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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 2 0 Browse Search
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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Financial and manufacturing. (search)
connection with trees and other obstructions. At the present time no better lighted streets are to be found in the State; and the city, as well as consumers generally, is seldom without a good and continuous service. Messrs. Josiah Q. Bennett and F. H. Raymond were elected directors September 2, 1887, Mr. Bennett becoming the president and Mr. Raymond treasurer, which offices they have held until the present time. The plant was originally placed in a wooden building belonging to George L. Damon, at 23 Main Street, the foundations of which were so unstable, and the business of the company increased so rapidly, that the stockholders determined upon a removal to some more commodious and convenient location nearer the centre of distribution for the current. The present location on Western Avenue was selected, the land purchased, and suitable buildings erected; and on the 11th of October, 1888, at twelve o'clock noon, the current was let on from the new station, just exactly two y