Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 17, Number 48, DeMotte, Jasper County, 24 October 1947 — STREET LIGHT PLANS NEAR COMPLETION [ARTICLE]

STREET LIGHT PLANS NEAR COMPLETION

NIPSC Submits Details of Cost of Installation, Service ■ ■ ■ ■— The plans for the installation of street lights for the business district of DeMotte are nearly completed and barring unforeseen complications the town is assured of the long needed lights by next summer. The proposed lighting system, sponsored by the Lions club, will be comprised of ten 10,000 lumen lamps installed on wood poles, j The lamps will be equally distributed on the east and west side of main street running from the north side of the New York Central railroad tracks south to the American Reformed Church. The poles will be set up in a staggered formation which will allow for a lamp for about every one hundred feet. Installation of the system will be made by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company who submitted the plans following a sur- j vey to determine the requirements. In the design of the proposed system, consideration has been given to the fact that there is considerable traffic on State Road 53 through the business district and sufficient light intensity j for the safety of pedestrians as well as vehicular traffic is included. i Cost of the main street system will run sixty dollars per year, per light, and includes both installation and electricity. This cost will be paid by the merchants who will be taxed approximately fifty cents per frontage foot. The Lions club also has plans prepared by the NIPSC for further lighting on. the highway and also in the' residential sections. This additional proposal consists of thirteen 4,000 lumen lamps, five north and eight south of the business district and eighteen 2,500 lumen lamps at the street intersections in the residential area. However, the preparation and installation costs of this system would rest entirely with the residents of the ing. The cost of the 4,000 lumen Tamps would be $30.00 a year per lamp and for the lamp in the residential area would amount to $24.00 per year. All citizens interested in this project can view the blueprints and get further information at the office of A 1 Ewart. *