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I then inserted fresh advertisements of the grant of this Order, and made the
necessary deposits required by the Rules.
A Bill for the confirmation of this Order was introduced into the House
of Lords, which was passed in due course, and the Order has now become Law.
Copies of the Order as settled may, by a Resolution of the Yestry, be obtained
by Members of the Yestry on application, and the public are entitled to be supplied
with copies at 1s. each.
With the valuable assistance of Mr. G. W. Clarke, I have been enabled to
carry out the whole of the work connected with this order without a parliamentary
agent or consulting engineer at a total cost for fees, printing, &c., of £115 3s. 6d.
(a) SYNOPSIS OF ORDER.
The Shoreditch Electric Lighting Order, 1892, sanctioned by the Board of Trade
under the Electric Lighting Acts, authorises the Yestry of this parish, who are
called the "undertakers," to supply electrical energy for public and private
purposes, for electric lighting or motive power within the area of the parish of St.
Leonard, Shoreditch, and the Order will commence from the date of passing of the
Act of Parliament confirming the Order (sec. 3). The supply of energy must
be by a system approved by the Board of Trade, and subject to regulations already
made by the Board to secure the safety of the public, and overhead wires are
prohibited (sees. 7 and 8). Lands not exceeding 5 acres may be acquired by
the Vestry for the purposes of the Order.
The Vestry are empowered to break up the level crossings of the L. & N. W.
Railway, and the lines of the North Metropolitan Tramway, for the execution of
their work, and they may break up private streets with the consent of the owners
or the Board of Trade.
Special provisions are laid down for the protection of wires of the PostmasterGeneral,
and of tramways, canals, sewers of the London County Council, water and
gas pipes, and telegraphic and telephonic wires, and notices with plans of any works
interfering with such properties are to be given by the Vestry to the owners before
the works are executed, and any questions in dispute or as to compensation for
injury may be referred to arbitration.
The most important provisions are those headed "Compulsory Works." By
sec. 20 the Vestry is bound within two years of the commencement of the Order to
lay down sufficient mains for general supply in all the following streets: Great
Eastern Street, Shoreditch High Street, Curtain Road, Rivington Street, Bateman's
Row, Charlotte Street, Garden Walk, New Inn Yard, New Inn Broadway,
Holywell Lane, and so much of Old Street, Bethnal Green Road, and Commercial