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Gas, Price of
ing westerly to the corner of Great Guildford Street, the
horses' heads facing east in both cases.
of In January also a letter was received from the South
Metropolian Gas Company, notifying that the price of gas
supplied by them had been reduced 2d. per 1000 feet from the
Christmas quarter, making the price 2s. 3d. per 1000 feet, and
that of the public lamps not on the meter system from
£3 7s. 4d. to £3 3s. 9d. per lamp per annum, less the usual
discount of 5 per cent, if paid within a month from quarter
day.
Cattle Trough
In March the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle
Trough Association applied for permission to erect a trough
for cattle at the west end of Southwark Street. The Board
was, however, of opinion that one erected in that locality
would cause obstruction, and suggested in lieu thereof the
entrance into Holland Street from Southwark Street on the
east side, the roadway there being very wide. The Association
accepted the site, and a granite trough has lately been erected,
which, judging by the number of carmen and drivers who
resort to it for their horses, would appear to supply a public
want.
Mr. Rider.
At the first meeting of this Board held after the disestablishment
of the Metropolitan Board of Works, which took place
on the 21st March, 1889, a resolution was passed thanking Mr.
Rider, this Board's representative on that Board, for his valuable
services, as such representative during the preceding three
years; and, at a subsequent meeting held on the 24th April,
the resolution, which had been suitably engrossed on vellum,
was presented to him and was as follows:—
" St. Saviour's, Southwakk.
"At a Meeting of the Board of Works for the St. Saviour's
District, held in the Board Room, Emerson Street,
Bankside, Southwark, on Wednesday, the 27th March,
1889.
Richakd Hunt, Esq., in the Chair.