. History of the town of Princeton, in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1759-1915. PRINCETON VILLAGE FROM THE EAST. c:emetery and the old pound Miscellany 369 and 70 lamps were provided for the streets near the Centreand 25 at East Princeton. Gasolene and kerosene wereused with rather unsatisfactory results. The cost of maintenance steadily increased and the lightsoperated only part of the year. At a Town Meeting heldApril 3, 1911, Dr. E. S. Lewis, J. D. Gregory and P. were chosen to investigate Electrical StreetLighting and report at a future meeting. The
. History of the town of Princeton, in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1759-1915. PRINCETON VILLAGE FROM THE EAST. c:emetery and the old pound Miscellany 369 and 70 lamps were provided for the streets near the Centreand 25 at East Princeton. Gasolene and kerosene wereused with rather unsatisfactory results. The cost of maintenance steadily increased and the lightsoperated only part of the year. At a Town Meeting heldApril 3, 1911, Dr. E. S. Lewis, J. D. Gregory and P. were chosen to investigate Electrical StreetLighting and report at a future meeting. They reportedunanimously in favor of such a system, and H. P. Houghton,J. B. Marcou and P. C. Doolittle were chosen a committeeand given full power to make contracts. The matter ofraising a sufficient amount of money to finance the projectof municipal ownership of an electric lighting system wasdiscussed at meetings held on various dates. It wasfinally decided favorably Sept. 14, 1912, and the Townvoted to raise $15,000 to install this system of street andcommercial lighting. It has proved a success and 130street lights are maintained in
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