NAPHTHA LAMPS. There are 80 naphtha lamps, in which naphtha of 76° specific gravity is used. ११ ELECTRIC LIGHTS. The electric lights, 1,447 in number, located in this city are arc lights," of what is commercially know as 2,000candle power light, and are supplied by the Boston Electric Light Company, the Charlestown Gas Company, and the Brookline Gas-Light Company. On Jan. 7, 1890, contracts were made with the Brookline Gas-Light Company and the Charlestown Gas Company to furnish light at forty cents per light per night for a term of five years, beginning with the above-named date. The following is the form of contract: ELECTRIC LIGHT CONTRACT. 6 This agreement, made the seventh day of January, A.D. 1890, by and between the Brookline Gas-Light Company, a corporation established by law, having a usual place of business in Boston, Massachusetts, of the first part, and the City of Boston, of the second part: Witnesseth, that the said company agrees to furnish electric lights, of such candle-power as will be obtained when each arc lamp in the circuit or circuits shall give 9 to 10 amperes, or electrical units at a voltage or electrical pressure of 45 to 50 volts, with the best quality and size of carbons adapted to said lights, and all lamps furnished shall give a steady and uniform light without undue flickering or hissing, and to the satisfaction and acceptance of the Superintendent of Lamps of said city, in such numbers, and such places in the streets, lanes, parks, or other public places in said city, as may be legally directed from time to time, and keep the same lighted to the satisfaction of said Superintendent, from sunset to sunrise of each and every night during the continuance of this contract. And said company further agrees to indemnify and save harmless said City of Boston from and against all claims and demands for damages, in contract or tort, costs, expenses, or compensation for or by reason of the erection, maintenance, or use of any of said lights, or of the wires or apparatus connected therewith; and also against any and all claims by reason of any infringement of any patent right in the use of said lights, or the apparatus or machinery connected therewith. The said City of Boston agrees to pay for said lights, furnished and lighted as aforesaid, to the satisfaction of said Superintendent, at the rate of forty cents per light for every whole night the same are lighted; and at the same rate per hour of lighting, where, by order of said Superintendent of Lamps, such lights are lighted for a portion of the night only, and to make payment thereof monthly. It is also understood and agreed that, in case of the failure or neglect of said company to furnish and keep lighted said lights, or any of them, as above agreed, there shall be forfeited and deducted from the sums to be paid by the City of Boston under this contract, an amount for each light not so lighted, and kept lighted, equal to double the rate to be paid for lighting the same under this contract, as above provided. The furnishing of electric lights by said company as aforesaid shall commence on the seventh day of January, 1890, and shall continue five years, provided appropriations are, from time to time, duly made by the City Council for said lighting; andshall continue thereafter until a new agreement shall be made by the parties, or the first party, or the Superintendent of Lamps of said city shall in writing notify the other party that this agreement is terminated. It is also understood and agreed that, in case of any alteration of this contract, so much thereof as is not necessarily affected by the change shall remain in force upon all parties hereto. (Signatures.) In addition to this, arrangements were made with the Boston Electric Light Co. to furnish similar lights under the same conditions and at the same price as above, but no written contract was made with them. The locations of the 322 new lights which have been erected during the past year are as follows: They are lighted by the following-named companies : Out of a total number of 13,232 public street lamps, the number of electric lights, as has been stated, is 1,447. The cost of comparative maintenance is shown as follows: 1890. Paid for gas, oil, and naphtha lamps, light Paid for gas, oil, and naphtha lamps, lighting and care of same Paid for electric lights $357,388 54 153,520 75 $329,527 51 187,644 43 The public lamps are distributed in the various sections of the city, as follows: as The following table shows the number of lamps of all kinds in use on the last day of the financial year 1891, compared with the 15th day of December, 1890.1 1 Owing to the change in the financial year this comparison covers a period of thirteen months, from Dec. 15, 1890, to Jan. 15, 1892. The changes during the past year have been as follows: The number of gas lamps put up during the past year was The number of oil lamps put up was 244. Also 280 oil lamps have been changed to gas, in accordance with an understanding with the several gas companies that wherever they extend their mains the public lamps will be connected thereto. During the year, 322 electric lights have been erected. The total number of new lamps of all kinds set up during the year was 765. Gas. Oil. Naphtha Large gas lamps Total. LAMPS DISCONTINUED. BROKEN LANTERNS. The number of lanterns which was reported by the police as broken the past year was Reported by the lamplighters Taken out by repairers, without report Total The lanterns are repaired by the department, at its workshop on Albany street, where there are eight men permanently employed. All the cost of men employed at the shop, repainting lanterns, posts, and brackets, carting of posts, oil, and lanterns, stock used in repairing, horse-keeping, etc., is included in the item in the schedule of expenditures for repairing lan terns. EMPLOYEES. The number of men employed is 166, viz. : One superintendent, 1 clerk, 1 assistant clerk, 1 messenger, 154 lighters, and 8 men in the repair-shop. The men (126 in number) who light and care for the gas lamps are distributed as follows: City Proper Roxbury 38 men 23 21 1 Seventeen of these lamps were 30-ft. burners and two were 15-ft. burners, requiring for their yearly maintenance an average of $162.44 each; by the substitution of electric light the cost of maintenance is $146 each. |