The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-02
BRIGHAM POLES
ARE DOOMED
Artistic Steel Towers on Side of
Street Take Their Places.
{ NEW IDEA FOR LIGHTING
CITIZENS MAKE GOOD PROGRESS
IN WORK OF PARKING.
NEW IDEA FOR LIGHTING

Residents on Brigham street are
counting the hours to the time when
the unsighuly poles will disappear for
ever from the center Of the street. The
time is now near at hand. The Utah
Light & Railway compang is making
all possible speed i'll the work Of
erecting the steel l2ttice work poles on
the side of the street 10 take the place
or the poles in the center
The new poles are of a pleasing de-
sign gotten out by local talent. They
are twenty-five feet high GA The norm
side of the street and tWenty-seVeE and
one-half on the south side. They are
surntJunted by a neat ornament on the
top and are painted a lark green. The
poles are 49, feet apart. Wires will be
strung a~ioss the street from these
poles for the support of the trolley
wires i'm the center.
These same poles VIII carry all light
feed wires. From the poles service
wires Will be carried 10 the houses
along the street through underground
conduits. No overhead light wires Will
be strung from the po'es 20 the houses
and this will add materially to the
beauty of the street, The poles are set
upon corcrete bases lust outside the
curb. From short drnt5 near the top
the wires will be eXtended me length
of the street. This Improvement viii
extend as faT as Seventh East at this
time and viii be c0n'inucj on TO Tenth
East just as soon as the paving is done.
lneandescent Lights Urged.
In connection with these poles Man
ager Robert :. Campbell of the power
knG "A n
lighting. Il is to dispense van the
aarc lights on the streets and substitute
for them inCandescent fights suspended
in artistic brackets from each of the
steel poles. RE argues that this would
give an uniform light the full length of
the street and present a much finer APP
Dearance. At present there is an arc
light at each of the street intersections.
This concentrates the light in certail
spots, leaving other spots in compare
tive darkness. Under the new arrange
ment there would be a 32-candle power
lamp on each side every 1S2 feet the
full length of the street The cost for
light. MIR. Campbell says, would be
somewhat greater TO the city. but he is
inclined to think the gain from an ar
tistic standpoint would more than JUS
tify the additional expense. He will
present the matter to the council at an
early day.
Parking Along Sides.
The expression is often heard these
days that Brigham street. when the
improvements now under way are
completed, will be one of the most
beautiful residence streets in the
United States. Property owners have
already made good progress in parking
in front of their homes from the side
walk 10 the curb, The effect is pleas
ing. AS the work of paving is being
completed and the debris is removed
the real beauty n the street comes to
the surface. Enthusiasm is on the in
crease over the Improvement and this
enthusiasm will lead the residents to
improve their property to harmonize
with the general design the promoters
had in mind when the campaign for the
Improvement was inaugurated
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