Robert Brown Evidence
Sunderland Mayor, Robert Brown, gives evidence towards the 1847 Sunderland Improvement Bill. Further questions pertaining to the slaughterhouse of Sunderland, and also street lighting.
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Robert Brown Evidence
1847
Parliamentary Archives HL/PO/PB/5/13/10
Transcript
A: ...High Street
Q: Is the High Street one of the main streets of Sunderland
A: It is the principal street
Q: You propose by this Bill I believe to take power for regulating Slaughterhouses
A: We do
Q: And improving the Markets - increasing the accommodation in that respect
A: Yes
Q: Is Sunderland at all properly lighted?
A: It is very imperfectly lighted in many areas
Q: You have a Gas Company I believe?
A: We have two Gas Companies at present
Q: Notwithstanding that are oil lamps still used?
A: Yes in the lower parts of the town
Q: The pipes of the Gas Company not being laid on?
A: No