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ARTESIAN WELL, MASON'S YARD.
An artesian tube well has been bored by the St.
James's and Pall Mall Electric Light Company at their
Station in Mason's Yard, Duke Street. It commences in
the basement, 20 feet below the surface of the yard. A
well, five feet in diameter, and 15 feet deep, was first dug,
and from this point to 400 feet from the surface of the
yard a boring was made, and an 11½ inch tube was inserted.
Water was struck at a depth of 262 feet, and now rises
to within 150 feet of the surface. The pump extends into
the tube to 220 feet from the surface of the yard, and will
be worked by a six-horse engine, fixed over the well. The
pump is capable of throwing 7,000 gallons of water per
hour, which is the quantity expected.
ELECTRIC LIGHT CONDUCTORS.
Electric Light Conductors have been laid in portions
of the following streets, viz.:—
By the St. James's and Pall Mall Electric Light Company
: Air Street, Burlington Gardens, Denman Street,
Duke Street, Glasshouse Street, Jermyn Street, Mason's
Yard, Ormond Yard, Pall Mall, Piccadilly, Regent Street,
Sackville Street, St. James's Place, Savilc How, Shaftesbury
Avenue, Sherwood Street, Swallow Street, Vigo
Street, and Waterloo Place.
By the London Electric Supply Corporation : Burlington
Gardens, Charles Street, Clifford Street, Cork Street,
Duke Street, Glasshouse Street, Haymarket, King Street