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a week for a few minutes when the tanks are being washed out and any
deposit upon the zinc electrodes is thrown off and thus they cleanse themselves.
For those persons who have not seen the working of the plant
it may be interesting for them to learn that the three-wire system is
installed in the Borough, and one plant is worked from the negative
below and the neutral above and the other plant from the positive
below and the neutral above.
So far as labour is concerned, this has also been considerably lessened
by a small motor stirring the fluid while making it stable, and quite
recently this same motor has been arranged to keep the fluid in the large
supply tank constantly stirred—which was formerly done by hand—so as
to keep the electrolyte at a constant specific gravity.
For the success of the Poplar installation, I must cordially thank Mr.
Bowden, the Borough Electrical Engineer, and his staff, who on all and
every occasion, were ready and willing to give their valuable assistance.
VICTORIA PARK BATHING LAKE.
Representations to the London County Council as to
Cleansing and Flushing.
Representation to the London County Council as to
Supervision of Persons using Lake.
Representations to the London County Council as to
Cleansing and Flushing.
In the summer of 1910 representations were made to the London
County Council as to the bad condition of the water in the bathing lake
in Victoria Park, and a letter from the Parks and Open Spaces Committee
was submitted to the Borough Council in September, 1910, in which it
was stated analysis showed the water was not offensive but was of
sufficiently good quality for the purpose required, and it was not proposed
to take any action until the following spring, when the periodical cleansing
would take place. Representations were thereupon made to the London
County Council by the Council—supported by the Hackney and Bethnal
Green Borough Councils—expressing the opinion that the water in the
lake had been most unsatisfactory, and urging a complete annual cleaning
out of the lake and more adequate flushing during the summer months.