if n ... PAOE 1WO 1 ICTORIAL EVENTS IN ' Fine NemJllamiimtian System Downtoivn Is In Use; Very Attractive Marks Another Step In Advancement of City--Big Contrast to the Days When Local People Used Bugs The switching on hut night of ornamental street righting standards on Third and Second Avenues by Mrs. C. U. Orme, wife of the mayor, marks a further step in the advancement of Prfrfee Rupert toward that place whkh must eventually become this city's right as one of the most important cities on the Pacific Coast. That day is rapidly approaching and wai well recog-fl " nfeed by the decision of the city to titty oat this installation, the first of Ka elate In BritssV Columbia. Modern requirements of pedestrians iad teMetdtr traffic necessitate a high intensity well distrl-bwtftd efficient fflmtttnaUon. In olden days when traffie moved at re-lutlwly alow pace, a law Intensity of fltajmfnatton covered tike require -meati and objects were readily dls- raoftag at Ine leasing speed de- a ntach higher intensity of and objects aratt be immediately by di rect light. Modern high intensity Uramina-tfon assists materially in attaining the object of well governed dties. Tlx, a better, safer, cleaner dty enhanced property value and chic progress and one of the cities'1 greatest assets In the past, toe payment for street lighting has, been accepted as a necessary eul qb Where manici-paiiUes iaattseaAeJlghtfaig is an Investment rstbef than a liability, and gives immediate returns in baffle betterments, decrease of ac increased trade and attraction of desirable realdenu. then will crrte bodies re-eognize the advantage to be obtained by the installation of better and more beaut.ru up-to-date lighting. The hlrtory of street lighting in Prir.ce Rupert dates back to the year 1908 when the pioneer at that time may remember starting up his old storm lantern to assist him in reaching hU home over the narrow -:sh. Wat a boon he feend flie fw latins plt6 at in torn of the streets when energy Ma turard zn fro n the old eceam pleat at Gov Bay. Batter airi Better Shortly after incorporation, the ettr fathers decM-! to adopt a higher Intaiufty and arc lamp it-Macao1 the old 100-candle-power by silhowette. Today,! 'amps at tba Intersection and m- bwem, the rm of the aotomoblle candescent lamot were extended to aeet the needs of the residential district. Today narks the first installation of a higher standard and, wtthta a 1 abort period, the etttaen will took back with the same thought in In comparing the new lighting With that displaced, as did the pioneer his lantern and the older method of street lighting. A great deal of thought, study tTiVertigatiac has been made by the Northern B. C. Power Company in the purchasing of matertr.1 (or thk installation; every article from tha wire, conduits, standards, lanterns, etc.. has the seal of "Made in Canada." The same care exercised m the purchasing has been carried eJdents and witt fay dividends In rOt in planning the system and ttk Jl OTitMfuHn enhancing n property nintlt nllut values, Inrml. Urn has hmm baen proposed, ill iMlrt H the the V1m Idea hMnm being I carried throughout, to make this , 'nvUUation outstanding and a .rode! system for other .rides o follow and one the der-igners' earn, with piide, refer to as a model to be ; l.-lloTcd in progressive ornamental'. Ureet lighting programs. MOTHER'S FAULT , fLm Teacher to new scholar) sidewalks and streets at that time does it happen that your name Is and, if he was unfortunate though Allen and your mother's name Is to mistake the location of the side- Brown? walk, he more than often found Little Lad (after a moment's himself in th- muskeg, minus his thought) Well, you see, it's this lantern ana with the necessity of way; she married again and I did finding his way home as best he not. Provincial Buildings Built In the Early Days ssssss " 'l Which vi Justice In Tent First Provincial Police Office In Prince Rupert, over twenty years ago. HE DEVELOPMENT OF PRINCE KM AND U1STRIC1 ' ' ' ' & aKB I '' " -hn . : 'ac Hi.u.m: B'Wi urn: mas! DC" ",I1IJ (! j '. -,w mtm tMsassjBa mr I 1 H ... v. "4 i I (, i , it,.. , i -., R i.- I J ;.. I f-: mi w&mm mm?, ml ibb' ya i . iy ts?5! B,i"2i:tMgM IB II ' ' ' ' 1 Col