ELECTRICAL ENERGY FOR THE CITY

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 5

ELECTRICAL ENERGY FOR THE CITY

I EXTENSION OF THE. POWER MAINS. > ! ■ WENTY-THREE MILES OF CABLE. ( ■ ■ -i Tlio work of laying down the power mains through which is conveyed the electrical' ' energy for supply to Wellington consumers,, j has been going on apaco, and in about an-} ' otlior month's time the present contract will .'■■■ ! boi completed, when no less than fifteen.' " •' miles of cablo will havo been laid down- i V hell this work has beeji finished, an extra 1 length of. eight miles of cable will be in- ■ stalled, bringing the total up to twenty-throo''' i i miles. ' < Tho business area of tlio city will then i ■ > i reticulated with a network of power-. cables. This area includes all that portion of tlio city bounded by tho Harbour on ono -1 sido, Sydnoy Street oil tho north, and Lamb- '' ton Quay, Willis Sti'cct (as far as Ing(\stro btrcot corner), Ingest™ Street, and Jxcnfj Torraco on tho west and south. - j Tho present power supply is quite up to I requirements so far, but it is expected that I thoro will be a big.incroaso in tho number ■' of connections for supply up to 500 volts, i and this will bo amply provided for by tho extensions which nro now in progress. ' Altogether there aro Seventy consumors of ' onorgy at present connected, and a further ' havo filed applications for supply i when tho necessary preparations for tho an- "j phcatlou of tho samo to plant and ruimina s gear havo been completod. .( The supply of energy for tho mouth endinaj i Jotal of 15,926 unitsT, , i Ai vii t -« . .(,-f ~ ""I J