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london hydraulic power company's bill.
The Acts of Parliament under which the London Hydraulic
Power Company was constituted and carries out its work empower
the Company to lay mains on the south side of the Thames within
GOO yards of the centre of the river, but not to lay mains in other
districts of the Metropolis on that side of the river without the
consent of the local authorities.
The Company have on several occasions applied to the Vestry
for power to lay such mains, and the Vestry have expressed their
willingness to consent, subject to the Company paying a substantial
way-leave. This the company has hitherto refused to do. The Bill,
however, proposed to enable the Company to appeal to the Board of
Trade against any refusal to grant them permission to lay mains in
any parish or district in the Metropolis, or any consent granted upon
terms, conditions and stipulations to which the Company might
object. The Vestry strongly protested against the Bill as an attempt
to interfere with the rights of local authorities, and at once issued
a circular to the surrounding authorities with a view, if possible, of
securing united opposition to the proposal. The Vestry also petitioned
against the Bill.
The Bill came on for hearing before a Committee of the House
of Lords on the 19th March, 1900, when, after hearing the arguments
addressed to them by Counsel on behalf of the London County Council
and of the Vestry of Shoreditch and this Vestry, the Committee
determined that the preamble of the Bill had not been proved. The;
Bill was, therefore, thrown out.
The Vestry deem this a very satisfactory termination to their
opposition.
county of london and brush provincial electric lighting company'
bill.
Notwithstanding the fact that a proposal of a similar character
promoted by the Company was thrown out in the previous Session
of Parliament, the Company again promoted this Bill in the Session
1900. The Bill had for its object the unification of all the accounts
and undertakings of the Company in the various parishes in South
London, the supply of the parishes by one large generating station and
the granting of power to the Company to convey their mains through.