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Street Lighting Contract Facts from Boston 1909
Boston officials outline negotiations with Edison Electric Illuminating Co for street lighting. The memo compares Magnetite and Gilbert lamps, explains price terms, test results, and why electric arc lamps offer advantages over press gas and Graetzin options.
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Boston
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Boston Electric Light Company
Patrick O’shea
Nathan Matthews, Jr
James Donovan
Josiah Quincy
William Jackson
Thomas N. Hart
Gilbert
Atlantic Seaboard
Edison Company
Adams-Bagnall
United States
Baltimore
Fall River
Toledo
Ohio
Portland
Ore
Syracuse
N. Y
Worcester
Mass
Board of Electric Light and Gas Commissioners
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Electric Arc
Commonwealth Avenue
West Street
Richards
Berlin
London
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Germany
New York
Boston Common
New York Electrical Testing Laboratory
Ryan
Staahlgren
Arlington
Clarendon
Berkeley
Merchants’ Association
Guy C. Emerson