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having regard to the fact that current is generated at Wandsworth and
transmitted to Streatham and there transformed, it appeared to the
Council that electricity generated at the looting Dust Destructor
could profitably be used by the Company, the Dust Destructor being
nearer to the Streatham distributing station than is the Company's
generating station at Wandsworth. The subject of lighting the
streets of Tooting with electricity being under the consideration of
the Company and the Highways Committee, it was suggested that it
would be an advantage to the Company to purchase the electricity
generated at the Tooting Destructor for the purpose of lighting the
streets in question. The Company then stated that they were advised
that it would not be practicable for them to take at their sub-station at
Streatham the current generated at the Tooting Dust Destructor for
distribution over the whole of the Wandsworth area, but that they
looked more favourably on the proposal that the Company should
purchase electricity generated by the Tooting Dust Destructor for the
purpose of lighting the public streets of Tooting, and that the
Company's Engineer would confer with the Council's Surveyor on the
subject. The matter is still under consideration.
24. The subject of the variations of pressure on the circuit of the
Company's mains is also still under the consideration of the Council.
25. The Council has again been in correspondence with the
Company on the subject of the charges made by them for the supply
of electricity in the Borough. In June, 1904, a letter was received from
the Company stating that in order to meet the wishes of a number of
their consumers the Directors had decided to introduce the option of
an alternative flat rate of 6d. per unit for current supplied for lighting
purposes, and that the charges for meter rentals would also be reduced
by about 25 per cent.
26. The attention of the Board of Trade has again been called to
the accounts published by the County of London Electric Supply
Company not clearly showing each undertaking separately. The
Board of Trade, however, came to the conclusion that they could not
call upon the Company for more detailed statements of accounts.
27. This subject has again been under consideration. The
Combined St. Pancras and other Borough Councils having sugDrainage.
gested that the County Council should promote a Bill
in Parliament for preventing private drains being transformed into