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Piccadilly Lighting.
The Yestry at the recommendation of the Gas SubCommittee
granted permission to Messrs. Bray, of Leeds,
to light up a portion of Piccadilly from St. James's Street to
Whitehorse Street with their Improved Street Lantern and
Patent Flat Flame-Burners, upon condition that the expense
of the extra gas consumed and the fixing up of the lanterns
be borne by them. A similar privilege was granted to
Messrs. Sugg & Co., but as they declined to conform to the
conditions stated, their lanterns were not exhibited. The
number of lamps lighted was 34 and the average amount of
gas consumed by each was about 23 cubic feet per hour.
The lighting was commenced in July last (1881), and continued
until the 25th March. As a specimen of Street
Lighting, the experiment carried out in Piccadilly by Messrs.
Bray was a decided success, and the Yestry were so far
satisfied with the result that they agreed to purchase the
lanterns exhibited. Instead, however, of using the burners
consuming 25 feet per hour, they substituted burners constructed
so as to consume not more than 12 feet, nor less
than 5 feet per hour, either of which standards could be
adopted at will. At present the 34 lanterns are fitted with
these burners, and consume only 5 feet of gas per hour,
which is an increase of 2 feet over that consumed by the
or dinary street lamps.
Electric Lighting.
The Committee have also had before them the question
of Electric Lighting.
Street Refuges.
The whole of the Refuges in the Parish are lighted
with Bray's Improved Street Lanterns and Patent Flat-