Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-01-10 | Page 13 | City Engineer Kelsey Has Plan to Light and Beautify Main Street

1 CITY ENGINEER KELSEY HAS PLAN TO LIGHT AND BEAUTIFY 'MAIN STREET City Engineer Louis C. Kelscy is forwarding for-warding communications to tho city council setting forth tho necessity of a change in tho lighting system on Main street between South Templo and Fourth South streets on account of the removal of the poles from the center of the thoroughfare, uud ask'mg for suggestions sugges-tions along this line. Hero is Mr. Kelscy Kel-scy 's plan, which will be submitted to the council whon hin t'ominuuieatious come up i committee: The placing of four largo arc lights at each intersect iou. with cluster lights at intervals along either sido of fho street; the removal of all poles from the middle and sides of tho street aud the laj-ing of a new asphalr surface. Mr." Kelscy 's plan is to have an aro. light placed on each street corner at. tho four intersections between Brigham and Fourth South streets. Two of those lights could be turned off at midnight to cut down the expense. There would be two circuits with two lights ou each circuit,, if his plau were adopted." Tho arc lights could bo suspended by fancy brackets from tho trolley poles at tho Corners or intersections. The biggest argument in favor of the proposed plan is that tho cross-bars underneath tho one lamp now at each intersection shut oil part of the light and throw parts of tho interscctiona into semi darkness that is almost as bad as darkness. Mr. Kelsey comments upon the civic pride 6hown'by most of tno merchants in erecting cluster lights along the stroet, although theso lights have not been turned ou. "Somo action should bo taken to compel all the merchants and other Main street business men to got in on this plan and complete tho t : j .... feW' -ft I - -.' ' ' : I ;.,! ' . . 1 -s 1 tL - . .i MRS. ERNEST R. WOOLLEY. Many friends wero called upon last week to mourn tho sudden demise of Mrs. Woolloy. Tho funeral was held on Friday. now broken lino of cluster lights from Brigham to Fourth South streets," asserts as-serts Mr. Kclscv. "Then reRiirfaco Main street with asphaltum, turn on the lights und wo will have the best lighted and best business street in t he country. None oan beat it." One of the reasons the incandescent oluster lights have not been turned on more is tho misunderstanding botween t.Iiov merchants and tho. Utah Light and Railway cotnpan3", which was to furnish fur-nish tho current, as to tho pjicc per r.'unp. The price is suid originall' to have been $5.50 a month a cluster, but aftorward it was advanced to $7.50, it is said. . Tho merchants putting in the lights havo protested against paying this much and it. is said that a compromise com-promise is about to be effect cd at the now price of $G a month a cluster. Tf the compromise does not fail the lightH m3" bo expected to bo turned on within a month. Cluster lights will bo erected below tho Judge building, between Third aud Fourth South streets, on tho cast sido of tho . street, as soon as the Ncwbousc and Salisbury buildings aro .completed, it is said. With this exception only four or live lights arc missing.