The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-15

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ELECTRIC LIGHTS FOR BAr1BERG.
Lights Turned on for the First Time
Last Saturday Night.
Last Saturday night when the train
from Charleston to Augusta was
coming into town it was noticed that
it came in slower than usual. Just
as it reached the "city limits" sign
it hesitated for few moments but
the veteran engineer gradually came
on to the depot, shading his eyes
from the brilliant illumination which
chcircled and enveloped the avenue
Of Bamberg's chief residence street.
The passengers needed no interior
lighting Of the coach to read by had
they desired to engage their time in
that manner. But they did not care
to do that, they were surprised; some
one thought that they had reached
Augusta. But theyhad reached Bam-
berg. And Bamberg looked like the
real little city she is; her electric
light plant was just working for
the first time, but they worked ad-
mirably and well. After weeks
had passed into months of waiting
and expectancy, the system of lights
has been completed. Let Bamberg
rejoice, let the sons and daughters
Of Bamberg rejoice; let Bamberg
county rejoice within herself that
she has such a metropolis for coun-
ty seat.
Last week it was noticed that
Chief of Police Hand was giving the
streets an unusually good cleaning
and trimming the trees up in neat,
orderly manner, taking all the tags"
off, and not until Saturday night
when everything was looking like
the city beautiful was it understood
why such unusual care was taken.
He knew that the light was to be
turned on.
The work of installation began
last May and was to have been de-
livered complete by August 10th,
but there are other delays than the
proverbial laws delays, and time has
passed on until the broken fly wheel
and other smaller calamities have
been remedied and we have a COM
plete, up-to-date and dandy plant
The Electric Supply Company, of
Savannah, did the work; Mr.. J. B.
McC cCrary, of Atlanta, acted as con-
sulting engineer for the board OF
fpublic works, which board is COM
posed of Messrs. C. R. Brabham,
chairman, A. w. Knight and j. A.
Byrd. These three gentlemen were
elected, and then the terms of six,
four and two years were drawn by
| lot, the terms falling in order Of the
committee as named above.
Mr.. E. j. Putzel, Of Savannah, was
in charge of most Of the installing
of the arc lamps; Mr.. R. B. Baker,
! of Savannah, and Mr.. Jake V. Dod-
enhoff of the Piedmont Electric Com
pany, did the inside wiring for stores
and residences. Mr.. w. M. Wilkes
| is now in charge and has done the
actual work of putting the plant in
! running order and finishing things
up.
Mr.. James E. Salley, of Orange
burg, who by the way was known
here as student of the Carlisle Fit
ting School, will be superintendent
of the plant. He has been city cleo
trician for the Orangeburg system Of
lighting and waterworks for about
six years and gave up that position
to accept the one here. He is young
man who understands his business
and will keep the plant in best of
condition. There are thirty-one of
the arc and twenty-five Of the series
incandescent so candle power lights.
The number of incandescent lights
to date is about 1900, with more being
added daily.
It will be about a week before the
plant is turned over to- the commit
tee, in the meanwhile the lights will
burn until 1890 o'clock each night;
after the plant is turned over to the
city they will burn from darkness
until dawn.
No Dispensary at Bowman.
The county board of control of
Orangeburg county held a meeting
last Thursday and decided against
establishing a dispensary at Bowman.