PUBLIC LIGHTING. 



CHAPTER X. 



PUBLIC LIGHTING. 



THE gas manager is usually called upon to arrange and 

 fit up the public lamps, and in the majority of cases to 

 replace the old-fashioned flat-flame burners with a more 

 modern type. Incandescent light is now so generally 

 adopted, even in the smaller districts, that any place where 

 the batswing or union jet is maintained in use is at a great 

 disadvantage. People go to neighbouring places and see 

 modern installations of incandescent gas burners and make 

 comparisons on their return; and the chances are that they 

 do not recognize the real explanation of the difference, but 

 set it all down to the quality of the gas, and want to know 

 why they cannot have as good gas as other places. A well- 

 lighted district is an excellent advertisement for gas, and 

 the converse is also true, but apart from that, it is excellent 

 practice as a step towards inside maintenance. If the 

 street lamps are properly cared for, people are sure to want 

 clear, brilliant lights, equal to those in the streets, for inside 

 lighting. I know many instances where a good maintenance 

 business is now established which originated on the lines 

 of (i) public lighting; (2) places of worship, assembly 

 rooms, markets, etc. ; (3) some leading shops ; (4) all 

 classes of inside lighting. And in no case has maintenance 

 proved a failure. Where a scheme is properly worked, 

 both consumers and shareholders are satisfied. 



