Show Automatic Autom tic Lights Light Control Sell Self Set NEW MILFORD CON C 0 N N. N N. N.- What is believed to be the worlds world's first automatic street- street lighting system in which street street- streetlights streetlights lights individually turn them them- themselves themselves themselves selves on and off oft is being placed in operation here by the Con Con- Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Light and Power com com- company company company pany and is expected to be completed com com- completed completed within a few weeks Developed and designed by engineers of the General Electric company in collaboration with engineers of the power company the new systems system's lights are in in- individually individually individually controlled by photo photo- photoelectric photoelectric photoelectric electric equipment or electronic eyes which are able to see dusk and dawn and a n d other changes in daylight conditions When natural light falls be be- below below below low or rises above one foot can can- candle candle candle dle of illumination the electron electron- electronic ic eye detects the change in light and causes a switch to turn the lights on or off ly Engineers installing the equip equip- equipment equipment equipment ment said that should a sum sum- summer summer summer mer thunderstorm darken the sky enough to allow only one- one foot-candle foot of off light to reach the street the lights would go on on |