Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-13
PLAN NEW LIGHTING
SYSTEM FOR STREETS
Experiments Being Made With
Nitrogen Lamps Along
Market Street.

N'u'NUt SNOVks
THAT Market street may b. more
brilliantly Illuminated I'm the near fu-
'urr developed this morning at the
meeting of the street and Sewer
dir ctors when CITY Councilman Alex
nnicr H. Ahrahams. in a letter 10
the hoaNi called attention O. the APP
parcntly poor qu,lity of lights now
hclns used and enclosed letter he
had received from Charl,s rorl,is who
ssuTgrs sted that q nitrogen lieht h
adopted instead OF the, present carbon
innN
street Commissioner rierson advis-
81 the directors that the traction
tpany iA now experimenting with
100 watt nitrogen ilrhts on both sides
- tn street between Tsuth ana Glev-
enth streets and viii alen try them
rlonE Market street bctwren Ninth
ami Tenth streets. lie saiS the sora-
ranN's contract, however. calls only
fAr an 40 watt carbon lamp and THE
contract does not expire until April
~ next year.
" developed during this discussion
thnt the city Is planning for an eiaho-
fn,c lighting system along Ninth
elrcrt Tenth street and Washington
street in connection with the usr ~
'hc ncW Washington street bridge. n
ts proposed 90 usc ornamental stand
avis with a liEht that viii illuminate
thr streets much hcttcr than is done
now with the arr lamp hut the kind
~ bee used and tho style " standard
w u adopted have not been decided
upnn
Nj Hivrson stated also that they
Hrr figuring on new lights Tor King
s'rot in connection with the now
paving work o. ho done there next
srrnE.
Tho suggestion that tho kind of
heht in usc along Market street be
changed from the cargon to the nitro
rrn originated with charles TnpL is
Who addressed q lvttrr to city Council
man Alexander a. Ahrahams last
week and Nh Aginhams today sent "A
h'trr to th' street and Scwcr hi
re'furH with copy of MI Topkis let
tet Mr. Ahrahams thought the de-
rnttment could put a nitrogen lamr
on onV uf thr standards tn see how
% compared with th. carbon lamps
Ne furkis was also anxious to know
whether light standards were to hc
placed alonG KING street when 1, is
paved meat spring.
MI Ahrahams letter together with
that of Mr.. roplds as submitted tc
The hoard today are as follows:
December -, 1921
street 4 Sewer Department.
Wilmington, Delaware.
Dear Slrs
attach hereto lcttcr which
ha'p received from Mr Charles
Torkia, relative 20 lights on Mar
krt street and proposed lights ON
kinE street
The subject has been mentioned
to me before, hut | thought best
lo present tho suggestion in writ
ten FORM hence have made no pre-
Nlnut comments. As your body is
familiar with the various kinds of
hthtf' YOU are In position to
advise " the suggested change
would hc n benefit. I recall very
NiNidlN the celebration held in the
citN when the lights were arst in
stalled. and they seemed entirely
satisfactory at that time OF
vcursy, however. many changes
nave NO duuh, been perfected that
VIII allow better lights at the
samo cost and Nour Department
VIII mo- doubt be- familiar with
thcm
u would scom thar the time is
TOO short 10 make any improve
mtnts before Christmas. as .s,ls-
kthtcd in the attached letter. hut
would ask that vou give the mat
Ter consideration. u might be pos
hlhle 10 Try ont nitrogen lamp
On one ot the standards to see N
the change would he worth while.
Yours very truly,
Alexander n. Abrahams
December -. 1921.
Mr., Alex. Ahrahams.
z, CitN Council.
wilmington, Delaware
Dear Mr. Ahrahams
Gould ! ask you To take up for
me with the. proper authority a
question of n slight change Of the
electric hshts ON Market street?
" spcms to me that II the lamps
were changed To- nitrogen lamns
in The same size that is hcine used
a. the present time. the result
would he one hundred per cent
frcatcr and only a trifc additional
cost
! would suggest that one side of
the block be changed 90 a nitrogen
lnmn and the other side have the
"ld carbon light, like H. there now
Just 20 see the result of the
change " the authorities would
think they would like to make
the improvements al this time.
There are ~ many people on
Market street and especially now
before the Holidays that I think
n necessary g. have our main
street Illuminated aR near perfect
40 We can have o..
would appreciate 81 very much
Tor whatever you can do In this
matter
would ask you a. a special
fnVor 10 md out whether the city
n going 90 pat up electric stan
dnrdH like they have on Market
street, on kinr street when IL will
De- paved.
rhanking YOU. I remain.