| Show Z electric light I i although Althou gli the electric light tower n this city has not proven quite juite as ty reat a success as was anticipated ay come the principle of the system holds good and is realized in i n other cities thus we learn that public squares in new york city are about being illuminated by these tall su supports of brush light the N NT Y post pod for instance saya says A it crowd of persons have fur for the last few days watched with interest the erection of the which is to support the brush electric I lamps am s for the lighting of union square alie the weather beaten pole of the huge derrick which now stands in tho the middle of the square lias has been mistaken for t lie polo pole itself by BO so many person persons alio lie characterized it as an atrocity of ugliness gliness li and an outrage that mr llames the secretary of the company C om pany thou thought lit of f putting putting up a placard on oil th the derrick errick in I forming th the public U alic that it is not the po pole le the polo of D itself ia Is now up and speaks for itself it is a magnificent piece of pine from froin the north eiver river forests three pieces each two feet in diameter by fifty three feet in length are used powerful rivets bolts bands of iron half an inch thick thil being used to fasten the pieces together the first plan thought of was to imitate the light ii lit tow towers era at akron and ogden atall utah which are of iron but although the iron pol poles s would bo be no larger than the wooden pole it would require guide ropes running from tho the top of of the tower to the four corners of the square in order to steady it these ropes would be unsightly af air best and thyself the self supporting pole was adopted from the ground to the top of f the pole is one hundred and fifty feet ten feet of tho the pole being under ground the people will support as originally intended six lights of candle power each |
