The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-02-07
10 TURN ON
GREAT WHITE
WAY TONIGHT
THIS MAGNIFICENT LIGHTING
SYSTEM WILL GIVE LAKELAND
IA MOST CITIFIED APPEARANCE
Extends from Pine To LEMON SITS.
On Kentucky Ave. and From
Fla. to Mass. On Main St.

s Lakeland's Great White Way will
shine forth in all it's resplendent
glory tonight and new chapter in
the history of the town will be be-
gun. To very few, comparatively,
will this splendid achievement mean
more than an incident, used as we
have become to the rapid strides and
progressive moves made in the last
couple Of years. But to the observ-
ant, the thinking man, the man who
has large interests and hopes, to
those who see visions and dream
dreams, the coming true OF this
\ dream means much more than can be
set down on papeer. Not very many
years ago the completion of such a
splendid public Improvement would
have been the occasion OF public
holiday in the community, but be-
yond few moments of enthusiastic
interest and satisfaction on gazing
at the sight, there will be nothing to
indicate that anything very unusual
has taken place. This, we have said is
because we are used to having
hitherto unusual things take place
quite often in this rapidly moving
community
From a close observance Of the
system, this white way for Lake
land seems to be satisfactory, thou sh,
of course it has yet to pass the critical
inspection of experts and be accept
ed after an official test. 1t is very
similar in many respects to the in
stallaton at Tampa The posts are
not quite SO massive though fully as
ornamental and as seryiceable.
Otherwise the installation is prac-
tically the same.
Going back over the records we
find that on March 7th this project
was first mooted by Secretary Hol-
worthy OF the Board of Trade at a
meeting held that night. The prop
Osition was met with enthusiastic
interest and the secretary authorized
to go ahead on plans outlined by
him These plans have been work
ed en- from that until the present
time. 1t has been no easy job to-
bring all the various elements into
harmony Indifference, and even
Opposition has had to be met and the
former has been harder to combat
than the latter, for most Of the oppo-
sition has been overcome and only
"a Slight amount of indifference re-
mains to prevent this splendid work
from being unanimous in its final
this obstacle will disappear with the
s.'light which will be thrown on
the subject tonight.
Completion. 1t is believed that even
# To put this work through it has
beer Necessary TO secure thv 60
operation ana the sisuatgres Of over
.one hundred business men and prop
Serty owners How many hours of
patient argument this involved some
sof these same business men and prop !
serty owners know full we'll Ad !
sjustmtnts, readjustments and every |
possible means have been adopted to
Bring the matter TO its present con
Rclusion. There is in the system
over forty-two hundred feet of in
sstallation, sixty-three handsome iron
Standards bearing five cluster lamps |
each cluster giving out $40 candle
spower light or 3,400 candle power
to the block, there being an average
8of ten standards 10 each block, five |
on either side the street and about |
Sixty to seventy feet apart, The
globes are the best, made by Nc |
beth Evans, of twelve and sixteen |
4 inch diameter. The whode appear
lance is one of absolute uniformity |
land singular beauty. The posts are |
to be painted with two coats of spec |
Tally prepared paint, and as soon as
paid for, the system complete to be
turned over to the city to be main
tanned thereafter as part of Lake
lands street lighting system. The
whole work has been done by T. L.
Cardwell and will reflect great cred
1t On this, his first job of the kind.
1t will cost about s4,500.