A plan to further illuminate the business district of the city with colored lights during the Christmas season has been developed by a committee of the Williamsport Retail Merchants Association.

The plan is to string a series of colored lights between the boulevard light on the standard on the streets of the shopping section standards, Fourth Street between Market and Hepburn, Third Street, between Mulberry and William Streets are streets thud to be illuminated.

The committee expects to have the lights strung and illuminated by Saturday night, They will remain up until January 2. The contract has been awarded to the Lycoming Edison Company which yesterday secured a permit for the work.

Samuel Miller, chairman in charge of the committee is also working out some activities to be carried on by local merchants in connection with the holiday lighting.

Every merchant has been interviewed and with few exceptions they are heartily in favor of the plan.

The committee is composed of the following men, Samuel Miller of Brozman’s Women’s Shop, Leo Bartand of the Sun-Gazette Company, W.H. Grady of J.C. Penney Company, A.B. Hunt of Hunt Plumbing Company, Harry Stern of Stern’s Clothing Shop, Leon Mulrad of Livingston’s, C.H. Breon of Kolb Brothers, Charles Kahn of Fred Kimeter and Company, Peter H. Lehman of the Neyhart Hardware Company, and L. Myers of Myers Brothers.