The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-04-21
OLD GAS LAMPS
MUST GIVE VI Y
TO GOOO LIGHTS
BELIEVED COUNCIL WILL DECIDE
ON NEEDED IMPROVEMENT
TOMORROW NIGHT.
Use Of the Old Street Lights to Be
: Abolished and Large incandesoent
Lights Win Be Installed if the Plans
Are Carried Out.

are CaFfted OHI.
II the plans Of the sanitation, Eight
and water committee OF council are
adopted and carried OUT By council al
the regular meeting tomorrow night
brunswick wiz swing out oil the coli
amn Of poorly lighted cities into the
list ol well-lighted municipalities.
This news viii be a genuine ana pleas
ant surprise to the citizen who mas
had lhe experience Of trying TO pick
his way aio-se certain stfcu.s--even hi
the central section Of the city.
Under inc contract made last year
between The Mutual and the city, the
latter vas given the privilege ot aboi-
lshing The use OF gas street lamps at
any time, replacing them with 90 cans
dlepower incandescent electric lights
Some weeks ago the city notified the
Mutual of its desire to change and it
is expected that at the session Of
council tomorrow night formal action
will be taken Those who have looked
into the proposed change say that
Brunswick has never made a more
progressive step than the one already
agreed upon.
Wipes Out Eyesores.
The new system will literally wipe
out the antiquated eyesores. called by
courtesy gas lamps from which Bruins
wick has suffered for a decade. Scat
tered about the city on a planless scale
and in several instances planted al
most under arc lights the street gas
lamps have been constant expense
ana annoyance since under one Of the
police rules every lamp has to be
checked up every night by the police
men ON the respective beats so that
all lights not burning might be re-
ported and charged up against the
company. The dimness OF the average
gas light has in itself worn out the
patience of the most forebearing.
viii Set the Pace.
The present light committee pro
poses to set a pace which committees
in future council must follow or inn
prove upon else there will be a gen
eral kick" The committee, it is
said, has approved an arrangement
providing for the use of 1853 incandes
cent lights which gives all Of the cen
tral streets running east and west one
light for every 1S0 feet In the down
town section and spaced along the
main thoroughfares arc lights will
continue to light large areas. AS
is well known the number of arc
CT frrhf n ht,f f1a aftx IL, I'M,
ited so that in the past many blocks
have had nothing but the feeble glow
OF one of the sputtering gas lamps.
For the present. at least, the number
of arc lights win not be changed. but
the locations of number will be
changed
Helps the Police.
The 1853 new incandescent lights and
the rearrangement Of the street light
ing system will almost work reyolu-
tion so far as the police are concerned.
Many large areas now in total dark
ness on dark nights will be well po-
liced since a pedestrian can then be
seen for a half block, where he is
now invisible few yards away Bur-
glars will naturally avoid these sec
tions.
Under the plan as approved the
city absolutely needs fully fifty more
incandescent lights and could use 100
to great advantage. This would insure
a light at each corner and one light
in the center of each block on north
and south streets. The new plan pro-
yides a skeleton arrangement by which
these additional lights can be added
from time to time as the finances of
the city warrant.
Citizens May Help.
BY having one of these 32-incandes-
cent lamps placed on the font of
their property citizens residing be-
tween corners would, it is claimed, not
only have fine light for their yards
and porches, but the public would
share the benefits since the sidewalk
at such points would also be well
lighted. It is believed the Mutual
would make equally as low an annual
rate for such lights, thereby making
it an object for progressive home
owners to aid in extending the light
ing system at low cost. Once start
ed it is believed the movement would
become so popular that by fall many
blocks would be so well lightsSx as to
draw the compliments Of an Isitors.
Fully fifty homes now ha7e lights on
front porches, but as these are burned
on the house meter property owners
are naturally disinclined TO burn them
all night. Were such lights as these