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13
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE BOARD OF WORKS
for the
WANDSWORTH DISTRICT,
Being for the Year ended 25th March, 1895.
Electric During the year under report the County of
Lighting. London and Brush Provincial Electric Lighting
Company have submitted to the Board, under the
provisions of the Order of 1892, plans showing the positions
of proposed mains and transformer chambers in the
district. The Board disapproved of the plans, as they
objected to the construction of transformer chambers in
the public way and to the number of crossings proposed.
The London County Council took the same objection
as the Board to the construction of transformer
chambers in the public streets, and they also disapproved
of the proposed works. The Company appealed to the
Board of Trade and agreed to reduce both the number
and the dimensions of the transformer chambers, and
stated that they were willing to place the chambers in side
streets, where that could be conveniently done, and not
to cross the streets except at points opposite transformer
chambers, or where it might be absolutely necessary.
As at first proposed, the transformer chambers would each