Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-02
DAUPH|N F |RST IN
|NTERURbAN HIGHWAY
SYSTEM OF LIGHTING
Up-river Town Will Get Street
Lamps That Will Fit in
Nationwide Plan
MATERIALS NOW ON THE WAY
Equipment Will Be Installed I'M
mediately Upon Arrival; Lo-
cation of the Lights

Dauphin will be the first town in
this section to be provided with the
new system of electric street lighting
in accordance with the general nation
wide plan for the lighting of inter-
urban highways.
Wiring. poles and other materials
have been ordered for Dauphin bor-
ough by the Harrisburg Light and
Power Company which Will furnish
the current, and the installation of
the new system will begin Just as soon
as the equipment is received.
Twenty lights, possibly, Will be
placed at advantageous points in the
thriving little up-river town and in the
very near future it won't matter so
very, very much whether Mr.. Moon
rises on time behind the towering
mountain near by or not-so far as
the illumination of the borough streets
are concerned, that is.
The type of lamp to be used will be
the 0-candlepower, high efficiency
Mazda. with refractors-the same
kind. by the way, which will be treated
of by George B. Trip. ce-president
and general manager of the Harris
burg Light and Power Company, in
his paper Thursday before the Ma
tional Electric Light Association at
Philadelphia.
Plan Discussed i'm Paper
Mr.. Tripp is chairman of the COM
mittee on the lighting of interurban
highways and his paper contains much
valuable data and many suggestions
relative to the plan for instituting the
interurban lighting in towns here and
there throughout the country with a
view to ultimately establishing a satis-
factory system of illumination on all
connecting roads over which there is
motor touring and other travel.
hnc nj ant fa6 n
| the new system of lighting success
fully and the committee had opopr-
funity on recent visit to see how the
fscheme worked out. Other meetings
Hwere held in Boston, New York and
this city. The committee consists of
representative men from all over the
country. In addition to Mr.. Tripp the
personnel includes:
c. G. NJ. Thomas. New York; n. r.
Birge. Schenectady, n. Y: C. A. b.
Halvorson, Lynn, Mass; II. j. Gille,
Seattle; c. n. Stannard, Denver: L. S.
NARROW, Washington, d. c.: S. M. Ken.
nedy. Los Angeles; P. S. Young and +.
d. Pembleton. Newark, \. j.; r. S.
Wallace, Peoria, ILL.,, and Willis Mac
1achlan, Toronto, Canada.
Town of Auto Travel
Dauphin is one of the principal
towns on the way up the Susquehanna
from this city and one that is prob
ably used more generally than any
other by automobilsts.
The borough authorities recently
| signed the contract with the local
company to furnish the current and
| this will be carried to Dauphin by
great cables. For some time many of
the homes of Dauphin have been
lighted by electricity and similar power
has been furnished from the same
source to the Blough Company's fac.
tory.
Following are the points at which
the lights will be placed: intersections
in Erie street at Race. Schuylkill. Swa-
tara, Market, Church and Delaware
and in Erie street south of the rail-
road crossing. at Shaffers steps, at the
intersections in Allegheny street of
Church. Market. Swatara, Schuylkin
and at the intersections of Juniata,
Church. Market and Swatara streets.