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VAN NUYS. CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, OGTOBKR 31,1BOULEVARD LIGHTS WILLRIIRN rn MRRRftW Nlf.HTUU1U1 ivnivnnvii uauuaBIG CELEBRATION TO BE HELD AT NEW ORGAN FACTORY BUILDING AT SEVEN O’CLOCK iyatem of Ornamental Highway Lighting the Greatest In the United States—In LineWith Other Great Developments of H. J. Whitley —Will Attract Attention of Entire Electrical WorldA general celebration in honor of urning on the lights along the boule-? ;ard from Encino avenue to the State highway west of Owensmoutli will be lelcl tomorrow evening. The lighting if Sherman Way, the famous $500,000 joulevard through the Van Nuys-^ankershim tract of 47,000 acres, was lie idea of H. J. Whitley, who designed and built this greatest of \innrioan roadways. On August 10th, [012, the creation of the Van Nuy? ightlng district was submitted to the people of the district for a vote and; ;vas carried by a vote of nearly four' o one. A committee was appointed o take charge of the district's inter-•sts by the Board of County Supervis-jrs and this committee recommended he Installation of lights along Sher-nau Way from Encino avenue, the jastern boundary of the tract, to the (unction of the boulevard west of Dwensmoutli with the State highway, md along South Sherman Way. The system of lighting proposed passed hrotigh the townsites of Van Nuys ind Owensmoutli and owing to un-lvoidable delay the Suburbai Homes Company went ahead on its own in-tiative and installed ornamental elec-.roliers in hath these townsites, including uot only the boulevard, but ilso the side streets In the business actions of both town3. These lights aave been in operation in Van Nuys for at least • six months. The eon-' tracts for the installation .ot’ the dis-lriot lighting as originally proposed were finally awarded by the supervis-[r? nf the county, August 7th, 1913. The contract for the electroliers was awarded to the Llewellyn Tion Works of Los Angeles; for the Instllatioi of wiring, conduits, etc., tn the New-bcrry-Bendheim’Compuny of Los Alludes and lor the maintenance, to the Somneru L.unoruia uoinpiHiyof Los Angeles.month which were installed previously by the Suburban Homes Company. The other lights on the aide streets in the two towns are to be inniniaiiied by the Suburban Homes Company.troliers \vere provided In the central parls and along the boulevard outside oi the townsites and in the more remote sections the electroliers are of three-light design.The electroliers are all cast iron. The base is modeled after the Hill street posts in Los Angeles and the toj3 like those on East Fifth street.On September 29th a contract was awarded by the supervisors for six additions.! o!oc,rn1?prp, twr at Van Nuys, two at Marian and two at Owensmouth. This increased the total to 42b posts. In addition to the lights installed by the district, two private electroliers were installed in front of the residence of H. J. Whitley and one in front of the OLis residence, south of Van Nuys. These electroliers will be maintained by thenamed gentlemen.A further contract for 1SS lights along South Sherman Way and along the Ventura road (State highway) in the southern portion of the district was awarded by the supervisors October 20th. The awards for the electroliers and maintenance were to the same [irms as on the first contract, hut the installation for this work was awarded to the B. F. Kierullf Company of Los Angeles. The design of electroliers on thi3 section was all throe way and similar to those on Sherman Way. This conlract will increase the total number of electroliers in the district to 613. The posts along the hmilevard are staggered 33U feet apart and run about IS to a mile. The same distance will ho. used on the work on South Sherman Way and the Ventura road.The portion of the system which will be turned on tomorrow night at 7 o’clock and that already in operation includes about IS miles of im-|n (j i clt;_ uifcli •*.' iJi «• ii.li iuulion contracted, about 12 miles, will make the iolal length of lighted highways in the district 30 miles. The Van Nuys lighting system is ho most comprehensive and the most elahorale of auv systems installed in the United States :ind no doubt of any in the world. The system when completedThe system of lighting undertaken by the district under its first contract] included 302 electroliers. and with the] 59 In Van Nuys. the 22 on North Slier-i man Way and the 3G in Owen si no nth j made a totnl of 119 electroliers.In the townsites of Van Nuys, Ma-' rian and Owensmouth, flvo-Iighl dec-.will provide a circuit of lighted highway that is destined to he the most popular drive uni. of Los Angeles. The celebration tomorrow night will be held from the rotunda of the new Johnston organ and piano factory. A large crowd is expected Jo he present at the ceremony of turning on the lights.Those contracts included ihe taking over of all lights on the boulevard both In Van Nuys and Owens-
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Van Nuys News and the Van Nuys Call
Van Nuys, California, US
Fri, Oct 31, 1913
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