Highway/Street Kerosene Traffic Lanterns: Re: C.T.&E.S.

Consolidated Telegraph and Electric Subway co. was founded as the result of either a ny state or city ordinance that required all lines within a certain area of new york city to be buried underground after a severe blizzard that occured i believe in 1888.old photos from the period show an incredible snarl of above ground wires.some of those poles had up to 16 crossarms per pole.what a nightmare of a safety hazard.