To the Editor of the "Nonra-Cama Darcy News."
Sin,—With reference to the above, you some time ago kindly inserted a letter of mine in your valuable paper, in reply to a loader on the same subject appearing in your issue of the 17th of April.
The writer of the leader stated that, in certain experiments conducted by Mr. Bradley, the Westminster City Engineer,—electricity wins all along the line."
In the "Evening 8 lard and St. James's Gazette" of the 22nd March of this year the following' paragraphs occur, which seem to show that the conclusions arrived at by Mr. Bradley snd the writer! of the leader in question, are not identical "Gas, it seems, is by no moans the antiquated and outshone rival of electricity, as many people suppose. On the contrary, it is quite possible that in near future it will displsco electric are li ight in so frequented and central a dis-ition with the cattle trade trict as St. James's. This possibility aroses from the fact that the present contract between the Westminster City Council and the St. James's and Pail Mall Electric Light Company expires at the end of the coming summer, and tenders, by the terms of the public advertisement, can be sent in for the supplying of ang illuminant.
**We are not doing this as an expe ment,' Mr. J. W. Bradley, the West tee City Engineer, explained to one of our representatives, "bt from motives of economy. One of the conditions is that} the light must be supplied in units of 700- candle p.wer, thereby enabling us to gain an exact comparison. When we let the contrast for the lighting of Whitehall and Parliament Street. about 18 months ago, we measured the intensity of the different lights by means of the photometer. Gas was found to be the most economical, and we therefore adhered to it. We also use Jhting purposes in the parishes of St. Margaret and St, John, Westminster. Kingsway and Aldwych too will be illuminated by it, the andards being alevdy erected."
I.m, ete, H. Kix Hirier, Shanghai Gas Company, Limited. 19th May.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.