Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-26
Council Bluffs.
MALONEY TO TAKE LONG TRIP
Mayor as Hibernisn Officer Goes on
Tour of the East.
TO LOOK INTO STREET LIGHTING
Thorough Investigation of Systems In
Vogue I'm LarEe cities VIII he
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Mayor Maloney will leave Sunday for a
journey OF ten days or two weeks duration
| that will carry him through the principal
! cities Of the east. AS national treasurer
/ OF the Ancient Order OF Hibernians he will
| accompany the officers to Baltimore. where
| the annual meeting Of the national board
will be held on February T.
The board consists Of the president vice
president, secretary and treasurer and
five national delegates. Bishop Carroll OF
Helena. Mont, the national chaplain, will
form the other member Of the party. The
officers will meet in Chicago on February
l. where meeting will be held for the
discussion OF matters relating TO the good
| OF the order at that point.
Following this a number Of meetings will
be held in Indiana, the tour Of the state
enGing up In Terre Haute. where the state
president lives. From there they will 90
direct TO Baltimore. After the close OF
the national meeting, the party will con-
tinue its journey. visiting New York
Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Norfolk
and other places. Mayor Maloney expects
to reach home on February II
To Look Into Lighting.
While ne is making this long journey In
the interest of the Hibernians in the dis
not overlook his duties as chief executive
In Council Bluffs. He will especially make
use Of all Of his opportunities TO secure
data and look into the street light systems
Two weeks or more ago he was requested
by number of business men who met at
the city building to plan for a new lighting
system that would change the character OF
Broadway at night and make the white
way to ascertain the cost of pedestal
posts proposed TO be erected 20 take the
place Of the present are-Iight system, and
| especially to look into the "goose-neck'
posts in use at El Paso. Tex He has coll
lected lot Of data, including the cost
Of the Ell Paso system and similar lights
installed elsewhere. The El Paso posts
cost $3.50 each. installed The posts were
made at local foundry at a cost OF 1880
each, the concrete foundations cost IS and
the lamps $40 each. They are placed forty
feet apart and the lights are held eighteen
feet above the pavement The street rail
way company has the contract for lighting
and charges 81 per post per month, which
is about four times higher than similar
lights would cost I'm Council Bluffs under
the present contract with the electric light
company. The posts are oil furnished by
the business men. who also pay for the cur
rent. the city only furnishing posts and
current where vacant or nonproductive
property exists. Photographs taken at
midnight show that FL Paso is one Of the
best lighted towns in the United States
Example of Des MOines.
| Mayor Maloney has also photographs
and prices from other towns using pedestal
lights ranging from one to five and cost
ing as high $40 Des Moines is one of
the latter where a local iron foundry
makes the posts and equipment for the
trade. Mayor Maloney points out that the
posts could be made in Council Bluffs and
| freight saved.
Mayor Maloney is quite favorably i'm
pressed with reports of new street light
that is being introduced in Boston, which
| far excels the tungstens. When he returns
he will be able to give some definite in
formation concerning the best and most
| desirable system.