El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-05
WHITE WAY FOR
MART CENTER.
General Electric Engineer
Ryan to Be Here Soon to
Show Council Project.

Tentative plans Tor a complete white
way lighting system for the business
district Of II Paso have been completed
bv engineers OF the Fl Paso Electric
Railway Co. ana the General Electric
. Co.. and are TO be presented to the city
council within short time. The plans
call for the erection of sin ornamental
lighting standards for each city block,
each standard TO include two large lights.
Twelve lights in each block viii burn
until midnight. and two throughout the
entire night. II the present plans are
adopted
Project of Engineer Ryan.
The proposed white way system Is
second 90 none IN the country IN any
city the size of FL Paso. according To-
officials OF the electric company. The
project has been worked out and made
nv William Darcy Ryan, OF the General
Electric Co. OF Schenectady, y. y, who
is sand TO be the foremost expert upon
lighting subjects in the United States.
Mr. Ryan supervised the lighting OF the
san Diego exposition. the flood light
ing- ot the statue OF Liberty IN New
York harbor. and the white way light
inc scheme OF the business district OF
san Francisco. said TO be the finest in
the country. Mr.. Ryan viii be IN FL
Paso within "A month. when the white
committee on lighting of the city council
New Standards Principal Cost.
The white way viii replace the re
Gently installed nitrogen film lamps III
the business district, and VIII cost little
more 10 maintain than these lights, Of
ficials of the Electric Railway company
assert. The principal cost viii be Tor
tine installation oil the ornamental
lighting standards.
Sixteen Lights at Street Crossings
Instead OF one lamp at each street IL
tersection, as at present, the plan calls
for eight standards at the street inter
sections. and two in the middle of each
block At the street corners. one stand
and Is TO be erected a short distance
from the corner OF the curling ON each
street Each standard VIII carry Two
lights. giving 10 lights near the inter
section OF each street Midway OF the
block VIII be a standard on each side OF
the street, each standard bearing two
large lights
Zach OF the L lights to each block
VIII burn until midnight From that
time until daylight. one light at each
corner and one at the center OF each
block VIII burn
Merchants to be Asked 10 Help.
j. is proposed that the merchants
who VIII derive the chief benefit from
the ornamental lights which burn until
midnight. assume the cost of maintain
ing these lights. and that the city. which
VIII derive the benefits from the all
night lights, pay Tor the maintenance
OF these lamps
Ia many cities the merchants have as
summed the cost OF The lights for one or
more wears. the city gradually taking
over the maintenance OF these lamps,
the electrical engineers say.
Council Not For Additional Expense
Members Of the city council are in
rlined To- disapproFe o. any plan which
viii mean additional expense 20 the city T
Tor the installation OF The ornamental /,
Alderman 7. ". Fisher who heads the /
committee which procured a reduction /,
IN electric Light charges Tor private con
.umers as wen a. the city. asserted /
Monday morning that the white way"
system while undoubtedly of great +
value 70 the merchants from an adver- 1
Using standpoint. Is not OF vital ncces-
,ity So soon after the installation of I