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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
which at 2s. Id. per 1,000 c. ft. equals Is. 9¼d.
Against this saving there is the extra cost of mantles,
rods, globes, and the fitter's time fixing the same.
The average amount per lamp expended on these
items was 13s. 7½d. Deducting the amount saved
in gas from the extra amount spent in mantles, &c.,
and it will be seen that the increased cost for the
upkeep of an incandescent burner over the ordinary
burner, for the past year, has been 11s. 10¼d.; but
it must be remembered that for this extra expenditure
a much superior light has been obtained.
Electric Arc Lamps—Westbourne Terrace.
On one occasion during the past year the Electric
Arc Lamps in Westbourne Terrace failed, the whole
of them being out of lighting for about one hour
during the middle of the evening of the 27th
February. The failure was due to an accident at
the Amberley Road works of the Metropolitan
Electric Supply Company.
Complaints had to be made to the Company on
several occasions, during the earlier part of the year,
of lamps burning out before the proper time, and these
have been remedied by new lamps being fitted in place
of the defective ones.
London Overhead Wires Act, 1891.
During the year the National Telephone Company
have erected 1,205 single spans of wire in the Parish