Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-19
LIGHT COMPANY
To MAKE FORMAL
OFFER To CITY
Manager Asserts Ordinary
Consumers VIII Benefit if
Aldermen Agree to Change
Street illumination System

council formal proposition toI
change the street lighting sysiom
The new plan embraces the substius
ton 81 tunEstcnH on ornamental poles
FOR nrrs and the adoption nf the ali-
night Instead of The moonlight
schedule
The light company'H proposition
states that n thc city Will enter into
contract Tor the system suggested
it Will reduce the rates to residence
aud business consumers The reduce
ton. according TO The company VIII
amount 10 20 per cent "a the ordinary
consumer Tho total savings 70 locnl
consumers under tho rates he aug
costs III his icilcr % the council for
she last year would have been $3.50
A, r. Van DENSE manager Of The
company saya
Plan Given Trial.
The council has discussed the sub
iect with Mr Van DENSE IN executive
sessions and. 90 result the company
Tuesday vet up temporary wood poles
from which tunRmena we're hung, on
South second street, between Wet
iron and West stoyer avenue, TO show
tho council how the ncW system would
diffube Hight throughout the block
The light cummlttee inspected The
block ~ temporary lights and Is I'M
derhood 90 be satisfied as far as the
Illumination advantages Of the new
ssatpm 20 The cost rs another qucs-
ton, of course
According 10 M Van beinse n
light like that which the company has
placed a. Fifth sirWi and Gold ave-
nue. as another ierl can be main
tanned by the Citrson nli-night Hchci-
ule III fl cost ~ dniy 20 per cent above
the present cost of ares Oh the moon.
light schedule
''rho posts on South Second street
are not supposed 10 bc typical Of those
which would Do installed, for instead
IL wood posts aR ni present erected un
south second street we would expect
Go put Ia posts made OF east iron ANA
painted such color aa might be de-
sired hv Tho city council" saii MI
Van Deinsr ln his letter 90 the council
"rhe total height Of The post To- the
top nf the globe io ho twelve feet and
eaeh post Go ho equipped with lamps
Of tive same size na nrr at present
burned on South Second street. az the
loeation before mentioned Two Of
these posts can ho supplied az the
same cost aa one all-night light burn
ing az the intersection uf the streets
Take over old Contracts.
"fn order 90 have the lighting ayH-
tenn Of the city consistent We would
suggest that at the expiration OF the
ornamental lighting contracts nt pres
eut 10 force that the citY assume the
same. and n they viii do so wc viii
rtwirr those systems and operate the
three lamps on the ornamental light
ing posts on Central avenue and First
street from dusk until midnight aud
The top lamp on each post from mid-
night until dawn This viii relieve
the city of the necessity Of operating
The Hfe lamps nt The Intersection 90
ihe urcuia nov covered hY lhe nlun-
mental lighting system Also upon
the completion VI The SECOND street
lighting contract wc viii change this
system ut lighting go that b viii con-
form with the plans of the ernamcn,
TAI lighting ON Central avenue and
First street The plan Tor the light
log al Second street viii br 10 auhsti-
tate four tungsten lamps, enclosed iu
tweivp-inch opal glass globes. on AN
ornamental iron hrnrkct mounted ON
the pole Those lights wlll be lur-
nIshed on AN the poles on Second
street with tha exception Of the four
poles on the corner of Second stree,
and Central avenue, inasmueh as I
these brackets wore applied Go these
poles there would be- an Interference
of the two lighting systems on seeon
street aud Central avenue
Corner Lights for suburbs
Again referring o. The single light
ornamental posts which mas DC disirlh-
uted alone me block We are also en-
closing "a sketch showing the dislribu-
ton of these lights which wo believe
would give the most economical dis.
tribmlon of Inht referring to This
sketch. one ornamental SINGLE lght
Hasi Is located 0u The CORNER aa shown
IN block and thr tights nio
spaced 20o t0ct distance Iem thl.
post 81 each side ~ thu street both
NHs ffom th corner Hnd on thr
goner dnsoualy opposite thc Same
apaeue De- carried uut Tha svcs "a
total of siX posts f0r every ritN block
and lie corner post ilghuue the street..
eath Way from the corner III ihl-
aame asslem D. carried oul iH each
block 4 ailI result Boa spacing he posts
l0a frft aphri 900 Opposite sides ~
ODE street The dauihHuun 40 lenl
would ho about uF shown % dine BLOCK
fgIgUf6d r 0n th|s sketch TIM stnii.
circles showing the distribution oI
light from each Onr ~ the yaruu,
standards in thW was tho tHfoo posu
are actually paid fur per Hnulnl
block ~ street although the effect }.
the same as f four posts were place,
iu each block nasmH.h a. the cornell
post 81 ~ aerYice nn each enc ol th,
interseeiinn stroptH For yom nfur
nation Wf would state that thr poirl
ln the block 0n Second street between
iron and slower are mWnsed n ac
cordance Nith ih.s plan
This system nf lighting would h'
applicable 10 the mofe densely popu
lated districts and thosa which arc
more often frequcnied by visitors g
our city. such az East Central ayenn'
east ~ the railroad tracks and Yves
eertral averii~ from the end % en-