Though the tradesmen have been canvassed by the Hammond Company with a view to introducing the arc lights into their shops and hotels, in not one single case has the light been adopted. Indeed, it is evident to us who have them under our eyes every night, that they are only fit for lighting works and large, open spaces. The experience that has been thus gained at Chesterfield at the present juncture must be of value to all towns intending to adopt the electric light, and is my reason for troubling you with this letter, although I believe the time will shortly come when lighting by electricity may be advantageously adopted, both for public and private purposes.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Geo. Edwd. Gee,
Alderman of the Borough of Chesterfield.
High Street, Chesterfield, October 10, 1882.
[113] The Surveyor of Folkestone says: “Sugg’s self-acting regulator is used, adjusted as nearly as may be practicable to consume 4 feet per hour, and so very satisfactory is this apparatus that for the last two years, after burning 7294 hours, it is found by the average meter to have consumed 29,227 feet, as against 29,176 feet as per regulator, being only 51 feet in excess of that which the apparatus is adjusted to consume.” Vide Ellice Clark on gas in Public Streets, ‘Proceedings of the Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors,’ vol. ii. P. 193.
[114] Bracket lamps may not be fixed by an urban authority to houses within their district without the previous consent of the owners of such houses. Vide ‘Fitzgerald’s Public Health Act,’ third edition, p. 182.
[115] Meeting of the ‘Société Technique de l’lndustrie du Gaz en France’ in 1882.
[116] “Faure’s” batteries can store electricity, but at present this cannot be manipulated on a very large scale.
[117] Published by Messrs. Spon, 16 Charing Cross, London.
[118] Vide ‘Proceedings of the Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors,’ vol. vi. p. 9 et seq.