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Metropolitan Board of Works to require the Company to give such
constant supply, pursuant to the Metropolis Water Act, 1871; but
the Company declines to take the initiative in the matter, and the
Board declines to require the Company to do so. The Vestry has
directed an application to be made to the Local Government Board.
P.S.—The result of the further application has been that at the
request of the Local Government Board the New River Company has
consented to furnish a constant supply to this Parish, and have issued
notices that such supply will be given in December next.
PRICE AND QUALITY OF GAS.
As was anticipated last year, the price of gas in the district
formerly supplied by the Independent Company, was, as the result of
the amalgamation with the Gas Light and Coke Company, raised from
3/4 per 1000-ft. to 3/6; but the quality was raised at the same time
from about 14 to 16 candles, or about 14 per cent., which would be
equal to about 6d. per 1000 feet increased value.
Some correspondence is proceeding between the Vestry and the
Gas Company, with a view of placing the matter of Street lighting on
more satisfactory footing.
GAS WORKS NUISANCE.
In October last, the attention of the inhabitants in the vicinity of
Haggerstone Gas Works, and also of the Sanitary Officer, was aroused
by a most offensive and intolerable smell, which was found to proceed
from the lime purifiers when the foul lime was being removed
therefrom. This led immediately to notices being served upon the
Company to abate and prevent the nuisance, and to a correspondence
with the Board of Trade, the Gas Referees, and the Metropolitan Board
of Works. The Company pleaded that they were bound to furnish
gas of a certain purity as regards sulphur, which could only be
attained by the use of lime, and the nuisance was the consequence of
removing this lime after all precautions had been taken. The Gas