Regular communicant, Adrian Trainsett Esq. has been in touch with this society once more. He has kindly submitted for our delectation a brace of photos of some new power transmission poles that have been fitted atop a hill near Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkieshire. He tells us :
Apparently, these are for carrying the thicker form of telegraphy, that used for illuminating the inside of dwellings et cetera. Although why people just cannot use gas for their lighting needs is beyond my reasoning.
I trust they are of your approval.
May I also convey the greetings of the season to yourself and to all the hundreds of your staff at the TPAS.
Firstly, the pictures do meet our approval. However, picture 2 was so similar to picture 1 that I had no choice but to omit it from these pages and instead use it to line the bottom of our hamster’s cage*1
Secondly I am in agreement that Acetylene was a perfectly acceptable power source for lighting. The words “change for change’s sake” spring to mind.
Thirdly, yes, you may convey season’s greetings to our myriad staff. I will call a staff meeting this evening and distribute as fairly as I can your kind greetings. Rest assured, Sir, that they are/will be reciprocated.
Finally, I just want to draw our readership’s attention to the mightily moody sky they have over there in Yorkshire. Puts me in mind of a woman I once knew!
*1 Hamster is called Vladimir