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Light and Power Company, Limited; the Swan United
Electric Light Company, Limited; the Pilsen-Joel and
General Electric Light Company, Limited; all of whom
sought power to supply electricity within the whole or
certain portions of the St. Giles District.
These applications were opposed by you before the
Board of Trade, with the view of obtaining such amendments
in the proposed Orders as you considered advisable,
and after considerable negotiations with the Companies and
the Board of Trade, and after a "Local Enquiry" held by
an Inspector appointed by that Board, the Board of Trade
granted Provisional Orders to two of the Companies, viz:—
The Metropolitan (Brush) Electric Light Company,
Limited, and the Pilsen-Joel and General Electric Light
Company, Limited, to enable them to light certain areas
within the St. Giles District, the other two Companies
referred to withdrawing their applications.
These Provisional Orders gave effect to many of the
objections made by you, and altogether placed your Board
in a much better position than they would have been if the
powers originally sought for by the Promoters had been
granted them. The Orders were subsequently confirmed
by the Legislature and became Law, under the titles of the
Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 5) Act, 1883,
and the Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 6)
Act, 1883.
By the first-named Order, the Metropolitan (Brush)
Electric Light Company, Limited, was authorized to supply
electricity, for lighting and other purposes, to the portion
of your District lying north of New Oxford Street and
High Holborn, the larger portion of which (bounded on