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" 5. That Mr. O. V. Morgan, M.P., and Mr. T. H.
Bolton, M.P., be requested to introduce such Deputation.
" 6. That Mr. James Beal be requested to state the
views of the Deputation at the proposed interview with
the President of the Local Government Board.
" 7. That the Deputation to the President of the Local
Government Board consist of all the Delegates appointed to
attend this Conference.
" 8. That the Vestry Clerk of St. James, Westminster,
be requested to briny the foregoing Resolutions officially
before the Committee of Enquiry on the London Water
Supply now sitting at the Guildhall of the City of
London."
Electric
Lighting, Ac
On the 18th April last, notice was received from the London
Electric Supply Corporation, Limited, of their intention, pursuant
to powers granted to them by the Board of Trade
Provisional Order, 1889), subsequently confirmed by Act of
Parliament, to proceed, after the expiration of one month,
with the laying-down of electric mains across the Borough
High Street, and along Southwark Street and Stamford Street,
in manner shown upon a plan accompanying the notice. The
Board being of opinion that the subway in Southwark Street
should, so far as it extended along the line of route, be utilized
for the purpose in view, directed a communication to be addressed
to the London County Council, calling their attention
to the 21st Section of the Electric Lighting Orders' Confirmation
(No. 2) Act, 1889, which enables the Council to require the
Company to lay their mains in a subway wherever one exists,
and urging the Council to avail themselves of the powers
conferred by such section and call upon the Company to make
use of the Subway in Southwark Street for the laying of their
mains. On inspection, however, of the subway, it was thought
to be unsuitable for the purpose, and the mains in question
will have to be laid in the streets in the usual manner. In
order to ensure the proper restoration of the surface of the
streets, notice was given to the Company that this Board will
require all works in and about such restoration to be carried
out by the contractors of the Board, to the satisfaction of its
surveyor and at the cost of the Company. Subsequently, the