The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-17
new ARC LIGHTS
/ u N D { RG.O / EST
Flood Church Hill With Brilliant
Glow From Municipal
Power Plant.
TO FIND COMPARATIVE cost
Plan Now to Wire City Hall and
Supply Current to New
High School.

Sections Of Church liill were treat
cd on saturday night 10 brilliant IL
lumination. when number OF new
arc lights were tested Wiz power from
the municipal plant. The lights are
to he arranged on circuits of fifty or
more, and as the city force finishes
each circuit. and tests the new lamps.
the Virginia Railway and Power Com
pany will be notified TO discontinue
service in that area. During the next
ten days several circuits Will be cut
on from the city plant. and within
thirty days il is expected that the
greater part of the city will be sup
piled with new lights.
The new lights arc of an Increased
candle power. and as, the equipment
is new throughout. the tests have
shown excellent results. the lights
appearing to have greatly increased
brilliancy In some sections OF Church
Hill, where the old illumination is stili
in force, there was Il double lighting
on Saturday night. during the test
ing hours. some corners having two
arc lights, one belonging TO the city
and one TO the electric company.
In South Kichmond.
Work has begun on the pols and
wire system for South Richmond re-
Gently authorized. and the conditions
there will follow as rapidly after the
full service on the north shore as
Possible, SO that by midsummer IL not
earlier. the entire city will be ill,iti-
mated nightly from the e. power
house.
When that is accomplished many old
poles and much overhead wire can be
removed. and The appearance. OF many
streets VIII he greatly improved as
IN some instances nov there are dupli-
cate poles. the old and The new Val.
most side by side.
Not until the full plant is in opera
ton and ali outside cost for street
lighting ceases. can there be "A real
test or The cost OF operation OF the
plant
Whit VIII II Cost:
II Is proposed to keep a careful rec
ora OF the exact cost of operation for
INC flrst year from completion with n
view OF determining the accuracy OF
tiie preliminary estimates Mr.. Trnf-
ford. the consulting engineer, who
drew the plans and supervised con-
Struction, assured the Board OF Al
dermen when the bonds were issued
mat the plant he proposed was cal
ciiated to furnish ali the power need
ed for pumping water up 10 the
reservoirs, light all public buildings
ana supply l.eoo or more arc lamps
on street intersections, at cost of s3s
per year each. the water pumping and
lights for city buildings to be By.
product. The city was then paving the
street railway company s5475 per
lamp per year.
Lighting Public BuiidinEs.
since that calculation the city au-
thorlzed the ornamental lighting OF
Broad Street, but has so far made no
arrangement for lighting any public
building from the city power house. al.
though plans have been drawn both
for the City Hall and lAe John Mar
shall High School. 1t is expected that
a special appropriation Will soon be
asked for rewriting the City Hall. the
old style fixtures in which arc much
out OF order. Tie City Hail is the
only public or semi public building III
the city, not now lighted by elcctrf-
city, and there is much complaint, of
the insufficient gas lighting system.
the "whistling" fixtures. and the cost
of constant repairs.