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New refuge lamps have been fixed in Hillmarton Road by
Caledonian Road, and in Thornhill Road by Richmond Road.
The positions of 72 lamps have been altered ; the lighting of 130
has been discontinued; and upon 148 occupying prominent positions
street name tablets have been placed.
As opportunity offers the old 14 in. lanterns still remaining in
the parish are being replaced with new 16 in. lanterns, 103 of such
changes having been effected during the past 12 months.
Permission has been granted for the erection of private column
lamps upon the public footway at Station Parade, Hornsey Road, upon
the usual conditions
Four convictions have been obtained at Clerkenwell and Dalston
Police Courts against persons found guilty of wilfully damaging and
extinguishing the street lamps.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Considerable progress has been made during the year in connection
with the question of the supply of the Electric Light in the
Metropolis. The report for last year concluded with a reference to an
inquiry about to be held by Major Marindin, on behalf of the Board of
Trade, relative to the various applications for Provisional Orders and
Licences affecting the Metropolis, and it will be remembered that two
Electric Light Companies, namely the Metropolitan Electric Supply
Company and the London Electric Supply Corporation, were seeking
powers to supply electricity to this parish, but that objections were
lodged by the Vestry with the Board of Trade against both with a view
to obtaining the insertion of such clauses as might be deemed
necessary. Prior to the inquiry, which took place in April, 1889,
both Companies abandoned their intention of including Islington
in their contemplated areas of supply; and it was not, therefore,
necessary for the Vestry to take further action.
The inquiry, however, was of such an exceedingly important
character, dealing as it did with all the applications for Licences and
Provisional Orders then before the Board of Trade, that a few remarks
with reference thereto will doubtless be read with interest. The
inquiry was held by Major Marindin, R.E., assisted by Major Cardew,