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3. Grand Junction Waterworks Company (Chief Office,
65, South Molton Street). So much of the Parish as lies to
the west of the district supplied by the New River Company
and the north of the centre of Pall Mall. This Company was
incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1811.
4. West Middlesex Waterworks Company (Chief Office,
19, Marylebone Road). So much of Oxford Street as issituate
within the Parish. This Company was incorporated
by Act of Parliament in the year 1806.
The charges authorised by the various Acts of Parliament
relating to the several above-mentioned Companies are almost
identical, the scale being as follows:—
Where the annual value of the dwelling-house or other
place does not exceed £200, a rate not exceeding 4 per cent.
per annum; where such annual value exceeds £200, a rate
not exceeding 3 per cent. per annum. An additional charge,
varying from 4s. per annum where the annual value of the
house exceeds £30 but is less than £-50, to 12s. where the
annual value of the house exceeds £300, is permitted for each
single water-closet, fixed bath, or high service; for each additional
water-closet, fixed bath, or high service, half these rates
are to be charged. High service is defined as a delivery of
water at an elevation of more than ten feet above the pavement
in front of the dwelling-house or other place supplied.
The Companies may supply water for other than domestic
purposes, either upon agreed terms or by meter at a specified
rate.
Gas is supplied to the whole Parish by the Gas Light and
Coke Company (Chief Office, Horseferry Road).