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Identifier: surveyormunicipa45lond (find matches)
Title: The Surveyor and municipal engineer
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Municipal engineering Engineering Great Britain
Publisher: London, Temple Press (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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(CBS. The selection of suitable sites for public conences is always a matter i ulty. and especially so d >ea Ld< re orts of the eh I.\ tham. Cent mental im an at what I,.i- our exl risibility in such mat but, while it i- verj important that these conveniencesshould ho put in positions where the public can easilyfind them, it is at the should be screened ind made as little obtrushpossible. The 1111.1. i conveniences in Clifton-sq which is the most central spot in the town, haveplanted round with 0 nd shrubs in such a waj that the square 1-. in most peoples eye-, impiby the placing of the conveniences there, while there to their value and 1 sity. On the East l- iar the old Windmill, one of Lythan indmarks, conveniences are con- half out of the ground, these,again.1- are also the conven ences ei i as. Other public con* ted at the Market Hall, and others are projected for thof the district.The council h ted stabling, which adjoin- 1 094 THE SURVEYOR AND MUNICIPAL Ji m 19, 1914. till
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June 19, 1914. AND COUNTY ENGINEER. 995 fire station well equipped with steam engine and otherfire appliances, have a good store yard, shedding andother accommodation, and generally are well equippedfor carrying out the sanitary and highways work inan efficient manner. Lytham has had a most successful gasworks for thepast sixty-four years, supplying gas at 2s. per 1,000 ft.nett, which is the lowest in the Fylde district, andlower than any gasworks in the country of the samesize. An installation of vertical retorts is just near-ing completion, and it is confidently expected willlead to much cheaper gas in the near future. The success of the gasworks has in the past mili-tated against the introduction of electricity; but thisis shortly to be introduced. The council have recentlyobtained an order from the Board of Trade to provideelectricity, and are awaiting the result of the LocalGovernment Board inquiry into their application for£23,700 to carry out the scheme prepared by theirelectr

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