TRAMWAYS PLANT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 147, 16 March 1908, Page 11

TRAMWAYS PLANT.

DEFICIENCIES IN AUCKLAND. . , " MUNICIPAL RETORT. : Car, TEr,EGn.\rn—srEciAVpomiEsrojWENT.v • Auckland/ March 14: ■ A ..statement as to the state of affairs in. eonhection ; with ■ tho • Auckland Tramways Company's businoss was containedrin a re-: port-laid: before the City. Council by tho City Electrical '(Mr.'Wylic). .Afterjrofen;ing to tho. steps that had been taken, tho service, Mr. Wylio - doalt. .withjths power-house, stating that even wthjt&einow boiler that.is being installed ho did..Sot' think'tho'st«»m-raismg plant 'would . ..but. an order for, another boiler cabled to England.' Ho..was not whether..'the, existing" chimney woiild\b6;big, enough for all tho boilers.. With rcgafd ;to^,'tho : circulating-:pumps of tho con-densing-plant (the imme<ta of tho ■ list breakdown), tho arrangement was most .unsatisfactory, tho. - pumping-.; station • being closo .to the harbour, somo distance from tho ,-. , and: atlow ; tide the centri-, fugal puraps had a considerable suction lift. . Erefl:: wi th the present' arrange- ; ■ , mentoould r.evcr :bo satisfactory,. but. the. company was _ carefully oonsideririg the mat- : withi a view to/improvement. A new engmcer lmd arrived, from England, and had alroady:.'tnkcn in hand the extension 'and;-: re- i arrangemont.of the plant,-but', judging;from: . tho . past jthreo 1 months, troubles ; wero -still , likely,-;vfco:■ occur -until.the/new. boiler', .Was : . .andta.stoam; and tho otlier irepairii'had been' in 'thepast-the.-com-pany-had failed to provide adequately against a possiblo .breakdown ,of any. portion of their steam : plant.. The new engine just erected wais: riot yet At work. The •Cc>uncil ■ dwidwl;'to' instruct "the Electrical Engineer to make a very, .careful <ex- - tlie trannvay plantSind 'gencral . equipment, 1 and; taking into consideration the fact-;that tho Mount Eden and Mount R-cs-kill <,extensions will; bo-requiring extra power in immediate future,' to report to tho , Cooiccil -at the earjicst, possiblo moment what he-.thinhs'.is absolutely; necessary kin, the-way..' . of.-increased, boiler condensing irequiremepts^C;,rolling .' stock, -: cables,' 1 etc! ; making ' due allowance "for such - margin' of power over : ' actniil^requirements;' ; and - such .stock of ' ".spares.-'.as shall provent any recurrence of the.breakdowns and stoppages of traffic which so :mucli'in > evidence during the past few weeks. ■' - ,: .Li,', tho!; meantime,, ten now: cars havo arrived from England by the Itakaio,'and are '.... now j-being- .fitted up, while tlio ' erection of' .< another has gust been completed locally.- ■ r.p'H'-';.:".—n— '■ " "ss-