Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-27
Adopted For Lighting of
Akron's Streets.
Places Akron In the Front Rank Of Enterprisnu
Cities---Descripton Of the Enclosed Arc
Lamp Interesting Comment.

illuminates greater distances from this
lamp than from the old type.
The color Of the light is also differ
ent, being clear white instead of the
intense blue as now Seen. The lamps
will be controlled from the station by
an automatic magnetic regulator, each
regulator controlling so lamps, and so
built as to allow all but one lamp to
be extinguished, and not affect it in
the least. The regulators will at all
times be in charge of an attendant.
whose sole duty it will be to keep the
regulators at normal line voltage.
In looking up comments on this sys-
tenn of lighting, such as The Northern
Ohio Traction Company has adopt.
ed, we find some very interesting ar
ticles which should be Of interest to
all of our citizens who are desirous of
seeing Akron, as it always has been,
in the lead. The present system now
in use was installed and operated here
before any of the larger cities had
adopted anything in this line, and were
still using the gas light for street IL
Illumination. The Northern Ohio Trac-
ton Company is sparing neither time
nor money to give Akron n lighting
system second to none in the country.
Between Woburn, Mass, and Win.
chester, they are using this system
with lamps about 800 feet apart, and
the lighting effect lis excellent. The
following is comment made by a
station manager who was inyestigat
ing the system: 1--WE drove over the
entire system at night, with view of
carefully investigating the light dis
trtbution, and it is an interesting fact
that in riding toward or receding
from the enclosed arc lamp, that the
light is not sufficiently strong or daz.
zllng to affect the sight. The illumina-
ton is of such a wide and diffused
character, that most favorable COM
ments are made by citizens who do
considerable driving or wheeling"
In connection with the general H.
Eliminating capacity of these Iamps
the manager of the woburn plant
states: Il have to do a great deal of
driving at night and have watched the
lighting effect of both the old and new
lamps very carefully, and the illum.
ination from the enclosed lamp is so
very satisfactory that l would not 60
back to the old 1000 @. P. lamp under
any consideration"
We also quote an extract from Wo.
burn Daily Journal, of April IA, 1899:
THE new street lighting system of
the Woburn Light, Heat and Power
Co. has been in operation since the
first day of April. We have withheld
comment until sufficient time had clap
sed for us to observe its practical oper-
alton. The arc lamp is of an entirely
different type from those we have
been used to seeing and is known as
the enclosed are Instead of the car
bons burning in the open air they are
enclosed within a ground glass globe
which results in their lasting greater
number of hours aud also in breaking
up the intenseness Of the arc between
the two carbon points. which is the
source of the light. This secures bet
ter diffusion of the light and a much
more effective result on the street. The
distribution of the light is more even
over the area lighted and the dark cir
Gle that was present with the old lamp
directly under it Is entirely eliminated.
The new lamp burns with absolute
steadiness, which is a marked improve
ment over the upsteadiness which pre-
walls with the open arc type.
"Woburn should be congratulated |
upon being the second city to Boston
having the enclosed are lamp for its
street lighting and should feel proud
OF the fact that after. many years of
a i