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REPORT
OF
AN ENQUIRY INTO
THE LIGHTING BY GAS,
By Various Local Authorities,
With Recommendations for the future Gas Lighting of the Parish of
Fulham, by Dr. J. E. Cooney, and Messrs. W. Davey and E. B. Hutchinson,
Sub-Committee of the Works and General Purposes Committee of
the Vestry of Fulham.
The Parish of Fulham comprises an area of 1,716 statute acres,
and has about 25 miles of carriage way, and five miles of foot
paths where there is no carriage way, and an estimated population
of 53,625; but taking into consideration the number of
occupied houses being 9,658, at 73 inhabitants to each house, the
estimated population may be between 53,625 and 70,503. There
are 10,716 houses in the district, 1,058 being unoccupied. Gas is
supplied by two Gas Companies at the following cost per annum—
Brentford Gas Company, £36, and the Gas Light and Coke Company,
£3,764. These amounts are approximate only, and the total
cost of £3,800 includes supply of gas, lighting, rent, &c.
The Gas Light and Coke Company charges at the following
rates for street lamps, when payment is made quarterly:
Winter Quarter.
Summar Quarter.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
5 ft. Size of Light
1
0
1
0
12
7
12ft. do.
2
2
9½
1
4
(
6
28ft. do.
4
11
4
2
9
8½
The Gas Light and
Coke Company.
Brentford Gas
Company.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Supply of gas
2523
1
4
Lighting and extinguishing, &c.
Repairing, painting, &c.
761
15
0
34
19
0
174
17
0
Rent of post and lamps
252
0
0
Rent of meters
3
12
0
Removals
48
14
8
1
1
0
£3764
0
0
£36
0
0