The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

No Longer Any Doubt About the
Plans.
Committee Talks 1t Over With
City Commissioners.
LIKE A REAL CITY.
Illumination Will Prove POpu-
lar improvement.
Talk of Light at Every Street
intersection.

The lighting committee of the Com
mercial club, composed of Sol Berkson,
Samuel E. Lux, Horace L. Hall, w. w.
Webb and William Macferran, met with
the board of city commissioners
this morning with the result that
great white way for Topeka seems
to be a certainty, although no definite
action was taken.
The mayor and commissioners are
unanimously in favor of the white way,
and it looks as though the funds will be
forthcoming in the very near future for
the maintenance of the lights, and it is
probable that a plan will be adopted
which will affect the entire lighting
system oof the entire city.
AS far as has been ascertained the
merchants are unanimously in favor of
tract would cost the property owners
but a few cents lot, to install or
total of about $25.
White Way to Park.
superintendent Goodrich of the cleo
trio light department was present, and
he made a suggestion which if carried
into effect would undoubtedly be popu-
lar.
I'VE have a big outlying district
without lights" said he. IF the buff
falo are put in Gage park there should
be lights along the road so that We see
to go out there.
''At present there are 45O lights in
operation in the city. which are I'M
evenly distributed. The capacity of
our plant would be over 700 lights, were
some new machinery purchased, in
Guiding three transformers. If we had
a light on every intersection we would
have to figure on 1000 lights
Superintendent Goodrich then ex-
planned that if the large 27O watt arc
fights were taken down, and the 40
watt Tungsten lights, which are giving
satisfactory service at a number of IN
tersections, were put up at every inter-
section in the city, the capacity of the
plant with the purchase of a little ma
chinery, would be entirely adequate to
furnish the current
Light, More Light.
Commissioner Tandy: IF you would
take in having a street light on every
corner of the city in a bond PROPOSE
ton it would be popular"
Commissioner Miller: IF we could
put up an arc light at every intersec-
ton of the city We would have the
best lighted city in the country. l
don't believe in hasty action, however
that has got the city in hot water in
the past
make Topeka a successful town, we
must spend money. We want to make
this city grow. Three years ago 1 at
tended a meeting of the Commercial
the merchants present. The club was
a disgrace to the city.
THE Topeka Advertising club de-
vised q plan whereby the club could
be run on a successful basis. Now we
have a club that is a credit to the city,
and that is doing something. The city
also should do something.
1.-The merchants and property own
ers are going to pay for the installa-
ton of the white way and the city
Mt
Commissioner Miller: 81 am with
you
Mr.. Lux: 'I want to correct Mr.
Berkson in his statement as to who
started the Commercial club. It was
the Merchants and Jobbers' associa-
ton
w w Webb: "I haven't found any
voice against a white way among the
to be up-to- date we must have a white
way. 1t will revert to the city's bene-
fit and the cost should not be allowed
to stand in the way"
Mr.. Lux: Lets make a start with
five or six blocks, and get away from
the idea that there would be any dis
elimination against other parts of the
city"
Mr.. Webb: "As far as the commit
tee is concerned we have decided upon
the Boston flame light which has
been placed between Jackson street
and Kansas avenue on Seventh street.
From an artistic point of view this
light is not as good as some Others
but it seems best from the standpoint
of light.
at gives a mellow light and does not
in any way detract from the effect of
the show windows. From the stand
point of cost it is much more reason
able than other lights
Take st. Louis where the lights are
in clusters twelve or fifteen feet above
the ground, it is binding to go down
the street, and the effect that one nat
urally would want to produce is de-
stroyed."
Mr.. Berkson. "As soon as the CITY
finds an outlet for raising about
$4,000, the cost of maintaining six
blocks of the white way for year, we
will get out among the merchants and
raise the money to pay for the install
lation. We expect to stick to this
proposition until we carry it through -