The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08
BOULEVARD LIGHTS
WILL MAKE STREET
PRIDE Of STATE
Declared to be Second
Only to Pavement
as Improvement
COsTTO CITY $500
Council Takes Right Steps to
Aid Growth of
Mitchell
COSTTO CITY $500

Wv ill tle lHSdlllluS Oh TIE new
cluster lights, which have been pur-
chased by tho city council, and
which will extend from the Milwau-
kee depot t5 the Northwestern,
combined with the newly constructed
concrete paving, Mitchell will have
the best appearing principal street
to be found in the state. This lat
est Improvement will be added at a
cost of only little over $500 and
is rightly considered second only 20
the paving as an improvement to
the city.
The new lights We're first decided
upon at meeting of the council in
June of this year. At that time let
ters We're sent out asking for SAM
piles and bids. They came in readily
and at meeting of the council
about two weeks ago, representa-
tiyes of several firms were present in
person. At this time it was asked
that sample posts with the COM
pleted lights be submitted These
in due course arrived and were set
up in front OF the city hall. At the
last meeting of the council the post
offered hy the Western Electric
company of Minneapolis was chosen
and the order made authorizing it's
purchase.
Ornamental Styles.
The new post is an ornamental
one, known as the Corinthian special
model. 1t is of iron, and is 1873 feet
in height. 1t has a five light cluster
at the top with four lights. set in a
square and one in the center The
base is square an the post is round
There viii be 46 of these posts,
and each is to cost s36.SO This is
far below the price usually paid for
the cluster light posts. In addition
to this will be an added expense of
approximately $4,000 per post, to
cover the cost of installing, wiring,
guobes, shades and conduits. Thus
for the total number of 4G posts and
lights complete, the cost to the city
will be about $3532S so.
This is considered cheap consider
ing the value of the lights to the
city. The money for the financing
OF the proposition will come out of
the regular fund for city mainten-
ance. II is not expected that the
burden OF taxation to property hold
erS will be increased by the addition
of the lights. The expense of run
ming the city for the year to end
August 31st, will be $72 900. When
the day for new appropriations
comes at the September 1st meeting
of the council, it is believed several
the council fwyahX,n, ,ttremenm SC
funds will be lowered and it is also
declared that there is now more tax
able property in the city than there
was a year ago. Thus the council
believes the new improvement will
not add any to the taxes of any ct-
zen of the city.
Foresight of Council.
The foresight of the city fathers
is largely responsible for this. They
have used every effort to avoid addI-
tional or unnecessary expense to the
city. When the paving was started
to be laid, the steel conduits for the
new lights were laid first and it will
not be necessary to tear up any OF
the new paving in order to put them
in.
At the September meeting of the
council, the matter of furnishing the
current and maintenance of the
lights will also be provided for by
appropriation. The power compan,
made the city a fiat rate of $3.50 pei
post per month for the necessary
current to run it. This Mayor Hitch
cock believed to be too high a rate
and a resolution was passed by Tho
council which asks the power com
pany to put the lights on the mete
system and charge only meter rates
1t is believed this will cheaper th,
cost of maintenance considerably.
Six to Block.
There are to be 46 posts and the,
have been guaranteed to be here in
side of three weeks. TIL work O
installation will be begun as soon a
they arrive. They are to be put 81
in a block or three on each side O
the street. This will make the light
on the corners. &C feet apart am
those in the middle of the block, Is
feet apart. The 46 posts will cove
distance of about eight blocks
which will take the row of light
from Railroad street to light stree,
The new lights in conjunction wit
the concrete paving will give Nj;
chell the handsomest looking stree
in South Dakota. At present Siou
Falls has the cluster lights on Phi
lips street but the granite block pa,
ing in use there fails to reflect til
brilliancy of the lights as will tn
concrete paving here. Aberdeen ha
one street of cluster lights, but onl
the black ugly creosote blocks &c
paving. Watertowp, Huron, DEAD
wood, Lead and Yankton have L
paving Wahtever.