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and respectfully urged upon Her Majesty's Government,
in the interests of the commercial community,
the desirability of giving early effect to its recommendations.
The Vestry have, in view of the probability of the
telephones being taken over by the Postal Authorities
in the near future, refused permission to the
National Telephone Company to open trenches in a
short section of St. John Street and Clerkenwell
Road.
Electric Lighting.—The Vestry have received
a letter from the County of London, etc.,
Electric Lighting Company, calling attention
to their charges for motive power in
the district, which are 6d. for the first hour's
daily use and 2d. beyond one hour's daily
consumption of the maximum demand; also stating
that they are prepared to supply current for public
lighting at 3d. per unit, or to supply lamps and current
at £30 per lamp per annum, and also giving
notice that from 1st July, 1898, their rates will not
exceed 7d. for 1½ hours of average daily use, and 3d.
in excess of that consumption.
The Vestry have refused its assent to the
Metropolitan Electric Supply Company for a Provisional
Order for the lighting of the Parish.
The Vestry also decided to co-operate with the
Vestry of St. Marylebone in petitioning Parliament
to confirm the Provisional Orders granted to the
Vestries of Bermondsey and St. Marylebone by the
Board of Trade for the supply of electricity in their
respective districts; and requested the Hon. W. F.
B. Massey-Mainwaring, M.P., to support the Bill.
Generating Stations for the Supply of Electricity
in Bulk.—The Vestry appointed delegates