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which appeared eminently suitable for a district such as the Parish
of Islington.
The £10 Ordinary Shares of this Company are quoted at 12 5/8 12 7/8, while
the price charged by the Company is 8d. per Board of Trade unit.
Brighton Corporation Works.
The Members appointed by the Sub-Committee of view, in pursuance of
the Committee's resolution of December 7th, to visit Brighton for
the purpose of inspecting the Electric Light Installations there
carried out, visited this Town on the 21st January. The deputation
which consisted of the Chairman (Mr. Lambert), Mr. Johnson, Mr.
Vine, and Mr. D. W. Williams, accompanied by the Chief Clerk
to the Vestry, procoeded first to inspect the Station erected by the
Corporation in Church Road. They were met at the Works by
Mr. Alderman Moon, Chairman of the Lighting Committee, who
with Mr. Wright, the Engineer in charge, gave the deputation
all the information at their command. The Corporation is working
on the low tension (two wire) system, with a voltage of 115 on the
lamps. The Station has been running for a period of 15 months,
and at the time of the deputation's visit there were about 12,000
8 c.p. lamps installed. The plant consists of four engines of the
Willans type, two of 200 h.p., and two of 80, which are driven by
three Lancashire boilers, by Yates & Thom. Goolden's dynamos and
Ferranti's meters are used. The current is conveyed by 8 feeders
from the Station to different parts of the area supplied, and then
distributed by low tension mains direct to the consumers' premises.
The longest distance supplied from the Station is three-quarters of
a mile, this being about the limit at which a low tension system
can be made to work economically and efficiently. The compulsory
area included in the Corporation's order is but a portion of the area
under its jurisdiction, and should it be found necessary or desirable
to extend the supply beyond its present limit the Corporation would
probably do so by high tension mains with sub-stations. Accumulators
are used, and from these the current is supplied during the
night, the engines being then shut down. No public street lighting
has yet been undertaken, but the Corporation propobes in the coming