The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-20
 W4LLINGFORD EVENTS.

The committee of the board of bur gesses appointed to investigate the electric light question has made the following report:
 'sYour committee appointed to ascer- tain cost of constructing an electric lighting plant and maintenance of same submit the following report: The estimate contained herewith is an ap- proximate made by the New Eng land Engineering company of Water bury, their representatives having gone over the ground with your committee. The estimated cost of installing plant, exclusive of land, is $1500O, and includes all the wiring, poles, arc lamps with their fittings, generators, switchboard, engines, boiler, with the necessary pip ing, a brick station one story high, 56 feet inches long by. 3S feet wide. The engines to be of high speed, single cyl finder type, 75 horse power each, and 75 horse power horizontal tubular boil CT, with necessary stack. The genera tors to be of 75 lights capacity each. This arrangement will give capacity such that either engine and either gen. orator will run all the lights, so that in case of break down of one we Will have the other so the lights can be- kept running.
 The line will cover approximately miles of street. Poles to be 50 feet long set on an average of 10o feet apart. Arc lights to be the double car bon type, and to be installed with a 15 foot mast arm. The location of the arc lights are as follows: Hall avenue west of River street; Hall avenue at bridge; River street corner Ward; Ward street at bridge; Ward street and Quinnipiac street. Washington and Oak streets, Washington and Hall avenue; Wash ington and Quinnipiac streets; wash ineton and Grand streets; Ward and West streets; Quinnipiac and Valley streets; Cherry and Parker streets; Cherry street at Housa tonic Manufac- turine company; Cherry street and Hall avenue; Cherry and Pearl streets; Cherry and Ward streets; North Col pnv and Church streets; North Colony and Center streets South Colony and Prince streets; South Colony and Ward streets; Center and William streets: Center and Orchard streets; Center and Whittlesey avenue; Center and South Main streets; Center and Fair streets; Center and South Elm streets; Center street and Simpson avenue; Center and Constitution streets; Orchard and Christian streets; Orchard street and Rembert avenue; Orchard and Frank lin streets; Orchard and Ward streets; Orchard near High street; Whittlesey svenue between Christian and Church M and Church street: whittlesey avenue and Prince street.: Whittlesey avenue and Ward street; North Main and North streets; south Main street near school building; North Main and Christian streets; North Main and Church streets; South Main between Prince and Ward streets; South Main and Ward streets; South Main street south of Sylvan avenue; Curtis avenue and Academy street; Fair and Wallace streets; Fair and Ward streets North Elm corner of Christian; South Elm corner of Ward; South Elm and Ward; South Elm and Wallace: South Elm and Sylvan ave- nue. making a total of fifty-three arc lights; also incandescent lights on North Colony between Christian and Church streets and six incandescents on Cherry SLF66L UeWSeu Ilttll lfSliue ctIld Silk street.
 eve estimate annual cost of main taining plant of above capacity exclu- aive of any new construction as fol- lows: Coal, 400 tons $1,6OO; repairs and supplies, $500: salary account, $1,- 300: interest, $500; total. S4,2O0.
 Respectfully submitted, William J. Todd. Henry B. Hall, Charles Toothe, eommittee."
 A special meeting of the freemen of fhe borough is called for Thursday evening. November g. to discuss the ratter and take decided action on the question.
 Now that there is a prospect of hay ing a. chance, if the people so desire, to have the borough strets lighted by electricity will the ones who were so anxious a few years ago attend the meeting that is called on the question November and vote for the adoption of the electric light system and vote for an appropriation of $16,OOO or more to defrav the expenses of establishing such a plant and also favor the outlay nf s42OO a year to conduct such plant. If the taxpayers vote in favor of such mn outlay then there is nothing to pre- vent the lighting of the borough streets