El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
HALF AM|LL|ON
IN BETTERNENTS
Ell Paso Electric Railway
Company Begins on Elk
tensive Improvement.

Improvements to its already metro
politan light and power plant that
VIII probably cost a half million dol
lars were begun during the last few
weeks of last year by the Fl Paso Elec-
trio Railway company, when the first
excavations were made for the under
sround system OF cables the company
is laying in the business district More
than 100000 will be expended in
building the subterranean cabIevvavs
ana many thousands of dollars more
i'll he invested in additions to plant
ana street equipment If the proposed
scheme of General Electric engineers
Tor Illuminating the main business
streets Is approved by the business
houses affected. II Paso will be trans
formed into one of the best lighted
cities in America
The underground cable system of the
company is being installed in district
bounded by Main street on the north
and Overland on the south. Santa Fe
on the west and Campbell on the east.
All old style street lights Will be re-
placed by new standards as fast as
possible All over the city. under
recent agreement with the city cOun-
ell, all old style arc lights are TO he
replaced with nitrogen gas incandes-
cents. which are claimed To be much
superior and more economical
Equipment Is Delayed.
Delayed by foreign demand for cleo
trical equipment the installation of ad-
ditional generating equipment on the
Fort Bliss power line of the FL Paso
system has had to wait until the Gen
eral Electric company can fill the order
for machinery Officials expect the
units ordered eight months ago TO
reach here soon, when they Will be
added TO the Altura Park substation
10 strengthen the power on the line
Another three phase alternating cur
. dor ne =rrnrr 70 ~fra
station. When the power is avail
able better car service 10 the post and
70 Government Hill may be expected.
san Jaeinto Plaza the Center.
All street cars of the local system
pass san Jacinto plaza outward bound
Lines in operation are the following
Fort Bliss. Government Hill. Manhat-
tan Heights. Highland Park. Boulevard.
sunset Heights. Union depot. Wash
.ugton Park. Juarez loop. Second ward.
Arizona street. Mesa ana Myrtle smell
Ter and cement works The remotest
sections of the city are reached over
these tracks. \ new line to give
closer service to high school pupils is
planned but construction of ii has not
vet been decided upon.
y sliding scale of charges is made
featuring concerns, depending on the
amount of current used, with a maxi
mum lower than most cities not stu
ated where water power is available.
Ntlf lltAF tHS coAlpdlA4 maze SUD
stantlal reductions n prices Of current
for lighting TO hOuSeholderS.
Interurban Traffic Grows.
Traffic on the interurban line OF the
Stone q Webster interests. the Rio
Grande Valley Traction company. con-
Meeting FL PasO with Ysleta with Il
miles Of modern electric railroad. is
constantly growing This line main
tains hourly service with large motor
coaches. also carrying express pack
ages
Reports Of volume of business done
and profits made by the local CORPORA
ton indicate that il is one Of the
choicest Investments of the Stone K
W ebster syndicate. the Headquarters of
which is in Boston. Harry : Potter is
general manager. W. n. r Judd as
slStant treasurer and A. NJ Phfnuev.
of Boston. is president