Evening journal., 1911-06-24
WORKING OUT
LIGHT SCHEME
GUInSighttiy Polls to Go for
( COnduitS That Will Carry
Wires
COMPANIES SATISFIED
WITH NEW ARRANGEMENT

In a short time the unsightly poles
and network OF wires will be missing
rom Market street All wires that
{ n be removed from the street will
be transferred to either Shipley or
King streets.
AT a meeting yesterday afternoon
OF the Board of Directors of the Street
and Sewer Department, with the rep
resentatives of the different companies
who use the poles, on Market street.
tor their wires and other purposes
the matter was gone into thoroughly
and 1t was made plain that in a short
time modern iron poles and few wires
would be used on Market street from
Front to Eleventh
The companies represented at the
meeting were the Delaware and At
lantic Telephone Co., the Postal Tele-
graph Co., the Police Commission.
Postmaster M. Howard Jester, The
Wilmington and Philadelphia Trac-
ton Company and the Western Union
Telegraph Co.
1t was reported that the police alarm
and telegraph could be easily removed
TO another street The Western Union
Telegraph Company reported that it
would need only one arm on the new
poles for its line.
The Wilmington and PHILADELPHIA
traction Co. reported that it would
need only eleven wires for its work
ana that this would light the street
and run the trolley cars. Three wires
VIII be needed for the lighting of the
street, three for carrying the alter
mating current wires and three for the
direct current wires. Other wire will
be necessary for the switches and an
other If the lights are kept burning all
night Three cross arms on the new
poles will be sufficient for this com
pany's use.
The directors are determined that
no wires shall cross Market street
and to take care Of this part of the
program, one conduit will be laid
across Market street at Fourth to
accommodate the wires Of the West
ern Union Company. There also may
be other conduits placed across
streets at other places.
The new poles will be used as wire
carriers until the entire wire system
OF Market street is placed in a con-
duit, when they will be used prac-
tically as lamp posts.
The directors of the Street and
Sewer Department declare that if
ever Market street is repaved that all
wires on the street will be placed
underground
Nos definite time was set for this
change of the wiring and poles Of
Market street, but some definite ac-
tion may be taken on the subject at
the next meeting of the board. which
probably will be on next Tuesday.
The representatives Of the com
panies concerned were of the same
I mind of the directors and make no
objections to the scheme or the ex-
pense attached to it.
ghe poles Will be paid for by the
companies using them. The arms will
beotemporary so that they can be
removed at any time and a cap be put
on the pole, making it a lamp post
At present the old wooden poles on
Market street are of different sizes
and stand at different angles.
Those at the meeting yesterday be-
sides the directors of the Street and
Sewer Department were Police Com
missioners Jones, Stayton and Bowers
and Chief of Police Black; w. W. An
d6rson, of the Postal Telegraph Co.
William A. Heindle and David L. OFT
Of the Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Co.; General Foreman o. P
Edmundson, of the Western Union
Telegraph Co, and Postmaster NJ
Howard Jester, who was present &c
look after the mail box locations
When the new poles are erected
there will be but S6 of them between
Front and Eleventh streets with 17C
lights At present there are 1S6 poles
between Front and Tenth streets