The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-08-12
ALL NIGHT LIGHTING
New Service. Tried a. an Experiment
Went Into Enee; Last Night.

Al hight ugMihe frfkifr Mrut tAt,
rne,t in hmiilrhnfo lat night such
.rRiuc win probably le maintained ini
two or thfrc month. ~ an r1pviiment
The experiment wiIl h. irod 60 learn the
sa.t ot ailanisht hsAis Yesterday Chair
man 4 !. Waterman oi the hailihs had 4
coniefrnoe with =. NJ, Adds, manager Of
the Twin State Gas A Electric company
relative g. making new contract De
tween the village and the company ioi
.ir,.t lighting The old contrac, expired
Aue. 1. ON January the lighting com
pany voluntarily reduced IT, rates 20 The
village though the contract with the Nil'
lAgc called Tor a much higher rate than
was made The reduction made ihs
village at that time was 60 correspond
with the commercial rate which the com
pany adopted AZ that time. ie,ierday
Mr.. Addi. made a rate 10 Mr.. Water
man 10 be in effect until something
definite can be done in the way OF renew
ing the old contract.
Mr.. Waterman expects that tins rate
will permit all night lights al a sun
slightly under the pTlce nov para ioi
lights which are extinguished al midnlsht
When Mr.. Waterman informed Mr.. Addi'
that the special committee, consisting ol
COL ]. q. Estey and Horton ID. Walker
had reported tha, the village ought "a
install a municipal plant 4 she lwin
state company would not make a rate a'
low a. recommended by Alton ID. Adams
in February Mr.. Adds said his company
was down TO bedrock with the rates u
offered the village. ~ these rates are
cnr.idcrably in excess OF the rate recon
mended by Mr.. Adams, the electrical ex
nert. il j. likely that the balliiis viii de
eide to call A special meeting OF tht
voters OF the village and lay the report OF
Colonel Estey and Mr.. Walker before
At the meeting OF the bailffs this even
I'M, the report will be taken up. Dur1nl
The ahsence OF Chairman Waterman, whc
has been away on a vacation, the report
has been in the hands OF Solon A. hich
mond but no meeting OF the board ma,
been held As the resolution passed az
the village meeting which authorized .ht
naming Of the special committee diree.eo
the bailiffs to present the result oi u'
inysstigations OF the special committee e
The voters il is likely that such meet
| ing will be called Immediately that th'
matter be settled as soon a. possible
While the Twin State people are reau,
10 make a contract for a term oil years a.
n rate considerably below that named II
the old contract the bailifis are not sur'
that they have authority to make such
contract in view of the specific lnstrnc
tions received from the voters at th'
annual village meeting. =, !.
The all night service will doubtless bt
appreciated as the dense foliage on many
Of the streets makes traffic and pedes
trianism a dangerous proposition attei
midnight. 1t is likely that only part
OF the village lamps will be kept lightec
all night as It is not considered absolutely
necessary to burn all OF the arc and m
oandescent lamps all night The man
feature of the arrangement entered hlS
| between Mr.. Waterman and Mt. AduI'
! is the fact that Brattleboro VIII not re
semble the interior OF a dungeon M altel
midnight for the next two OF 'h'e'
months al least.