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39- This Bill proposed to amend the Public Health (London)LondonCountyCouncil(General
Powers). Act, 1891, by omitting the word "black" from
.
Section 24. The section is as follows :—
"Any chimney (not being a chimney of a private dwelling-house)
sending forth black smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance."
It also proposed to empower the County Council to enforce
other provisions of the Act of 1891, and to amend the law as to
employment agencies, and contained similar provisions with
regard to milk supply as were contained in the Bill mentioned in
the last Annual Report (page 43). This Council made no order
with regard to the Bill. The clauses relating to milk were deleted,
and the provisions relating to smoke altered during progress of
the Bill in Parliament.
40. This Bill was promoted by the Wandsworth and Putney
Gas Companies (Standard Burner)No. 1. Gaslight and Coke Co., the Brentford Gas Co., and
eight other Companies, and provided that the testing
for illuminating power of the gas supplied by
the promoting Companies shall be by means of the Standard
Burner (defined as the Metropolitan Argand Burner No. 2, or any
other burner which the Board of Trade may approve), and prescribed
the conditions and methods of testing with the standard
burner. Two similar Bills, promoted by other Companies, were
also introduced, and a conference was held of Local Authorities in
whose districts the Companies supply gas. The conference
decided to oppose the Bills in question, but this Council decided
to be separately represented against the No. 1 Bill, and they
accordingly petitioned against the Bill with the view of obtaining
the insertion of provisions with respect to the testing of the
•calorific power of the gas supplied by the Wandsworth and
Putney Gas Company, and providing for the transfer of the Con.
pany from the jurisdiction of this Council to that of the London
County Council for the purposes of testing gas, the County
Council being the authority for other Metropolitan Gas Companies.
Both the Wandsworth and Putney and Brentford Gas
Companies consequently withdrew from the Bill, which has now
passed.
41. This Bill provided for the transfer of the management of Crystal Palace.
the Crystal Palace from the present Board of
Directors to a Hoard of Directors, consisting or a
Chairman appointed by the Board of Trade, and eight other