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new lamp-posts, lanterns, and fittings, which cost a further sum of
£98 11s. 2d.
A larger burner was fixed to the bracket lamp in Marlborough
Row, at the entrance to Carnaby Court, and permission was given
for an improved bracket lamp to be substituted, at private expense,
for an existing lamp outside No. 104, Jermyn Street, the new lamp
becoming the property of the Vestry.
The freeholders of Golden Square having decided to remove the
existing railings round the Square garden, and erect new railings
in place thereof, suggested that the public lamps then fixed to
the railings should be removed, and new lamp-posts erected in the
line of kerb. The Vestry, however, objected to this proposal, and,
after some negotiation between the Vestry's Surveyor and Mr.
Cubit Nichols, the Estate Surveyor, it was arranged that openings
should be left at intervals in the new railings for the insertion of
suitable lamps therein. As the parishioners would not derive any
benefit from this alteration, the Vestry considered that part of the
cost should be borne by the freeholders of the property, and, upon
a representation being made to this effect, the freeholders agreed to
contribute £12 towards the cost of the new lamp-posts and lanterns.
Repeated damage having been caused to street lanterns in various
parts of the Parish, evidently in a wilful manner, the attention of
the Police was directed to the matter, with a request that any
occurrence of the kind may be reported with a view to proceedings
being instituted against the offender. The police authorities
expressed their readiness to afford the Vestry every assistance in
putting a stop to what might result in a great public danger, and
special directions were issued to the constables on duty. No conviction
has, however, yet resulted.
At the request of Mr. William Laing, Managing Director of the
Laing Electric Light Company, permission was given for an experiment
to be made with that Company's system of street lighting in
Waterloo Place and the lower end of Regent Street. A shed to
contain the necessary engine and apparatus was accordingly erected
by the Company in Waterloo Place, and the thoronghfares named