St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-11-22
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Report of REORGANIZATION of the
Lights.

Report of PrOgress.-LocatiOn of the
Lights.
The Thomson-Houston folks are
right on hand with their men and ma
terials, making ready for the introduc-
tion of the new system of lights. The
documents sent up from the home of
fee were not fully satisfactory to the
board of village trustees and have not
been signed, so the business is not fully
completed, but no doubt is expressed
as to the final and satisfactory conclu-
sion of the whole matter as soon as the
home office can be reached. The
Thomson Houston company is repre-
sented by j. M. Fillmore, who is
pushing ahead all arrangements for the
location of the poles, stringing of the
wires, etc.
cent lights will be put in instead OF
the 33 contracted for, the company be-
lieving that the village cannot be we'll
lighted short of that number, and
Throwing in" at their own expense the
extra four arc and the incandescent
lights for the first year, to show their
idea of how the village should be
lighted. Next year the old contract
holds for only 20 arc lights for the
$500 appropriated and $40 for each
additional light as was stated last week.
The village trustees have located
the lights as nearly as is practicable.
When the actual work of putting up
the poles begins, the foliage, etc, in
different localities may necessitate
some changes. In some instances the
lamps will be suspended over the
streets instead of being put upon poles.
Following are the locations of the arc
lights as at present fixed:-
Railroad street: At the south end
near the house owned by d. X. Wake
field at the junction of Eastern ave-
nue. on the Railroad Park corner; head
of Portland street near j. ClOutier's /;
corner of Mill street at the west end
of Paddock village bridge.
street; near DR.. Calderwood's; on
the corner of Maple street.
Eastern avenue on the corner OF
Cherry street.
Main street: At the head of Arnold
park near John Balch's; at the head
of Maple; at the Music hall corner
near St. Johnsbury house; head OF
Eastern avenue; near South church
at the head of Western avenue.
Summer street: Corner of Mt. Pleas
ant, Winter, Webster, Church and
Central streets and near Asa Living
ston's.
Spring street, corner of Webster.
Cliff street: At the corner of Mt.
Pleasant; foot of Winter; corner OF
Central streets.
Western avenue: Besides the lamp
at the head of this avenue noted above
under Main street, there will be one
opposite the lower driveway of the
Gov. Fairbanks place; at the junction
of Summer street and the avenue
at the foot of Cliff street near the
Fairbanks office.
South park at the corner of Park and
South streets.
Fairbanks village near the boarding
house; south of the railroad trestle
Paddock village: At the park near
watering trough; on Pleasant street
near School; corner Pleasant and
Emerson streets.
Five incandescent lights will be To-
Gated as follows: One on Prospect
street near Mrs. A. E. Rankin's, one OH
North Main street near w. S. BOyn-
tons and one each on Charles and Bel
videre streets and Clark avenue.
Mr.. Fillmore is established at the
Avenue house where he will be glad to
meet any business men who may de-
sire information concerning the intro
duction of the electric light into stores
offices, etc.