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127 Mr. Dean and Mr. Kettell, joining with Warren Street and should be equipped with lights; also for one extra light on Mason Street, which is the street between the new houses of T. C. Sias and C. H. Stevens, and which is not now lighted; also for two extra lights on Pelham Road near the houses of Mr. Parsons and Mr. Garrison. At the point where Maple Street crosses the railroad at Pierce's Bridge, one arc light has been located just beyond the bridge at a cost of $75. We believe this can be replaced with two incandes- cents that will cost $32, thus saving $43. We recommend that in making a new contract arrangements be made for making these changes which we estimate will cost the Elec- tric Light Company, not to exceed $200. Pursuing the same general plan of lighting by incandescent lights in preference to the arc lights, we believe that Massachusetts avenue, between Concord hill and the Arlington line, which is at present lighted with twenty-eight arc lights and four incandescent lights, costing $2164, can be more satisfactorily lighted with 40 c. p. incandescent lights, and that the Electric Light Co. should furnish these incandescent lights at a cost not to exceed $1900, thus effect- ing a saving to the town for this change of $2(4, and the Commit- tee recommends that in making new contract with the Electric Light Co. arrangements shall be made by which the arc lights upon Massachusetts avenue shall be removed and a 40 c. p. incandescent light shall be placed upon every other pole from the Arlington line to the foot of Concord hill. The Committee finds that in general the other streets of the town are very satisfactorily lighted by means of the standard incandescent lamp, but that the care given to these lights by the representatives of the company, is not such as the town should expect for the price it is paying. At present there is a good deal of complaint on ac- count of the outages of lamps and the fact that ]amps remain out for many days shows there is no regular system of inspection upon the part of the company. c I28 The Committee therefore recommends that in drawing up a new contract it shall be stipulated that certain definite inspections of the lights shall be made, and that deductions may be made by the town for outages of lights, according to the light and length of time that the light is out, and suggests that for every incandescent light that is out for more than two hours on any night a deduction of ten cents per night shall be made from the bill, and for every arc light, if the arc lights are continued, a deduction of fifty cents shall be made under similar conditions. Your Committee believes that if the above recommendations are adopted that the lighting will he more satisfactory and more econom- ical for the town. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES W. KETTELL, FRANK H. LOCKE, CHARLES GARRISON, CHAS. B. DAVIS.