Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-12-21

where the start was made at prl-
vate expense. The city electrician of
Los Angeles reports as follows:
THE first lightning by incandes-
cent lamps on ornamental posts on
our business streets was taken up
by the merchants and property own
.ers on Broadway working under
their organization known as the
Broadway Improvement association.
This association, by means OF sub.
scrlptlon from property owners and
merchants along the street raiseo
funds for installing 1876 cast iron
ornamental posts. These posts are
located at about 12O-foot intervals
along each side Of the street and orig
inally had installed an aggregate OF
asa candle-power ineaudescent lamps.
This would be equivalent to nearly
81 arc lamps Ter block, there being
twelve posts per block on this par
tlcular street.
"The cost OF lighting these posts
was assumed by the city. The ex-
pertinent was tried OF reducing the
aggregate candle-power one-half,
with very satisfactory results, tho
general effect looking down the
street being practically the same.
"An act was passed by the state
legislature enabling property owners
! to institute proceedings for improve
ments OF this character.
"The three other principal streets
upon which the ornamental posts
are now installed used the assess
ment method and II has been very
satisfactory In operation.
"We have two general types OF
posts. the four-arm and the slx-arm,
with slXteen-inch or eighteen-inch top
globe. The siX-arm post consists
OF three 32 oandle-power lamps In
the 1S-inch top globe and one iG
candle-power lamp In each OF tho
S-inch inclosed frosted globes. Tho
four-arm post contains three s can
.dle-power lamps I'm each i2-lneh
globe on the arms and three 32
candle power lamps in the 16-ineh
top globe. II is my belief that In
view OF the rapid improvements be-
ing made I'm the incandescent lamps,
both as regards efficiency and candle
power, the lighting OF streets, both
In the business and residence section,
can be done quite economically con-
sidering the artistic effect that can be
obtained with ornamental posts and
.incande eseent lamps"
Mr. Fisher also presents a report
from Denver regarding the orna-
mental lighting OF Sixteenth street,
one OF the main business streets.
He says the posts were designed TO
furnish a support for the span wire
OF the electric railway system and
also to provide for carrying the feed
wires on top, as we'll as 20 provide
for the ornamental lamps. The
poles were set at a distance OF about
80 feet, on each side OF the street
Eleven blocks were so lighted al a
uniform cost OF $50 per lamp. under
IA provision OF the Denver Gas and
Electric company. The expense Isl
borne by the city at large. The to-
tai cost OF equipping this street was
about $4,000. The merchants OF
other downtown streets are insisting
that the new municipal lighting be
extended 70 other principal street OF
the city.
In Cleveland, Or, the lighting OF
the downtown streets Is taken care
OF by the abutting property owners
OF business firms. costing the abut-
ting owners about So per front foot
per year The lamps are arc lamps
22O volts, hung in pairs and space
about 100 feet apart
Rochester, n. r., has had It's prin-
cipal main street lighted for several
years with arc lamps hung in pairs
no iron poles used generally with the
railway company as trolley poles.
These lamps on Main street are
spaced about 100 feet apart on eaeh