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"Change is inevitable. In a progressive
country change is constant."
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The initiative and energy
which William Eckstein brought were not long in displaying themselves.
The first floor offices at 77, Gracechurch Street
were admirably suited and central enough to combine the purposes of
showroom and office so far as stoves, coal-plates, ventilators and other
portable articles were concerned. But they were not convenient for
demonstrating the qualities of the pavement lights, for which a cellar
or basement was essential. In 1882, therefore, the city headquarters
and showrooms were moved to 78, Queen Victoria Street, where underground
premises entirely lighted by pavement lights fulfilled the purposes of
administration and also provided a perpetual reminder of the nature of
the enterprise. Prospective customers could be invited to discuss
business by the lights it was hoped they themselves would install. In
the same way, both as a practical expedient and as an additional
advertisement, Hayward Brothers and Eckstein also fixed equal areas of
several different descriptions of lights in front of their Union Street
Works.
As overseas trade also began modestly in the
year 1882, when an agent, Mr. Mark Abrahams, was appointed in Sydney,
Australia. This gentleman was able to induce the Colonial Architect
not only
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