The Washington herald., 1911-03-08

Improved street lighting. which was re-
Gently advocated by The Washington
Herald, will become a reality in the near
future. Commissioner Judson said yes
terday that work would be begun imme-
diateIy on the development of the street
lighting system.
The streets which will have their light
ing facilities improved Immediately are:
Massachusetts, avenue, from Dupont
Circle to the Union Station
Connecticut avenue, from H street to
kalorama road
Vermont avenue, from H street to
Thomas Circle.
Seventeenth street. from K to B.
Pennsylvania avenue, from Fifteenth
street to Seventeenth street.
H street, from Fourteenth street to
Seventeenth street.
Fifteenth street. from z street TO K
street
street, from Fifteenth street to Sew
enteenth street.
Madison place and Jefferson place.
The streets on the south and west sides
of the Treasury Department
Design of the Posts.
The design of the posts will be similar
to those in Sixteenth street, and the
lights will also be Of the same design,
but much brighter. The lights in Six
teenth street at present are of eighty
candIepower. The new lights will have
100 candlepower-
The Commissioners said the District
would put up it's own posts and use
its own equipment. as it will materially
reduce the cost of maintaining the lights.
It also is the intention of the Com
missioners to extend the lighting system
to all the business and principal resi-
Dental streets as soon as possible
THE intention of the Commissioners
is to make Washington the most beauti-
fully lighted city in the country" said
Commissioner Judson yesterday. THE
beauty of the lights in Sixteenth street
and tho general satisfaction expressed by
every one, and the experience of this
and other cities with all manner of light
ing devices, convinces us that the high
candlepower, incandescent lamps, on
ornamental posts, give the best results.
The contemplated Improvement of street
lighting which has been started by the
is due, 1t is said, TO the
lower charge for street lighting which
was put through at the last Congress.
the rate for S0-candlepower
lights, such as are in use in Sixteenth
street, was $50 a year. Under the new
rate the proposed lights Of 100 candle
power will cost $3.50. With a brighter
light, the cost will be $50 less lamp
a year. .-H
The new rates will permit the Com
missioners to extend the lighting sys-
TEN, and although they estimate 1t will
take few years before the system is
entirely installed, they claim the present
will be noticeable and
satisfying.
The Glasses of Lamps.
The different classes of lamps and the
old and new rates are as follows:
Mantle gas lamps Of so candlepower;
Old rate, S2o&; new rate, $3.50 The
new rates does not go into effect until
the expiration of the companys con-
tract July /, 1912.
Street designation gas lamps or g.
incandescent lamps; old
rate, $1250; new rate, SO
Forty candlepower, fifty watt, incan-
descent electric lamps on overhead wires;
old rate, $50; new rate, SIS.
Forty candlepower. fifty watt, incan-
descent electric lamps on underground
wires; old rate. so; new rate, 1850.
Eighty candlepower, 100 watt, incan-
descent electric lamps on underground
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