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taining the same, which may, in the opinion of the St. Saviour's
Board, be reasonably necessary for lighting any road or street
crossed by such widenings after the completion thereof, and the
Company shall save harmless the St. Saviour's Board against
all and every expense to be occasioned thereby, and such work
shall be done to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surveyor of
the St. Saviour's Board, at the cost, charges and expenses in all
respects of the Company.
3 If any dispute or difference of opinion shall arise between tho
Company and the St Saviour's Board touching the reasonableness
of any of the requirements of any Surveyor acting for the St.
Saviour's Board, such dispute or difference of opinion shall be
referred to the arbitration of an Engineer to be appointed by the
Board of Trade, in manner provided by the Railway Companies'
Arbitration Act, 1859."
The other requirements as to lining the abutments and piers
of the arches with white glazed bricks, the prevention as far as
possible of noise from passing trains, the percolation of water,
&c., are sufficiently provided for in the London County Council
clause which was inserted in the Bill when it was before the
Committee of the Lords.
The Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Bill will
not affect any portion of the public ways under the control of
the Board. The Board, therefore, did not petition against it.
The City of London (Inclusion of Southwark) Bill has
already been referred to.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
In December last, on the motion of Dr. Denning, it was
referred to the Paving and General Purposes Committee—the
Committee who have charge of the lighting, etc.— to inquire and
report as to the feasibility of lighting the streets in the district
by means of electricity, and, in January, they reported as
follows:—
"We have considered the question referred to us on the
9th ultimo, as to the feasibility of lighting the streets in
the district by means of electricity. Our Surveyor has
reported that he has been in communication with the two
Companies supplying the district, viz., The London Electric
Supply Corporation, Limited, and The City of London
Electric Lighting Company, Limited, and has ascertained
from them respectively the terms upon which they would
be willing to undertake the lighting of the five principal
streets in the district.
" The London Company have, he states, confined themselves
to a verbal statement, from which it appears that