Underground Wiring
Th, HntMU C«My policy of conversion to underground wiring, and to consider the project u soon as possible after March 31 nextThe electricity committee chairman (Cr E. L. Tyfida|l) said that Heathcote was the first supply authority te plan to put ell its wiring underground. The council made Ita derision after its electrical engineer (Mr I. R. Densqm) bad said that as the likely surplus in the elec-
trlrfty account would be $40,000 a year, the council should consider a planned programme of putting street wiring underground. It would bo possible to have ail wiring underground In the county eyetern Within five years, he said. As the cost in this period would be $370,000, about 814.0W • year would bo needed In loan money. The cost Included a 30ft service cable to each consumer, who would have the option of paying for a complete underground supply, or for aortal supply.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31765, 23 August 1968, Page 14
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