Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-16
EXTENSION
OF Electric Railway
For Benefit of West Hill
Citizens.
West Market Street Line
Will be Extended
To a Point West Of Cobb
Avenue.
Consideration Of Lighting Proposition
Deferred-C0unciI.

AT last nights meeting of the City
Council an ordinance granting permis
sion to the Northern Ohio Traction
company to extend it's West Market
st. tracks from Kuder ave. to point
200 feet west of Cobb ave-, near where
the corporation line intersects Market
St, was read and passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
The extension was petitioned for
by the residents of the territory which
will be reached by the cars.
1t is announced that the extension
will be completed within 80 days.
EAST MARKET ST. LIGHTING.
Disposition of the matter Of light
ing East Market ST. with gas, and set
ting aside the present system of cleo
trio arc lamps as recommended by the
City Commissioners, was continued
for three weeks by the Council.
Mr.. piske, chairman of the Light
committee OF the Council, reported
adverse TO the resolution recommend
ed by the Board OF Commissioners,
favoring the use OF the Welsbach gas
lamp upon the street and reported In
favor Of the improved electric system
furnished by the Northern Ohio Trac-
tlon company
Attorney S. c. Rogers, representing
the Akron Gas company, and the gen.
eral manager of the Welsbach Gas
Lighting company, were present and
made arguments In favor of lighting
the street with gas. They believed tho
Council should adopt the use of gas
lights upon the street as an expert
ment. Also that the gas lamp would
burn every night in the year, while
the present electric system does not
burn arc lights on moonlight nights.
Judge H. W Stuart, representing the
Northern Ohio Traction company, and
also a property owner on East Market
ST., was present, lie replied to the
arguments of Attorney Rogers aud
the general manager He said In part:
''As | am property owner on East
Market St. | am anxious to have the
street well lighted, and believe the
present system Of electric lighting IL
the best. The other people claim
electric lighting has had its day, and
Is being superseded by gas lightng
thnt on moonlight nights the present
system does not furnish light. On
moonlight nights we don't need lights
and even the Welsbach gas lamp
cannot supersede the light OF the
moon. Attorney Rogers says his com,
pany has expended much money on
improvements in perfectIng the gas
system. The same argument viii ap-
ply 10 the Northern Ohio Traction
company. If his company desires to
have the Council experiment with the
Welsbach light why not place them
upon one OF the side streets In the
outskirts OF the city, instead OF upon
street where the majority of the
property owners have demonstrated
against the use of the gas lamp, but
favor the present electric system In
view Of the improvements that are
70 be made"
Councilman Markle believed 1t WINS
the duty of the Council to vote In Ia.
vor OF the lighting system that a ma.
Jority Of the property owners wanted.
President Flebeger believed the city
could light all streets with natural
gas cheaper than with the electric or
artificial gas.
Councilman Koons moved that the
matter be laid on the table until next
Council meeting In order that the
Council could ully ascertain the W she's
OF the property owners OF East Market