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has passed the House of Lords, and reached the Committee
stage in the House of Commons.
These four Bills were promoted by the
London Water (Purchase of Companies) ;(Finance);Welsh Reservoirs & works); (Aqueducts and works). _ „ .. . . . . r
London County Council with the view of
obtaining power to acquire the undertakings
of the London Water Companies; to provide
money for the purchase of such undertakings
; to acquire land and construct reservoirs
and other works in Wales; and to construct
aqueducts from such reservoirs to London. The Board
did not approve of the Bills, as they were of opinion
that the water supply should be under the control of
a body specially created for the purpose. The London
Water (Purchase of Companies) Bill was lost on second
reading in the House of Commons, and the three other
Bills were thereupon withdrawn.
Metropolitan water companies (No.7.). This Bill, which was introduced into the
House of Commons by Mr. Chaplin, Presi- dent of the Local Government Board,
requires the several Metropolitan Water Companies
to submit to the Local Government Board schemes for
works enabling the Companies to supply each other
with water, and whenever in the opinion of the Local
Government Board a case of emergency has arisen or
is likely to arise, to supply at a reasonable cost such
water as may be required for the need of another Metropolitan
Water Company. The Board petitioned in
favour of the Bill, which passed both Houses and
received the Royal assent on the 6th of June.
Metropolitan water companies(No.8.). This Bil1 was promoted by the eight Metropolitan
Water Companies to provide a
scheme for obviating the possibility of a deficiency
in time of drought, or by reason of accident,
or in case of emergency, by effecting junctions between