Electric Street Lights

Líist week's Democrat has a sujrgestioii wliicli la wel] to the polak Itisanent the threatcnccl removal oftbe Van Depoel lijilit frocn onr stieets. It 8;iys: "It Í8 reportad t lie clectric light Is to lj removed trnm the city. '1 lic couiicil will make a great mirtake if they allow these liglits to be removed from tlic streets. Itwuuldbe a step baoltward. Our business men, and Dearly eTerybody in the city, Is in favor of rtUiiinini: Uie light if pos.sible. It it a common remark of strangers and travf linji men that there U not a city iu the country whose business streets are so well lifjuiecl as ours. I( the council will secuie the lighting uf the asoline at ¦ raafooableprice - My ten dollars a lamp, instpad of tilitcn dollars and sixty cents whlcb we h:.ve been paying - this, with the MTing the city Is making on gas hy baring the pólice lio llie lightin(r, wonld enable thecouticll to keep at least twenty electtic lijihts without increasing the total cost ot üghtinjr the city over what t iiai beon for leveral years past."