The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-08
BETTER LIGHTS
FOR THE CITY
Council Enters into a Contract
with Light People for Term
Of Five Years,
WORK TO BEGIN At ONCE
As Soon as Material Can Be Pro-
cured Installation Of System Will
Be Made-On lndepend-
ent Circuit.

The city of Waxahachie is soon
to emerge out of darkness into
light.
With the culminat ton OF present
plans the queen city of the black
land belt will have a right up to now
system of street lights.
Acting under the instructions and
by the authority of the city council
Mayor Lasswell on Wednesday en-
tered into contract with the Wax
ahachie Gas and Electric company
to supply current for street lights
for a term of five years. Under the
new contract there will be big i'm
provement and extension of the
present service. For several years
the street lights have been restrict
ed to four arcs on the public square
and an incandescent at each mail
box. Under the new arrangement the
four arc lights will be maintained
and about ninety sixty candle power
Tungsten lamps will be installed.
These lights will be so distributed
that every portion of the city will
be benefited. The lights will be st
tached to an Independent circuit and
current for them will be sup
piled from a special dynamo that IS
to be installed by the light company.
Superintendent Cook of the Wax
ahachie Gas and Electric company
estimates that it will require about
sixteen miles of wire and car load
of poles to equip the city for the in
auguration of the new lighting sys-
tenn Material will be ordered at once
and Just as soon as it arrives the
work of setting poles and stringing
wires will be commenced 1t is hop
ed to have every thing ready to be-
gin the new service by the first of
January.
This new forward step IN the mat
ter of civic Improvement was taken
| by the city council at its regular
meeting Tuesday night The motion
| giving Mayor Lasswell the power
to sign the contract received the
Unanimous vote of the council.
| No action was taken relative to
| the water situation. G. c. Groce,
Esq, had filed with City Secretary
| Todd a written request that the
council discontinue selling water
to the railroads, gins, mills, etc
until the citizens of the town have
first been supplied with water
enough to meet their domestic anC
,sanitary needs, and for fire protec'
ton.
Alderman Kenner said the Trint
ity and Brazos Valley had already
been cut off and that some of The
gins had been notified to make 9th
er arrangements for water. 1t is un
lderstood that two gins have arrang
ed to secure water from anothe
source and that one gin will arrang'
to pump water from the creek.
| Alty I1edltu olilCcl NhSathoui ~
lported that the creek had been oil
ed during the month of August ant
THAT a good deal of work along 9th
er sanitary lines had been accom-
lplished. He called the attention o
1.-THE council to the unsanitary condl
ton Of certain place near Ferr1
lavenue and said that great heap o
manure which had accumulate'
there should be declared nuisance
1t was so ordered by the council ant
i. City Marshal Dixon was instructe'
to look after the abatement of same
The city treasurer's report show
ed a balance of $1770.05 in the cur
trent fund. The road and bridge fun
has a balance Of $2403 SO, while tn
water fund is overdrawn to tn
amount of $6,5S7.43, an increase o
lsS75.09 since July 81. The receipt
for August amounted to S350.6t
while the expenditures were $S09.St
The city marshal reported tn
collection OF $10955 in fines.
The street commissioner reporte
that he collected during the mont
Is11.75 for timber sold.
The city sexton reported the buris