CITY STREET LIGHTS.
SCHEME OF MPROVEMEIT. COST OF ELECTRIFICATION. A scheme for the complete ligWinS of the city streets by electricity w» ■ put before" the City Council last nigW in a report from the city and tramwars engineers, and alternative proposals we» submitted of completing the scheme i» 1920 or in 1927. It is planned fi" l to light all the streets on tramway routes in the city (103 miles), then otto important streets (6 miles), and Mian with the residential streets (157 miles)The present cost for street lighting » £6500 for gas lamp, and f2500 f« electric lights per year. The cost of electncally lighting all the streets on .t» tram routes will be £4300 per year, aW when the other important streets •« added £1800 per year will be added* 0 this, less the present cost of gas lig«a>oIt is estimated that if the whole KU™ of electric lighting were carried oat, eliminating the gas lamps alt °|rLj' the cost per annum would be *»><"' * The question is to be discussed by tw council in committee. Adoption or m<«fication of the scheme will be to SOW extent dependent on the te""* v,. quantity of power obtainable i™» "*• Power Board.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 189, 11 August 1922, Page 4
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