The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-16
NEW WHITE WAY
IS TESTED OUT BY
The CITY COUNCIL
is FOUND TO BE MUCH BETTER
THAN OLD SYSTEM; $3.50 CAM
DIE POWER MORE At EXPENSE
OF $500 MONTH LESS.

Nhe city council and a number of in
J, terested citizens, made an exhaustive
examination OF the comparative value
81 :.hs Illuminating aege.4as .se cid cid
and new electric lighting system in
the White Way zone on Main street
Monday night and were more than
pleased with the greater efficiency of
the new installation. For the purpose
OF carrying on their Investigations
they assembled at the intersection of
Main and Third streets and had the
illuminating current for both the old
and the new systems alternately
turned on in order 10 try our their
respective effects in lighting the To-
caiIty where they stood and the street
in perspective. This was done by
switching on both currents TO ascer-
tain the normal darkness OF the street
and theI' measuring the Illuminating
capacity Of each system as the power
ssas s>paraied and suec~ssively turn.
ed on. The results were more than
gratifying 30 far as the new system
was concerned and showed il to be
greatly superior in every respect.
1 There had been some criticism of
the new White Way by those who
had expected too much from il. and
in a few instances. statements had
been made tia, the old system was
better than the new. The investiga.
ions Monday might showed conc,us-
f.sly the fal'asy OF such a conclusion.
The new White Way" lighting sys-
TEN contains forty-four lamps. each
of 25o-candie power. having a total
Illuminating capacity OF Ii.ececzndie
power. equitabiy distributed within a
distance OF hve blocks Tho same
district WIS previously lighted by SIX
arc lamps of 25o-candie power hung
at the street Intersections: giving the
new system an Illuminating advant-
axe of s.25ocandle power over rbe cid
plan
In addition 10 vastly increased
capacity the new system gives n more
perfect distribution of light. eIimin.
ating all dark places and giving the
street uniformly brilliant appear
Hnce within the White Way district.
Some complaint has been heard taat
the council did not give the city oIus
ter lamps on Main street. instead OF
the single lamp. There are two rea-
sons for this--one is that the cluster
lamps. yfth the extra current they
would necessitatc. are too expensive
for the city in the present state OF its
finances. and the other Is that the
Z ngle lamp is the most modern and
supto-dafe. The cluster lamps are
practically prohibitive to Jh. city in
will be possible TO Increase the light
ing power of tile lamps from s5s to 500
candle power later on IL the people
desire IL
The new White Way has been
Installed on very advantageous terms
20 the city. thanks TO the city council
in driving good bargain. Under the
new contract the city gets four times
the light IN the White Way rome
than Il got before and pays a Lon less
for Il. II h computed that the new
lights on Main street will cost the
taxpayers scventy-five dollars a
month less Than they paid for the old
ones. Under the terms OF the con-
tract with the electric light company
the city is privileged to purchase the
Installation at any time Mt the actual
expense of putting II in.
The matter of clouded glass in the
street lamps has come in for good
deal OF discussion and there are those
who have expressed the opinion that
clear glass In them would give more |
and better light than the shaded kind. |
This view of the matter. however, Is |
disputed by illuminating engineers.
who say that the shaded glass lamps |
sprovide q better distribution OF light |
without in any way destroying its |
radiation. They have unanimously |
agreed. according 10 Manager w. N.
Clark Of the Arkansas Valley Railway
Light q Power company, who quotes
recent scientific article in one OF the
magazines, that the best light is that
from a globe that is dense enough not |
to reveal the actual form OF the namc
within. but gives the effect OF light /
streaming forth from the globe.
The reason for this In that street
lamps are necessarily against 4 dark
background and the amount Of glare