The Surveyor and municipal engineer . nnotbe too widely known that some of the most success-ful municipal schemes in the counti-y are thosewhich showed a loss during the first two or threejears, this loss being occasioned by the lai-ge capitalexpended with a view to meet futui-e Robinson exju-esses an opinion that i he BethnalGreen undertaking will be at once remunerative,and he estimates the profit at £J00 at the end ofthe first year, at £:!00 at the end of the second, andat £1,010 at the end of the third year. The priceto private consumeis will be t>d. for the fii-st
The Surveyor and municipal engineer . nnotbe too widely known that some of the most success-ful municipal schemes in the counti-y are thosewhich showed a loss during the first two or threejears, this loss being occasioned by the lai-ge capitalexpended with a view to meet futui-e Robinson exju-esses an opinion that i he BethnalGreen undertaking will be at once remunerative,and he estimates the profit at £J00 at the end ofthe first year, at £:!00 at the end of the second, andat £1,010 at the end of the third year. The priceto private consumeis will be t>d. for the fii-st yearand od. afterwaids. Some .system of street lightingis contemiilateil in the report, and there is no reasonto think that the scheme will not be completelysuccessful, but it is to be regretted that more con-sideration has not been )iaid to the futuix> «levelop-nieiit of llghtiiiLT in the district. 120 THE SURVEYOR AND ]\IUNICIPAL [JniY 22, 1898. Association of imunicipal and County Engineers. ANNUAL MEETINC AT EDINBURGH. IV,. Edinburgh : Holtrood Palace. Last week we were compelled to hold over the instructivepaper read by Mr. Whyte at the recent meeting on the sub-ject of the Leith docks. This completed the series of papersand discussions, the remainder of the time being devoted tovisits to various municipal works and other places of interestwhich are so plentiful in the Scottish metropolis. Thesevisits we are de^ribing at such length as may seem neces-sary, but it will, of course, be remembered that many of theworks visited have been described in considerable detail insome of the papers read and discussed before the meeting. SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS (continved), (Friday, July 1st).Mr. W bytes paper was as follows :— NOTES ON LEITH DOCKS AND NEW WORKS NOW IN PROGRESS. By Peter Whtte,
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