Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-12
Council Bluffs
new ARCS LIGHTED TONIGHT
Three Streets 10 Become Great
White Ways.
NEW LAMPS OF HIGH POWER
Each One Twenty Times ns bright
as Ordinary Arc and Furnishes
the EateAt Kind of
nndlence.

Al O'Clock tonight the new street
lights will DO turned on and Broadway
from the Methodist church 10 the North
western station and Pearl and Main
streets for their entire length will be
transformed into great white ways" the
first example OF modern city lighting
here with tho most approved apparatus
that electrical science has produced up
20 this present moment. Two OF tho $500
candle power flaming arc lights VIII burst
into brilliancy in every block on the
streets named, with the exception Of
South Main street below the Burlington
station, where but enc will be used 20
tho block.
When Manager English announced the
contamination OF the long-worked-for
hope he sounded word OF caution,
"somo OF the lamps may stick a little,
and mechanical defects OF installation
may develop but wo viii have a force
OF experts on the Job remedying each as
Il develops. II may be even several
night before we get all OF the kinks out
and bring the lights up to their full
efficiency. The work has been as skill
fully done as It is possible to do IT, but
AhN EANaA NHi0hHA bA cane put NllutH
ground makes It quite probable that some
defects Will DO disclosed. II there are
none at all II will simply show that the
character OF the work las been fautlesB
as we all tried to have It"
twenty-five New Lamps.
There will be twenty-five OF tho flaming
arcs on Broadway ana the remainder
will be on Pearl and South Main streets.
-Four OF the lamps on broadway have not
been placed for the reason that poles are
IN tho way. They are located al the
corner OF broadway and Main and at
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth streets. Man
ager English cndeRvorod to overcome the
obstacles az these points by swinging the
lamps on the telegraph and telephone
poles that occupy tho sites and iced them
from the regular arc light circuit. but as
theEe circuits are oes gned to supply
SO and the flaming arcs use 1872 ampheres
OF lower voltage, II was necessary 10
place reparato transformer on ench OF
the poles, Manager English ordered
these carly In the struggle and they were
shipped from the factory at Plttafleld.
Mass. ON October 20 but so far have
failed 10 show up. although material
ordered since has been received Until
these transformers arrive the lamps on
those poles cannot be lighted.
Tho giant lamps will burn the Slemens
yellow cartoons, which give the soft radl.
Rnce go much desired and which at the
same time has a much greater GIffuslvs
power. These carbons are fourteen inche.
long and seven-eighths OF an inch In dia.
meter. They are expected TO burn lO
hours, but Manager English said las
night that he would DO satisfied II the,
gave seventy hours' service,
Much More Light.
Tho total cost to the company for III
installation OF the new service. has ex
ceeded $4,000. Each OF the now lamp
will give about twenty times as niue
illumination as the old style arcs. The
VIII give an illumination on the street
covered equal TO about 500 OF the forne
arcs, and the entire Increase of cos
to the city will be less than $500 De
year. II would have cost nearly ssO. 90
a year and $4,000 for installation OF th
pedestal incandescents which local bust
ness men were asked 20 provide at Tn,
beginning OF the campaign for a modern
lighting system.