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Shoreditch 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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These suggestions were adopted by the Vestry on the 8th November, 1892,
when the Vestry resolved to engage a practical Consulting Engineer to advise
them—
1. Whether the supply of electricity could be advantageously
undertaken by the Vestry of Shoreditch, and at what preliminary loss ?
2. What would be the best system of supply for the Vestry to adopt,
and the best site for a generating station, and the capital required, and
3. Generally on the best means of carrying out the Order.
4. As to the advisability of combining a dust destructor with the
station for the utilization of heat.
The report of the Parliamentary Committee of the 16th December, 1892,
stated that the Committee had instructed the Clerk to write to the leading electrical
engineers named below asking on what terms they would be prepared to make a
preliminary report upon the above points, and that the Clerk had received replies from
The following six gentlemen, who required payment of the fees set out in the third column.
| ENGINEER. | Municipal Electric Lighting Stations superintended. | FEE. |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Kennedy | Glasgow, Oldham, Aberdeen, and three public companies. | 100 guineas |
| W. H. Preece | General Post Office, Bristol, Malta, Gibraltar. Has advised 13 public bodies | 100 guineas |
| Professor Ayrton, Chief Professor of Electrical Engineering, City & Guilds of London Central Institution. | Chelmsford, Cheltenham, also several theatres, etc. | 100 guineas |
| E. Manville, Firm of Waller & Manville | Dublin, Salford, Portsmouth, and Kilkenny (in progress) | 30 guineas |
| James M. Shoolbred | Bradford, Brighton, Forth Bridge, advised 6 other corporations | 25 guineas |
| S. Dobson, Consulting Engineer, St. James and Pall Mall Electric Lighting Company. | Cannot act outside his company |