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Lighting.
On 5th November, 1895, the Vestry Resolved:
(1) That an extra lamp column be placed in Nelldale Road, Abbeyfield Road end, and
the existing one moved higher up.
(2) That a lamp column be placed about midway in Somerset Place.
(3) That an extra lamp column be placed in the Lower Road, corner of Albion Street,
and the existing one on the other side of the road removed to about opposite
Christ Church Vicarage, No. 20; that a lamp column be placed between Nos. 76 and
78, Lower Road, and that between "The Prince of Orange" P.H. (No. 118)
and Deptford Road Station, three extra lamp columns be placed, and the existing
ones rearranged at the discretion of the Surveyor.
The South Metropolitan Gas Company having offered to place on trial 6 Incandescent
Burners in any position the Vestry might select, it was
Resolved—To accept the offer of the Company, and that they be placed in Union
Road.
On 19th November, 1895, the Surveyor reported that G Incandescent Gas Burners had
been fixed upon the lamps in the Union Road between Cathay Street and Paradise Street.
An application having been received from the Churchwarden of Christ Church for a
contribution towards the cost of providing an automatic apparatus for the lighting of the
Church Clock, estimated to cost £10, the Vestry, on 19th November, 1895,
Resolved—To contribute the sum of £5.
On 3rd December, 1895, the Vestry instructed the Surveyor to procure a gas testing
apparatus, and have the same fixed in his office, and to report to each meeting of the Vestry
upon the quality and pressure, etc., of the gas supplied.