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The cost of street lighting shows a diminution of £177
16s. 10d. for the year, as compared with the cost for the
previous twelve months, the difference being entirely due to
a reduction in the price of gas.
Some improved lamps have been fixed at Piccadilly Circus,
and the lighting of Pall Mall, near Waterloo Place, has been
increased. With a view to still further improving the lighting
of the last-mentioned locality, the Yestry suggested to the
Commissioners of Works that the heavily metalled lamps at
each side of the Guards' Memorial should be removed and
replaced by globes of more modern description. The Commissioners,
however, stated that they were not prepared to
make the suggested alteration, as the lamps were designed in
connection with the monument.
PRIVATE LAMPS.
The Yestry some years since decided not to permit the
erection of Private Lamps except upon the following conditions
:—
1. That no part of such Lamps shall be less than 10 feet in height
from the public footway.
2. That no such Lamps shall in any case project further than the
inside of the kerb bounding the footway.
3. That all such Lamps shall be entirely free from writing or any
trade devices, except in such cases as Medical Men, Post Office,
Sweeps, Fire Engines, or other positions where they would be a
public guide in cases of emergency.
4. That no Lamps shall be suspended by ball and socket-joint
only.
5. That no Lamps on posts be agreed to unless they are kept
lighted the whole night.
6. That a sketch of the proposed Lamps with their dimensions,
and of any intended inscription thereon, be submitted with the
application to the Vestry for approval.