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COMPARISON WITH OTHER UNDERTAKINGS.
Is this an extravagant outlay ? The only way to
ascertain is to compare the cost with other Undertakings, and
the following Schedule (taken from the London County Council
Electric Supply Returns, 1906), will show that the Hammersmith
Undertaking has been laid down on more economical
lines than any other included in the Return, so the Capital has
evidently been expended to the best advantage.
SCHEDULE No. 1.
Borough councils, 1906.
Companies 1906.
1. Hammersmith £265285/3297=£8o
South London £358088/3950=£90
2. Hampstead £308957/3306=£120
St. James'and £575843/5280=£108
Pall Mall
3. Southwark £84968/700=£121
Westminster £1117661/8562=£130
4. Stepney £251687/2012=£125
Kensington and £507730/3283=£132
Knightsbridge
5. St. Pancras £526562/3600=£144
City of London £2198321/16019=£137
6. Shoreditch £328351/2250=£146
Charing Cross £12592664/8977=£140
City
7. Hackney £280185/1902=£147
Brompton and £300549/1996=£150
Kensington
8. Battersea £235967/1515=£155
Charing Cross £1028980/5245=£196
West End
9. Islington £429330/2642=£162
Notting Hill £278836/1370=£203
10. Poplar £253242/1520=£166
London £1261009/6000=£210
11. Bermondsey £121449/682=£179
County of £1473532/6853=£215
London
1 a. Fulham £240859/1250=£192
Chelsea £54213/2388=£227
13. Woolwich £2566087/1037=£247
South £456918/1770=£258
Metropolitan
i4.St.Marylebone£1832643/5680=£322
Average £5530777/31453=£176
£13538953/83746=£161