The Schenectadian, portraying the advantages, attractions and opportunities of the electic city . the city, a uniform light of the boulevardtype was adopted, and State .Street, throughthe whole shopping section, is now nightlyablaze with light and astir with life. The in-stallation of this lighting scheme has not onlyadded greatly to the attractiveness of thestreet, but has proved highly profitable in atwofold sense: it has been a large factor inincreasing property \alues and has ser\ed tokee]i trade at home. PROGRESS IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS During recent years Schenectad_\-s engineer-ing depar
The Schenectadian, portraying the advantages, attractions and opportunities of the electic city . the city, a uniform light of the boulevardtype was adopted, and State .Street, throughthe whole shopping section, is now nightlyablaze with light and astir with life. The in-stallation of this lighting scheme has not onlyadded greatly to the attractiveness of thestreet, but has proved highly profitable in atwofold sense: it has been a large factor inincreasing property \alues and has ser\ed tokee]i trade at home. PROGRESS IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS During recent years Schenectad_\-s engineer-ing department has been active in workingout and putting into execution comprehensiveplans for many public improvements. Theseinclude street extensions and pa\ing. park-ways and parks, greater efficiency in the watersupply and sewage systems and the construc-tion of a sewage disposal plant. The plansadopted have been designed not only to servethe citys immediate needs, but with the viewof meeting future conditions as well. Obtained by means of artisian wells fromsprings deep underground. Schenectadys. and Avon Knads abundant wati-r >U|ii)ly is un-iir|)a>scil furpurity. IIk source uf supply is near l\oller-daiu. just west of tlic city. Improvements ona lart^e scale are now under way. ]>ro\idins^new steel mains of larger diameter, additionalhigh-pressure puiups at tiie Rotterdam station,and other up-to-date devices that will gi\egreatly increased fire i)rotection an 1 a conse-quent lowering of tiie fire insurance rate. Itis proposed, also, to construct an undergroundreservoir of i ^.) capiicitv onBevis Hill, ? A new sewage disposal |ilant has l)een con-structed at a cost of over $230,000 that em-bodies the most approved ideas for the scien- of ;ircliitectnre, its facade, with a colonnadeof graceful and stately cohunns, is impressivein the beauty and dignity of its treatment, andthe building as a wliole is admirably ])lannedfor its purpose. The rostolllce.
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