Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-11
Council Bluffs
STREET LIGHTING PROBLEM UP
Council and Commercial Club to
Decide on Type of Lamp.
PROPOSITION TO USE NEW ARC
stay Up ana get bright Light or
Pay More for Pcdestnls
Along street.

Within the last ten GAYS there have been
numerous informal, several sem-offclal
and two fully accredited meetings OF the
Joint committee appointed by the CONNER
cial club and the city council T. nsider
the report TO be made TO the Commercial
club as TO the type Of street lamps t. b.
used in carrying ont the plans for i'm
prov ed street lighting in the business
center OF the city. No dec sion has been
reached. but the date for definite action
has been set for next Tuesday night at
the Commercial club
The new flaming arc ramps OF 1000
candle-power may be chosen Three of the
powerful lights have been installed on
North Main street and three Of the tung-
stem pedestals on Pearl street and FIRST
avenue. Every member of the committee
has had excellent opportunity to study the
lights and contrast their quality. Contrast
of Illuminating power indicates an ad-
vantage of more than 900 per cent in
favor of the arcs. Tests on North Main
street where there are no shop windows to
aid in lighting show that there is not a
spot on the street where fine print may
not be read easily by the light afforded
by the lamps
The number of pedestal lights required
for lighting Broadway from the North
western station to the Methodist church
and Pearl and Main streets is 262 The
best figures obtained so far is $40 for the
installation of each lamp, or a total cost
Of SlS,34G To maintain these lights for a
year will cost about S15,VOO. or a total
Of 1880
Want Use of Poles.
The new 5000 candle-p power arc lights
will be installed at no cost whatever to
the property owners or the city, provided
nav cgtfn fa MT
of poles, and the cost of maintenance
will be approximately s. a year more than
is now paid for the present arc devices
in use. These are only 500 csndle-power,
but consume almost the same quantity Of
current as the giant arcs To space new
lights. three in every block, at relatively
the same distance as used In the North
Main street experiment, will cause the IN
stallation of nineteen additional lights on
Broadway and less than twenty-five on
Main and Pearl.
The contract price for the arc lights
NV in use for all-night service every night
Il. me year is $50, The royalty paid by
tne company last year reduced the price
TO so per year. The electric light com
pany has agreed to replace ali of the
present arc lamps with the new pattern
and TO install as many more as needed
without cost, except an advance of s. per
year for maintenance, making the new
arcs cost, up to the same number now
used but 367 a year
Lamps Are Powerful.
Ore of the flaming arcs is more than
twenty times as powerful as the present
arcs. With this statement Of the facts
before the members of the committee 1t
is quite probable that there will be no
further insistence upon installing the ped
estals.
President Nash of the electric light
company said yesterday that he did not
expect to make a dollar from the municipal
lighting in Council Bluffs, and the figures
given were meant to cover cost only
There will be no occasion to call upon
the business men for assistance II the big
area are used unless 1t Is decided to
Install the lamps on tall goose-neck posts
At the curb. Manager A. L.. English says
the best results viii be obtained by swing
ing the lamps in the center OF the sire cts
thirty feet above the pavement.