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to change in the future, without ripping up the downtown?” McCartney asked.I’m not suggesting I’m not happy with the gas lights, he added.“I don’t know if there would be a sufficient capacity for all the lights,” he said.McCartney also asked what kind of provisions could be made for decorations during Christ-DON CURREN Of The NewsReplacing the new gas lights downtown with electric street lights would be an expensive process, the Public Works Committee heard Monday.Works officials toid Aid. Murray McCartney replacing the gas lights being installed downtown would be costly since little provision had been made for electric street lights.Emphasizing that he was not implying there was any problem with the gas lights, McCartney asked about the expense of changing over in the event of dissatisfaction with the gas lights.“Is there any way, if there should be a desireCity engineer Bill Tuttle said no provision had been made under the contract for the Streets-cape Improvement Project for electrical lights.Changing over to electric lights would be expensive as a result, Tuttle said.Public Works Commissioner Lome Thompson said electrical power lines could be installed without streets and sidewalks being completely torn apart.The conduit created to carry natural gas lines could accommodate electrical power lines if necessary, Thompson said.mas and the Stampede with the gas lights.The standards for the gas lights are not equipped to supply electrical current to decorations, but can accommodate displays which don’t require electricity, Tuttle said.Works Commissioner Thompson said staff considered making provisions for electrical lights when initially planning the project, but discarded the idea because of the expense.“We had looked at a number of alternatives when we were first doing the design. Each one was quite a cost,” he said.
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