The Artizan . uspended onlamp posts to indicate the position of post-offices, &c. Fig. 2 is the view of the meter as it appears to persons travelling eitheron the footpath or in the carriage way. The Artizan,]July 1,1861. J On Gas Lighting. 153 a is a regulator attached to the lamps, which will be more particularlydescribed hereafter. b is the meter suspended from the lamp iron, e. d is the clip by which the meter is attached to the lamp post. These meters can be supplied for 22s. each, with a guarantee to keepthem in repair for five years, or for 24?. with a guarantee for ten requi
The Artizan . uspended onlamp posts to indicate the position of post-offices, &c. Fig. 2 is the view of the meter as it appears to persons travelling eitheron the footpath or in the carriage way. The Artizan,]July 1,1861. J On Gas Lighting. 153 a is a regulator attached to the lamps, which will be more particularlydescribed hereafter. b is the meter suspended from the lamp iron, e. d is the clip by which the meter is attached to the lamp post. These meters can be supplied for 22s. each, with a guarantee to keepthem in repair for five years, or for 24?. with a guarantee for ten require no case or other enclosure, and all expense of opening theground to place and detach is, of course, avoided. Finally, it may be useful, as a guide to local authorities, and others whoare desirous of using meters, and do not wish to incur the expense ofpurchasing them, to know the terms on which the London companiesoffer to supply meters by way of an annual rental. In one of the principal Fig. 1. Fig. parishes of the metropolis, for which I was arranging the details of publiclighting, the companies offered to fix and supply underground meters at arental of 2s. Sd. each per annum—a price which seems to be based on afirst cost of 27s. It is understood that the London companies considerthemselves entitled to charge 10 per cent, on the first cost as rental forthe use of meters; and it will be found that 2s. 9d. per annum is just over10 per cent, on 27s. Before leaving this subject of meters applied to public lamps, I take theopportunity of quoting some recent opinions expressed by a well knowngas engineer, Mr. J. O. N. Eutter, of the Brighton and Hove Gas Works,in a pamphlet which he has lately published on the sale of gas to streetlamps. Speaking of the present mode of contracting for a supply of gaswithout adopting any means of measuring the quantity, Mr. Butter says:— The gas company has agreed to sell, and the public authorities have agreedto buy, say, five cubic feet
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