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355 SPECIAL MEETING, September 7, 1926. ' A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Office at 5:00 P. M. Messrs. Cu,stance, Burnham, Miles, Ballard, and Robertson were present. The Superintendent of Public Works and the Clerk were also present. .Mr. J. H. Grey of the Edison Electric Ill. Co., Mr. E. H. Mara, Mr. Edward L. Fenn, and Mr. W. R. S. Eaton of the Board of Trade came before the Board to discuss the report of the Edison Electric Ill. Co. on the lighting of Mass. Avenue from Meriam Street to Woburn Street. This report was made upon the request of the Lexington Board of Trade, and is as follows: STREET LIGHTING RECOMPMNDATIONS LEXINGTON - MASSACHUSETTS FDA MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE This report, presented at the request of the Lexington Board of ' Trade, provided for a modern street lighting system in the area con- sidered. Lexington, with a population of 8000, largely a residental and agricultural town, situated on the main highway to northern New York, places its business district in a position where it is capable of great development. This district is also a shopping center for a large part of the surrounding country. With these two classes of customers, both of which do a great deal of their shopping after dark, the need for an adequate street lighting system is obvious. Such a system also tends to decrease accidents, reduce crime, and has a potential advertising value. Throughout the country, communities, particularly those which are on main arteries of travel, are coming to a realization that modern street lighting in certain localities is exceedingly advantag6ous. New England towns have been a bit backward in this development but at the present time there are a number which have installed a modern lighting system, and many are planning one in the near future. Leo- minster has a system of fifty-four 1,500 candle-power lamps. Clinton has recently installed fifty-five 600 candle-pgwer lamps. Old Orchard , Biddeford, and Saco, Maine, have used 600 and 1,500 candle-power lamps for several years. Danvers is planning an installation of 1,500 cjmdle- power lamps. ' PRESENT SYSTEM: When the present system was installed, the lights were very well placed as regards spacing, type of pole, and unit used, but it does not meet the demands of the present day. The lamps which are now in use give a degree of illumination which is inadequate, and present poles are not satisfactory for a larger type of unit, nor are they of sufficient height.