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Show Well Lighted Main Road Not Costly Adds to Safety, Appearance of City Plans for better lighting of their streets, and especially the main highway, are being made by hundreds of communities throughout the United States and many of them according to report, have more efficient lighting systems already than does Springville. Some citizens may be of the opinion that a new and more efficient Main street lighting system, will cost too much money, but according to lighting experts, a good lighting system brings dividends, where a poorly lighted street is expensive. The latter costs lives and injuries for which there can be no estimated cost. Springville has experienced several fatal accidents on Main street and while full blame, perhaps could not be laid to poor lights, it is possible they could be partially to blame. An example of a well lighted street compared to a poorly lighted one is seen in the pictures on pas;e 4 today. I It has been stated, that the city planning commission favors the modernizing of the city Whiteway and the Safety Council feels that I it is a necessary safety measure. The lighting project however should have the approval of the Springville public before it can become a j reality. j General Electric representatives, when contacted in regard as I to whether the material is available for a new lighting system, stated that it is at present. But it would be hard to say just how long the materials will be available. ' The poles now holding the outmoded arms and inefficient I lights, some even without protector bowls, could be used in a new 1 system. All that would be needed would be the 12-foot arms equipped with the modern mercury vapor lights. The new lights should be installed in-stalled from Eighth South to Fourth North. . It is reported that Richfield, Lehi, Helper and Fillmore are some of the cities in Utah which have recently improved their Main street lighting with modern mercury vapor lights. Surely Spring-J Spring-J ville, whose Main street lights are very little better than those found in these smaller communities before they improved, can afford to have the much-needed improvement. Lending credence to the fact that good street lighting is economical, econom-ical, is the statement made by Dr. A. F. Dickerson, general manager of the General Electric Lighting division. He says "Good street j lighting benefits a city in many ways, any one of which may well justify its cost. For instance during the course of a year, fire appara-; appara-; tus, traveling over a well lighted street, may on a number of occasions ; save several minutes. This may mean the difference betwen a major : and a minor blaze and the resulting savings may well exceed the city's entire street lighting bill. Also the improvement in property values which goes along with good lighting may bring in enough additional taxes to cover the costs." If however, for no other reason than the fact that a well-lighted street tends to decrease accidents and adds to the safety of a main thoroughfare, it should be listed among the critically needed improvements im-provements of this city. Since publication of the article last week concerning the city's outmoded Main street lights, complaints have been heard to the effect that the city does not have sufficient power for present needs. General Electric experts state that it would take only a very little more power to light the street properly than is required by the present system. It is true Springville at present cannot supply the amount of power necessary to meet city needs, but efforts are being made as fast as possible by city officials to install equipment necessary for I additional power. At present the additional amount needed h purchased from oustide sources. |