TOWN CLOCK
Sir, —The statement made by the general manager of the M.E.D. that because present conditions for lighting the Post Office clock do not permit it to be switched off should occasion arise, surprises me. The public will not be satisfied with this lame excuse. What can be easily done is to run a line in off the street (series) lighting (leaving the present lines in position) and the clock would light up, and go off again with the street lights. The voltage on “series” would be only in the tower, and any switch could be locked.—-Yours, etc., F.D.A.
April 6, 1943. [Mr E. Hitchcock, general manager of the Municipal Electricity Department, said the city series lighting was a high tension supply which could not safely be taken into a building.]
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23917, 8 April 1943, Page 6
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132TOWN CLOCK Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23917, 8 April 1943, Page 6
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