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under Clause 8 of the Provisional Order, for the purpose of
the repair of the roads and footways disturbed for the works,
and upon this basis the Provisional Order became an Act
of Parliament.
No steps were taken, however, by the Company towards
carrying out the Order, but in January, 1884 they made
an application to the Board of Trade for an extension of the
time prescribed by the Order for the appropriation and
deposit of capital, and to this the Vestry assented.
With regard to the lighting of Pentonville Road by the
Maxim Weston Electric Co. with incandescent lights which
was in progress at the date of the report, the Vestry have
to express their regret that a more favourable termination
of their experiment was not arrived at.
In consequence of the gradually decreasing power of the
incandescent lights, owing probably to faulty laying of the
cables, the Company replaced the incandescent lights by
arcs, but these in their turn were defective, and finally
ceased running about a fortnight before the expiration of
the contract.
The Vestry, however, are alive to the desirability of an
improved lighting of this and other main thoroughfares,
and have referred the matter to the Lighting Commitee to
consider the question of placing larger gas burners in the
lamps.
Water Companies' Charges.—Among the legal decisions
of the year the Judgment of the House of Lords in the case
Dobbs v. The Grand Junction Waterworks Company, has
perhaps excited the most interest. Though a matter over
which the Vestries and District Boards have no control, it
may be found convenient to give a short resume of the
facts of the case here :—