Show MAYOR m TO STUDY LIGHT PRO BUM With Two Councilmen He Ex Expects Expects Expects to Tour Eastern Cities WILL COMPARE SYSTEMS TO REPORT ON MERITS OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY In order to study the street lighting problem and to determine the best method of or lighting Salt baIt Lake Mayor Maor John S Bransford will probably leave leava l ave in a few days for the east to investigate condi conditions conditions conditions in leading cities His HI H J trip will probably probably probably ably take in St Louis Omaha Denver Minneapolis and St Paul Chicago Cleve Cieve Cleveland land Jand Cincinnati and perhaps New York and some of the coast cities Councilman Martin will Introduce a resolution at the special Ial council meeting this evening to ap appropriate appropriate appropriate O for the expenses two coun councilmen dilmen to accompany the mayor Since the Weisbach Street Lighting com corn company compan pany pan mad its ith It offer two months mont s ago to Install O Incandescent gas street lamps lampsat at a cost ost of 32 per year ear to replace the present are arc lamps which It is acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged are Inadequate In every way to properly light the city considerable dis has hae been aroused as to the best methods of lighting the residence district Just as a the council was about to adopt the th plan proposed by the Weisbach peo people people pie the Utah i tab tah Light Railway company offered to install small Incandescent elec electric tile lights along the streets to replace the arm lamps The price named was W 30 O Oa a year rear for each light This opened up the discussion again and the problem that confronted the council was wag whether incandescent gas lamps or electric lamps are the more I tory This it has been difficult to determine and In order to aid In solving I Ito tho the problem the Weisbach people offered to put up si lights In any section of the city rily dt that might be designated as an ex experiment Alter some delay the Utah Light Railway company offered to make a similar demonstration and It was thought that It would be done this week I Mayor Bransford when consulted In the matter however was Wag of the opinion that such a test might not be satisfactory and suggested that some one be sent east to Investigate conditions In other cities clUes and study thoroughly the street lighting problem lem Jem After some discussion that was assented to by representatives of the competing companies it was as decided to ask Mayor Maor Bransford to make the trip him himself himself self This he has consented to do Ac According According According cording to the plans two councilmen will wUl accompany him The council realizes that the lighting problem Is one of the most serious which the council has to face at present The general scheme of lighting now in vogue ogue Is acknowledged even by the officials of the electric company to be poor They claim that the reason for this is two twofold twofold twofold fold first the ordinance requiring the arc lamps to be hung at the top of poles in the center of the streets lighting the heavens rather than the streets and the comparatively small number of f lights used They say that by dropping the lights about fifteen feet and placing an additional lights throughout the city that a splendid lighting effect would be produced Their scheme of placing power at regular Intervals along the sides of the streets Is another way they have of solving the problem The people assent that the electric ele lights are unsatisfactory and have proved so In other cities and cite many Instances where they the are being taken out and gas lamps substituted The gas gaa they say gives a constant light and Is not so liable to th be put out of or com corn commission commission mission by a a severe storm or by b acci accidents accidents accidents dents at the plant Besides this It Is claimed that they make a handsomer ap appearance appearance on a boulevard It Is in order to Inquire into the merits of the thc respective claims that the mayor maor will probably go east S |