. Electric railway journal . wire fence. LIGHTING AND ADMINISTRATION The electrical service of the park is supplied by theEdison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston, total of 2192 incandescent lamps is in service, thesizes ranging from 4 cp to 32 cp. Edison alternatingservice is used in the operation of thirty-five 8-cp lampsin the theater orchestra pit and in supplying 16-cplamps in the green room, moving-picture booth andticket office of the theater, and direct current to flaming-arc lamp hung over the center of thestage and to ten inclosed-arc lamps hung fromth
. Electric railway journal . wire fence. LIGHTING AND ADMINISTRATION The electrical service of the park is supplied by theEdison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston, total of 2192 incandescent lamps is in service, thesizes ranging from 4 cp to 32 cp. Edison alternatingservice is used in the operation of thirty-five 8-cp lampsin the theater orchestra pit and in supplying 16-cplamps in the green room, moving-picture booth andticket office of the theater, and direct current to flaming-arc lamp hung over the center of thestage and to ten inclosed-arc lamps hung fromthe roof of the auditorium. Forty arc lamps are usedabout the grounds, besides incandescent lamps in vari-ous buildings and on paths. A general policy of replac-ing carbon-filament lamps by tungstens is now underway. The summer staff of the park consists of about fiftyemployees, all of those coming in contact with the publicbeing uniformed. There are five special police, twomatrons, fourteen theater attendants, of whom eleven. Norumbega Park—General Lay-Out of Grounds are ushers, six gardeners, two electricians, three merry-go-round attendants, four souvenir clerks, three tickettakers and eleven laborers and caretakers. All thesereport directly to the park manager, who is occupiedwith the property throughout the year. In the closedseason one watchman and two zoo attendants arerequired. The other employees usually return to thepark yearly after spending the closed season in otheroccupations. Repairs are made under the direction ofthe park manager and extensive jobs by contract. The advertising campaign is begun three weeks be-fore the park opens, posters being placed in cars, inelevated and subway stations, in waiting rooms andother public places, with some use of billboards. Abouttwo weeks before the opening date small advertisementsare run in the Boston and suburban press, and largeradvertisements are run during the following the season a ten-line advertisement
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