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in Lewisham during the year was £2,158, and in the Hamlet of
Penge £680.
During the hot weather the supply of water from the
Lambeth Water Company was deficient, particularly at Perry
Hill, Church Road, Forest Hill, &c. The whole of the stand
posts are now fitted with swan-neck pipes. One of Bailey's
Hydrostatic Vans was purchased and did good service in
Lewisham. These vans are nothing more than large water carts
with improved distributors. The chief advantage attached to
them is, ill their holding about 500 gallons of water, and thereby
reducing the time lost in going over the road with an empty
water cart. Some of the water carts are old, and new ones will
soon have to be purchased in place of them. There were 27$
miles of road watered in Lewisham, and 8 miles in Penge, during
the year, being an increase on last year's watering.
LIGHTING.
There are at present 540 lamps in the Parish of Lewisham
lighted by the Crystal Palace District Gas Company, at a contract
price of £4 3s. 4d. per lamp per annum, and 433 lighted by the
Phoenix Gas Company, at a contract price of £5 per lamp per
annum. In the Hamlet of Penge there arc 291 lamps lighted by
the Crystal Palace District Gas Company, at a contract price of
£4 3s. 4d. per lamp per annum.
The following gives the additional lamps erected during the
year in the district.
Lewisham.
Meadowcroft, Perry Hill 1
Montem Road 3
Devonshire Road 1
Wynell Road 1
Mayow Road 1
Panmure Road 1
Herschell Road 1
Sydenham Park to Forest Hill
Station (Footpath) 3
Brockley Park 4