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Lighting by
Electricity.
This Board, in January last, consented to an application of the
Anglo-American (Brush) Electric Light Corporation for permission
to lay down wire cables from the Lambeth boundary, via Stamford
Street and Blackfriars Road to Blackfriars Bridge, en route for the
City. The cables having to be laid in close proximity to the
pedestal lamp column at the west end of Southwark Street, it
was thought to be a good opportunity for testing the power
of the light in connection with such column. Accordingly,
an arrangement has been made by which the Company supply
one electric light, placed at the top of the column, the cost of
which will be 6d. per hour. The Board is at the present time
in communication with several other Electric Light Companies,
with a view to lighting the principal thoroughfares by means of
electricity.
Obituary.
By the death of Mr. Vousden, in April last, the Board lost the
services of one of its oldest and most respected members; and in
January last, Mr. John Errington, who had filled the office of
Inspector of Nuisances from the first establishment of the Board
in the year 1856, died. The Board has appointed Mr. Thomas
Buckworth, formerly one of the Inspectors employed by the
Town Council of Nottingham, as his successor.
Precepts.
Precepts have been issued for amounts required to meet the
estimated local expenditure, the charges of the Metropolitan Board
of Works, School Board for London, &c., as under, viz.:—
LOCAL EXPENDITURE.
DATE OF PRECEPT
DESCRIPTION OF RATE.
ST.SAVIOUR.
CHRISTCH'CH.
TOTAL.
£
£
£
27 April, 1880
Sewer Rate
300
180
27 Oct., 1880
Ditto
300
180
600
360
960
27 April, 1880
General Purposes Rate
3,532
2,203
27 Oct., 1880
Ditto
4,062
2,184
7,594
4,387
11,981
£12,941