Dir. Grimes offered resolution re-
curing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company TO station a watohman at the
crossing of Williamsburg avenue. The ne
cessity of this move was plainly illustrated
10 the Committee on Light last evening,
for when their bus came to that crossing
the horses became frightened by an ap-
prosching train and the party barely es-
capped an accident. Alderman Taylor. OF
Clay ward, being almost thrown out of the
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