ELECTRIC POWER BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 97, 26 April 1922, Page 10

ELECTRIC POWER BOARD.

NEW OFFICES AND STATION Ql V , ! STIIKKT I,AN'H KKQI'IRKD. II \ !,F Ml 1.1.10N I.(IAN MODTBl). I'hr etiginei-i nf t he Auckland Klectri I'.iwpi- Board reported lo the board a ■'- mepling nil Monday ihal he ha. (riven careful consideration in the ma' li-r nf iu-.(uiri»» a -tatiini site uiijoininj the new ~.:iicps of ihe board in Qua; mot: Memhero jirespiit n\ the lIH'OI aij; niT.- \ln»k. W. - 1 Holdoivortl .hmrmaui. K. II Potter. -Inhn IJowp si. .1. llnrbiitt. - I i rook.-. .1. ()empi4e.\ il. .1. llpiin.'tl. and R. (.. ' larkp. The i.|i(.'iiu-ci -lated Hihi -n tin «liiragi- jirniind -lu-uu ■■ ■ i the plan a iiml.-r pn-t-ni (■••iiilil inn-'lipi ween ">ra« Hud I*oll mi* en aI. an,l it would no! ;..- -a:.- 1., provide !.• —. :i- 1 heir powci . -miiipii Linked to I hem In make ade ■ |ua!>- pro! i<i>ni auainf-i any interrup ■ i.-ii mi _mi.i.;v Iμ tin- imtiiPiiiatp fittuit luii.'hiii luriiiu pri-ciiou. It wa.« Olliv ..ii flu- ILii'bniir Hoard ewtion adjoiltitlf l h.-u ;h-\ .-iiiihl en-.-l the t-ulistilliiin ii ntuii'.-tiiiii Aiiii water power. Tin--.mi i<.l. in mid contain not les< thai im.11,11 , N .iv in hi.u'h tension tranifoimeru ii.ii I.'— than SHOO k.w. in rntnry ■•"" i-iTtiTH and nwiteh gear. iii th<- motion of the chairman it «i>r divided in open npgotialioils Willi t'u llarbiiiir Board with a \ie\v In acquiring •■ie KCi-tioii. aii anicmlmcnt hy Mr i r..<.ke- favuiiriiif; delay being defeated \niiic In reecind the motion «us after ,-..-■ nU jtWen In- Mr. Crooke=. The Piiginet , " submitted blue prim- ol Mili.es propoeed lo be erected on the -i ii-i-i site, his estitnnte for ihc nln."l|. nlli.v liloek being ClO/iOO. lie si. at iluit nowhere could the hoard i.-.tain oHi.'e accomuiodulion so ulicaply :i- m;i its own ground in Quay Street. fie . Mn-idcreil a ehnu room would lie oi jii. list" tij the board iinie—< it went into the inntrartinjj and wiring bupinp-s, and he could not. recommend that at gresenl. as all funds were needed for pthpr purpoßPe. f On the motion of Mr. Potter, eeeonded Ji\ the chairman, it was decided that {he oflieec be situated in part of the {nain building to be built in Quay Street. I Voticp was given by Mr. Potter to Tnove: "Thai immediate arrangements fcp made fo r a poll of ratepayers on a proposal to borrow JJ500.000 for the • HirposPs of retipulatioti." but at flic ftiggestion of the chairman he agreed Jμ defer the motion for a fortnight in jirder that Mr. Ho Ids worth could preJiare a menioranduni detailing the nur•poopi fnr which the money was required.