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Streetlight dilemma
The wheels of progress indeed move slowly and fts the town of Washington thrashes out its decision as to what streetlight will be chosen for its streets, it is important to remember a few things.
To bring readers up to date, the town is currently looking at three different styles of lights from which to choose its final light selection. The Cobra Arm, which is the standard fixtures put up by Potomac Edison at no charge, the Acorn Globe fixture, made by the Hadco Company and the Trimble House fixture, made by Trimblehouse Corp. of Norcross, Ga.
While it is obvious the most economical decision for the town would be to choose the Cobra Arm, aesthetically it would be a most unattractive addition to the town. The Acorn Globe fixture, while the most ornate of the three, appears to belong in a more formal environment than the streets of our rural country town.
The third fixture, the Trimble House, according to research by lighting experts, is the fixture that is historically compatible to the type of lighting put up originally in small, rural towns in the Piedmont area. In comparison to the Acorn Globe, it appears to be simple and unadorned, however, what is the goal here? To change the basic character of the town by constructing a fixture that has no historic significance or erecting fixtures that do?
Remember you are only looking at one fixture now, you must imagine what that fixture will look like multiplied by many more throughout the streets of our small town.
The Inn at Little Washington has requested that it, at its expense, be allowed to erect one of two choices around its property in the town. Its final selection is the Acorn Globe and another fixture, the Victorian III, (not approved by the Town Council). The Trimble House was not among its final choices, nor understandably the Cobra Arm.
The Architectural Review Board, of whom the request was made, chose wisely to wait until the final decision on the lights is made, hopefully to avoid a situation where the town chooses one light and the Inn another with an end result of a myriad of streetlight designs throughout the town.
While the more ornate Acorn Globe fixture is undoubtedly a more appropriate style of fixture for the Inn and the Inn can obviously choose whatever light they want for their property and at their expense, let us hope that, if the town comes to a different decision, a compromise of some sort can be worked out. Our small town festooned with a number of different styles of streetlights could look ridiculous and ultimately defeat the purpose of this endeavor in the first place.
And if an unattractive culmination to this long ordeal is what is in store, why not put up the Cobra Arm fixtures — they come at the best price.
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