YESTERDAY’S POLLS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 24, 26 August 1916, Page 5

YESTERDAY’S POLLS.

ELECTRIC LIGHT CARRIED.

C. R. WALSH TOPS THE TRIO.

The poll on the Borough Council’s proposal to purchase th<? Stratford Electrical Supply Coiupapy.’s,;, undertaking and for the election of one Councillor took place yesterday. Out of a roll number of about one thousand eight hundred, only five hundred and twelve votes were recorded. the pnjling booth closed at 7 p.m. and 7.1() t the Returning Officer^ (Mr VSkoglnnd) announced i.to a large gathering the result of the poll for the electric lig’lftf loan of £IOOOO. The propoll was carried by twq hundred and fm|w-four C the lighting will be'Under municipal control! from October 1.

Tlio voting resulted For the proposal 31" > Against | '3, f Informal ... liis Worship the Mayor (Mr J. W. Boon) in a short speech congratulated thth people on» carrying the loan. The Borough Council had studied all phases of the question, and m any case if the Council wished to have a lighting plant the first thing to he done was to take over the present lighting system. There was no possibility- of putting in the hydro plant at a cost of £33,000 as suggested by Mr. Climie and making it pay. ■ n ever, the County and the Borougjt nad wished to take over the lights as a joint concern it would have taken a number of years to make the necessary arrangements and by that time the present Company would have been granted a further concession.

ELECTION OF COUNCILLOR. AL 7 .30 p.m. tht». R.(!t\ll‘llill\g Officer zmnnunc-ed that Mr C. B. \\’:llsh had headed the poll for Cmmcillor ‘witll two hundred and seventy-four votes to his L-.l‘odit. ' The \jotin;:_ rt-snltod :--—- C. B. \\":)lsh (1. Smith. Stan. Sharp ‘ Tnfm-mu]

i Mr Wiilsli tli:mkml the l)lll'Q‘,G.s:\'(‘.f»' for 1'(‘U1l'I1ll1g1 him at tho mp of the pull and also uxpressutl tho wish that the ('onfi(lG]l('(‘ \\'mll<l he nmintained at the (~oun('il tnhlo. I-lu hzul hovn olo(l't(*(l to the office; and no?‘ piL('hforked in and wmild do his host for the Bm'nu;_§ll :1 :1 whole. Mr Smith hriefly thanked the hur;_r«~s:~;es fnr tlie. cmilitloiwo they had plan-ml in him. :1 new arrival in the town. He hnperl he would meet them more heforc‘-‘ the next poll so that tl1(:~_\‘ might hecnme hotter lmmvn, wlion his (rlmnro of living: returm-<l would he enli:m(:o(l. v ;\lr Sharp tlmnkvd tlmso who had I‘e<-<‘ir(lo(l their votes in his l':ivor aml nl.<:n tlinse who had not. Tn con:lr.~iml he lmpotl for l.iuttm' lm-lc next Hma‘. ' '