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Appendix I. Principal Electric Lighting Stations in Great Britain.


Name of Station.	Approximate No. of Lights.		Systems employed.	Approximate length of longest main supply conductor in miles.	Main conductor overhead or underground.
Name of Station.	Incandescent or Glow Lamps.	Arc.	Systems employed.		Main conductor overhead or underground.
Brighton Electric- Light Company	1,800	40	High-tension lamps in multiple series Brush Dynamos	20	Overhead
Cadogan Electricity Supply Company (New Company)	··	··	Edmunds’ system of Battery Transformers	2	Overhead
Eastbourne	1,700	30	Lowrie Hall Transformers	15	7 miles underground
Grosvenor District Electrical Supply	20,000	40	High-ension with Ferranti Transformers primary 2,400 volts, secondary 200 volts, Ferranti dynamos	6 circuits, total about 70 miles	Overhead
Kensington Court Electric Lighting Company	1600 to be extended to 10,000	··	Crompton 105 volts low tension, constant supply by means of accumulators	¼	Underground
Liverpool	1,000	··	Low tension continuous current dynamos	··	Overhead and Underground
Leamington	1,500	··	Chamberlain and Hookham dynamos with accumulators	1¼	Underground
Paddington Electric Lighting	4,115 16 C. P. lamps	98 3,000 C. P.	E. M. F. 150 volts, Gordon alternating current Dynamos	3	Underground
Barnet and District E. Supply Company (New Company)	··	··	Joel Dynamos	5	Overhead chiefly
Chelsea E. Supply Company (New Company)	··	··	··	··	··
St. James and Pall Mall (New Company)	··	··	Continuous current	··	··
Taunton	··	23	Thompson Houston continuous current	··	Overhead
Whitehall Court (New Company)	··	··	Battery Transformer system	··	··
Westminster	··	··	··	··	··
West Brompton	··	··	Lowrie Hall Transformers	10 miles when completed	··
Adelphi Theatre	4,000	··	Continuous current dynamos coupled direct to engines	12 external circuits	Overhead and Underground
Bath (New Company)	··	85	Thomson Houston Dynamos and Transformers	··	··


Name of Station.	Approximate area of distribution.	Working Capital.	Hours of Supply.	Charges.		Remarks.
Name of Station.	Approximate area of distribution.	Working Capital.	Hours of Supply.	By Meter.	By yearly fixed amount.	Remarks.
Brighton Electric- Light Company	About 3 square miles	£12,000	Constant	Meter rent 21 s. 8 d. per annum	Glow lamps, 1 s. per unit, or rather over ¾ d. per lamp per hour. Arc lamps, 4 s. per lamp per week including maintenance	If consumption is below 100 units quarterly, 10¾ d. discount.
Cadogan Electricity Supply Company (New Company)	Belgravia and Cadogan Estate	£20,000	··	··	··	··
Eastbourne	··	£20,000	Constant	··	According to consumption averaging about 6½ d.	A similar station at Hastings.
Grosvenor District Electrical Supply	Very irregular district, a house is lighted 2 miles from the station	£375,000	8 a.m. to 3 a.m.	7½ per Board of Trade unit	··	A station at Deptford is under erection to maintain 200,000 lights.
Kensington Court Electric Lighting Company	The streets adjoining the station, the mains to be continued to another station at Knightsbridge	£25,000	Constant	By meter and minimum charge of 10 s. per annum	8 d. per unit, equal to 0·56 d. per 20 C.-P. lamp per hour, or 0·28 d. per 10 C.-P. lamp. Shops taken at £2 per annum per 20 C.-P. lamp minimum of 10 lights	District embraces residences, shops, public hall, and church.
Liverpool	··	£20,000	··	By meter on sliding scale	First 400 hours, 1 s. per unit Second ” ” 8 d. ” Afterwards4 d. ”	Board of Trade license for six years, hotels, shops, and residences.
Leamington	183 street lamps	··	Constant	meter	Street lights £2 2 s. per annum for 2,860 hours, including renewals. 1 to 40 units per quarter 8 d. per unit. 41 to 150 units per quarter, 6 d. per unit. 151 units per quarter 4 d. per unit	··
Paddington Electric Lighting	67 acres	··	Constant	··	Worked by G. W. Railway	The district between Paddington and Westbourne Park is lighted throughout.
Barnet and District E. Supply Company (New Company)	··	£5,000	··	··	··	71 lamps in streets on posts 12 ft. high.
Chelsea E. Supply Company (New Company)	··	··	··	··	··	··
St. James and Pall Mall (New Company)	··	··	£20,000	··	··	Area to be lighted adjoining station.
Taunton	Street lighting	··	··	··	By yearly contract	Arc lamps of 1200-C.-P.
Whitehall Court (New Company)	To light hotels in Northumberland Avenue	£24,753	Constant	Proposed meter-rent 10 s. per quarter	Proposed charge, 8 d. per unit with minimum of £1. 1 per lamp per annum	Amalgamated with the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company.
Westminster	··	··	··	··	··	New Company.
West Brompton	··	··	Constant	By meter	The station is being erected by the House to House Lighting Company, who also propose installations in other districts.
Adelphi Theatre	The buildings are close together	Private	··	··	The Adelphi Theatre, Adelaide Gallery, and Strand Restaurant are lit, the machinery being fixed in a basement about 30 × 45 feet. No gas is laid on.
Bath (New Company)	Arc lights	··	··	··	Yearly contract	The power obtained from town weir supplemented by steam-engine.

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