Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10
PLAN TO LIGHT COUNTRY
ROADS LIKE CITY STREETS
We" System Will BE Welcomed by
Thousands Who Use
Highways.
WILL HELP CHECK ACCIDENTS
hiaring Headlights So Often the
cause OF Fatal Mishaps VIII BE
Elininatcd-G cncrnI Electric
Company Fathers Scheme.

"I"hJ FutncfS scheme.
YIN an astounding percentage Of
autpmohil" accidents AT night cred
Yea 10 headlight clarc-so,ncthIu
ne many types of reiicctors and
"s.s noes not entirely eliminate
hir H." pan ior making the country
ntHn WhSS as safe as the wcll-lightcd
NY streets VIII be welcome news 10
me thousands who use the highways
ms ncw plan for banishing the
,," 'nE mcknight does not ca!l for
my rhanSe IN the automobile or ITS
headlirht There are nov hundreds
q. n'n'f"nt Kinds OF lights and re
ntStofs. all advertised as a cur" for
80 th'thS lives. but siiil the accidents
occur with the same old excuse
n.ludtd by the other fellows head
a simple economic way for u,umj-
na'ns N" highways so there vii,
~" no iu"r" need for IA. gIari:ig
brsh'H on the country roads than on
me city streets is the solution OF
ne problem offered by the General
rHccttic Company. which has Just
- a new type incandeyccut
And Ard" !. ri,1rGtor after months of stuaY
."rp OF Illuminating engineers
cst installation has been made at
Mas, which has full
INC d"Sign"rs-a w"li-l.gh,"d high
"hy without a great waste or H.
animation on the adjoining fields
An ihcanhcsccnt lamp or $50 candle
power * ali that is needed IN these
I"hcctoTs. placed at "a hcigh. OF ~
'"ct at distances from 400 10 500 f.a,
apart, to illuminate. The roadway 20
wei there is no need for the siar-
inr headlights.
TIL nov type ~ reflector. known
~ tn" pafabolic mes; highway light
ing unit, 'mbodics AN entirely new
ana distinct feature for collecting
"F"rc needed. Engineers haze spent
!ra's studying schemes to prevent
no Illumination of hcIhs adjoining
rohd"aNs and set hav" u Hight that
woali properly illuminnt" me road
ana 90 ga wlthou, glare. 4 mes,
"' rHh"ctorS, or series Of three. ono
wtnin ~" other, ~ the outstanding
"a'pr" of The new unit Thee arr.
im!ihr OPENINGS on either "ud aud
XDN thl' means the greater rarf OF the.
light mat would b. los, uud.- ord
taiy conditions by rejecting upward
ana oul 10 tho adjoining fields is
pIcct"d and cast iit either direction
&Hpon IN" road surface III" rays
nat you'd escape ~ only IN" on.
rHhcctNr was used are picked M
hy IL" inner rcn"rturp ana directed
9"arh IN" rptiway. A. au angie or
~. ".Er"~s hrlow "a" horizontal r!y-
hG me sam" "n'ct as nm overhead
3r"N"ctor fifteen C."t IN diameter Tho
"hltc rejecting surfaces OF tn. uni,
Il reduced tho glar" from thu .ncnn-
using globes The fixture also ar
i9rhs much better protection 10 IN.
giohc ,han on"rcd by the type OF ~
Hector now found on some highways
ON The outskirts OF cities
Tho bracket holding Ia. rcn.cto.s
adjustable IN both vertical and
hor!zonial directions 80 that the aS-
turc can be mounted on nolcs clos.
10 ~" 'deo OF tn. hirhw,v ~ 90,
others which may Il" back many fec.
nhn ca aiS" ID" turned SO as TO IL
luminate curves and hillsides In
Ip'h'r words. tn" opening in IN" lower
|tart az tn" reflector can y. kent
practically parallel ana in line with
ne road surface under any cond.-
survcy was recently made In The
3city of Cleveland ot tn. $50 traffic
acrid"nls that occurred during one
year This was done to show SO FAR
as possible how many "f mo l.o5.
accidents which occurred after dark
would have hccu avoided II daylight
44r . "Guiya'cnt mad been available.
II showed That 2h2 accidents. fourteen
az which were CiasScd "a fatal wc-.
directly attributed 10 lack 81 light,
rms conc usion was reached by com
inc tie hours o! the might which
ar" light In the summer and dark
in the winter
Tho condition In cleveland is CON
tidrr"d typical OF those in other large
cities. all t"ndinG 20 show The. n--u
I FOR better illumination OF the coun-
| Try EiEh"aNs.
Now tnat a lighting unit has been
sdcvclop'd. which appears 10 have
solved Tn" problem so FAR aa lIIumi-
nation Is concerned there remains
i hut ON" outstanding obstacle 10 make
tn" Highways sac At night. and thar
Is plan for apport!onins The .x-
pens" pt tn" Improvement Farmers
VINO own tn" land adjoining thr roads
4 claim their bcn"ht Viii ho bur small
las compared 10 what autoiSts from
| all parts of IN" state aud country
Iwill receive. They feel Ia" Installing
SHOULD %" don" tn" sam. as roads
| ar" improved. since this is an I'M
prov"meu; 20 traffic just as essen
iiau Is u smooth road surface II
| is Il job FOR TIA" adjoining cities or
the state highway departments they
feel
several communities have already
bcCorn" Interested aud plan iuStalia-
tons Of the new lights for snort
distances. and IL is believed that when
IN" decided advantages OF better
light FOR country roads is actually
seen. step in soliciting the help
of tin" states will 10 taken. perhaps
|hcIng foSt"r"d hy automobile clubs
land orgr Gi2atiOnS. who's" members
would derive he greatest hcu..i'