The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-20
REPORT or LIGHT
ING COMMITTEE

Inc ELECTRIC nghtS Tor MT. Ster-
ling have, for number of years,
been costing the city nearly five
thousand dollars per annum. The
council appointed the undersigned
committee to take up and investi-
gate that part Of the city's outlay.
Under that appointment the com
mittee addressed letters Of inquiry
to all the cities and towns in Ken
lucky at all comparable to Mt.
Sterling, seeking information about
the kinds, types, sizes, numbers and
cost Of lights in these various other
towns. A large amount of useful
information was gathered in this
way; and as well some Independent
study was done by the committee
of electric lighting, kinds and costs
generally.
In addition the committee brought
here an expert upon the subject,
who after a thorough investigation,
and after going thoroughly over the
city's streets and noting their
grades, conjunctions, and tree
shadows, presented a map of all of
the streets of the city, with loca-
TOMS upon it of such lights as his
observation and experience led him
to believe would satisfactorily light
the city. The type of light suggest
ed by him was incandescent instead
of arc, with a refracting cover,
whereby all the light paid for would
be thrown downward and outward,
and none of it be thrown uselessly
to the heavens, as under the old arc
light system heretofore in use in
Mt. Sterling.
With the information above NAM
ed gathered in, and with this map
and report of the expert, the com
mittee was directed by the council
to set about negotiating with the
Kentucky Utilities Company for a
contract to begin February, 1917,
at the expiration Of the then exist
ing one.
Under this authority the commit
tee negotiated with the company a
contract for three years lighting Of
the city streets with the new type
of lamps, to be placed as located
by the expert, at total cost OF
TWENTY-FIVE hundred and fifty dol
lars per annum, saving of at least
twenty-five hundred dollars per
year as against the old contract.
This contract was afterward rati-
fed by the council, and is now con-
trolling the lighting of the city. The
installation of the new lights is be-
ng done with all possible expedi-
ion.
The committee realizes that there
will be individual instances of COM
,laint by the citizens where lights !
existing are taken away;
and by others who will find the To-
,ation of new lights Objectionable.
The committee realizes, and the
'air- minded citizens will realize,
hat the change, of course, cannot
,e perfect, and that some incon-
,eniences may result. The citizens,
however, must realize that no citi-
ZEN as against the other has any
light in any fixed location of lamps,
md that individual Inconvenience
las no place against the general
of all the citizens. The
lew contract allows certain posi-
,ility of exchange; and any real
'rieyane viii be given proper
earring by the Mayor.
The council and the committee
elieve that the new system will give
he city such substantial lighting as
needs, mad at least as good as that
lhich is has been receiving at a
,ueh higher price. In making the
ontract the council and the com
littee realized that the city, like
had to consider its
leans, and has endeavored to give
he city all that it needed common