The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-02
New IatIesed Lamp Is Brilliant And
Steady.
Bitter Fight Expected
Monday Night.
Attempt May Be Made To Take
Contract From New Co.

Ci,izers generally had an opportunity
lights Ct the Portland Eleotric Light
company last evening. They were By all
odds the mos brilliant street lamps ever
seen In Portland. They give strong
whits light which doss not vary
PARTICLE, but Is as sn inoandescent only
many times more powerful. No shadow
Is thrown by these lights beneath them.
Tbs rays rrdiats to all points In . heri
zontal line and serve to illuminate the
STREET Tar better than do the old style
lamps.
On many Of the streets where they were
In uss last nj zht ths lamps Of the Con-
solidated Electric Light company were
also burning The difference In the two
lamps could Immediately be seen. The
while the lights Of the old fashioned arcs
are Of yellow shade when compared
with them.
!: The Portland Electric Light company
was to have assumed Its lighting contract
with the vity last night. Owing to the
many obstacles which thu company has
had to overcome only . portion OF the
lights were turned on last night. That
section of the city from Bracket and
Spring streets through to Portland and
from Grove street on the northerly aide Of
the city through to Sheridan was bril-
liautly iiluminated. There were many
lights ON Congress street In operation and
they were also burning on Fore street as
Tar east as Mountfort.
Manager George W. Brown said last
night that In all eleven hundred poles
had been placed BY the nfw company.
Last night three circuits were In opara.
tion and another one will be going BY to
night. The wire Is being stretched and
the connections made az fast ~ possible.
In all the CONTRACTS calls for eso lights.
last night there were over ITO pufnfnR
and by tonight this numbsr win have
been largely increased. On next Monday
night practically all of the lights CON-
tracted for win be burning. Nearly all
Of the poles which viii be req uired are
now in position. The company In ordsr
10 get Its circuits In readiness will be
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II everything goes we'll by Monday night
the company will bs prepared 70 inumi-
nate about all the streets In town.
The Consolidated Electric Light COM
p.ny yesterday sent . letter to Mayor
Robinson In which 1t agrees to the pro-
position Of the oommittss on lights to
continue lighting the strsets as they have
been doing until and includ ing the night
Of December 4. The following 10 the
letter of the Consolidated Light company:
10 the Mayor and Committee on Lights
OF the City of Portland, Maine:
Geutlemen The Consolidated Eleotric
Light company of Maine has your oom-
munication IN behalf Of the City of Port
land of the dats Of November %. 1899, re-
questing said Consolidated klectrtc Light
com pany Of Maine to continue to light
this city 70 and including Monday, De-
cembe 4, 1899.
1t being the fact that the Portland
Electric Light company cannot and will
not light the streets, lanes. squares and
other localities and public buildings Of
the City of Portland beginning on this
First Day Of December. 1899, and that the
contract Of the City of Portland with said
Portland Electric Light company 10