WATER POWER WORKS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 946, 13 October 1910, Page 6

WATER POWER WORKS

:-HUTT AMONG FIRST UNDER- (:;::,:'.;.: ;.■•;: J; ; 'v: v .V. TAKINGS.;. \; ; ."■:' €;A:} .;■.:■. OOTLINE OF'.GOyBRNMEN'P'S ; '%%'-;;>■;:;: v;y;;V^v'SCHEME;;; \ : .;. : \ ''■■'"■ --V' -■■V .:v : ■. ■ '- ; ■... ' ' ';' ■.-;■.. .-,■:;; < . :•; ' '•■;;.■•. ': .-.Some :impbrtant details with- reference ;,.;'-. mi the Governmeht's proposals' inthe mat;'i;/; -'terof: the.development of the water .powz^,, ■ .' e ?s:pf :i the .Dominion ;■ were; given;by the : ;:;,': !."'■ Prime^Minister.;in moving: the.-second : ;reading;-bf >the;; Aid ;^to.' : ;-Water; ;:Power ;;;t:;;, : : ! -(Works '■'■Bill'.in ithe^Houseof : Repfesenta-: ]A:ifi : - ■tives;last ; night;; : ; r ' : >s;': ; '^.; , ''^';: ; : : ' , ;. V ; ' :^-;;^: ; .-.Sir Joseph; Ward said thai the Bill -pro-; i.'; v : :T l3ed; for.-raisingS£soo,oop-;at:a,,rate of ;;' ; > : -.v..jj;interesi; not- exceedingV-41'. per ..cent.. -In' ~:;,.:;. his' -Financial Statement of -this ■ year .he; $•}■ i' •' indicated-, 'that: attention -.'■jrould.' .be

:'.,.,; given -to; the u'tilisatibn.of water .power, ,;■;.>.;and ; that:the;time had :arriyed'when the; "Vv/inatter .'Shbuld be taken.-up witli■'vigour,' ,':.■:.■, The'J.principal: ; tujdertakings.:- the. Govern- :'': :njfint-:cpntemplated. putting in hand were ; ;:,-afKaituua,' Hutt, Lake Coleridge, Teviot, : ;V; vlake; 'Haui'oto,' Makuri, and-, the West' ;;;.,Coast;•■;-'• TheiflCaituna- water-supply .was ■;.-:.Vvtt^dcd'te, , :::;:::;eni : : portion, of Auckland.Vihcluding '' tlio : -i;'Ba.y; ,of.; Plenty; and: the -Waikito,- arid' it ■-~v:was,..proposed.'.to establish. 10,000 -horse: f'.'.'-pdwer. :■ A'largo "poweif .was • available ■■ ;: ;.v)there;>;.The'.total; was lOiOOf)': horse, power, : .'.T-.-'but it,was-'only: intended;to" provide';-for. !.- r V-"lo;O0O,::,The.cost-would and JyV^ithe-.work:,would;extend over two,years in ;',;-^^iajoh'^instance , ..: i ; : ./•■:;: ; :?:.:S^iv:i.'. ':■■-.'?;,} ' r '~A

V. 'W^?: ; regardsVthe: North: bfV Auckland,' it■ i;p>i-;;TOs;prbpo'sed,to ; develbp the :Wairoa Eallsj-&T''-f-r Sear^Pargaville?';" l Three'Vthousand 'tioise ffl^v^'pbwery.cpuldtbe';developed : for; : »E100,000. i-^i^'^J^s'v-fwouldi'l'p'rovide'Vfors^'i^snpply.-'.'for , K^Xi^'.-iWh^ •J : -;Vv...:': : .Vidual..*requirements ■•of , ; the:"-Nbrth'-,"' of 'j'jo?, v'fjlAuckland.'... ; As'"regards Xake'.Gpleridge, 1 it; ■;yi.'iyrasVpi^p^yv :^q-.inau^fate!- ; d-;s»lieme'',tp. i*teiif';!* n s ;Jl'S'j"-i-iTenithousand^hprse , ';power.'.would be; 3;|ovKsJyelpped:immediately:at : a cost 'ofr^7o.ooo. 4 tifi ''0a ' JS' : y Sir =j|s : ,-: j;.^Jpseph)Va : .-- supply^.livouldr.^He';:- , developed.' to imeet:the ; : wants i:fefst^SP^'i^?^°?S'''"-'^d:{ptherisubj!rbs;'-i ; --sTKe , K-,'i?"H : ; -pbwer-.'itp>.b'e; 'develbped'itbire L ';would be j;ffi^i i l9.oo^li^ratf:a:cb*;Xof; : ■>'.;. :the 'I \ transmission.; }■ line: t|t"§^!:^;wiuldv;l>e; road; prirailway.ftFbr:: *® '*^'Qtagb,fa:lpOO v deyelbped-and-Diincidin; '^V&V'ii^ e ;V?;-j ;S- : ; Ss'chenie;: r-i ; E6r i^Southland ;

i*& : i';V«iO,pp.6 h;p'£'n;as j.tb'j be, developedi'atELate,' $§$$£-It^i?'" : i»hem^SlliiTMCHgiU'.-;iaid"ftie./;frh'olo-. THenY^igain,-'6dop'rh;p'.'iat,'aVcost ,< W/v;j'-3ilakuri;.Grprge-to'servePMmeretoiirNoTth,'' o;:'uvV' iFeiWingyi Masterton, iand'ipannevirke.- oßj St;'!'-;!.,' , water-race. .i>-''!?'-^.7Mop??h , lpV^'w6uW' : /;be':''deTel6p'ea^Vpii : .-. ; 'thS ,, sft.;'^.;.;:^heme!^vpuW;'pi^de.^r}^;tra^missio]ii SsSf^P^'^SQ^^'l't^Mli'^preyniouth^^ami. ■■'tpgeth^r/^t^'pOKCTi-'foiS/miniiig; ifr'>sv'l;i';^ur^ses:r:'.".The;{VgMat^^^ ;S^v}u,re^t; : fro^{ffle;;Stat4rdeveb :'v^i? -j'^rwater-.;powers.;s : Tho : highest'cost. , to';. , .the. l W;;* : ■ii;iio6ns^mera.' :^n'i7the?cWef^.Mn^lra■'trbuld?bβ

per?umt:for.ligtt^ ";<■&;;?' ;for-:,ppwqr;i» : 3'he ;• whole '{of rsche'mp■ ij®v:<W ,^emre^ptddil»:; imSCTt^eii'Sfii^-::/onii' i case'ihe; £'"pif .-.The WA ; f^'amount.!' jiif. , ./money; ■? Required-! would A ;i be' '&,§•'»'j^OO.OpoSper'arinum/vfor^four'^yeats.:''lt s;V'; V S'tW onld' : before ("the « ; jv^'.'';(»!ild:rrunr,-.any:'section Vof'ffieY' fj^';^lectri^yi^^lidu^rial^ : ffi^\;K3-withbutiS';6he^^ rS?<4'v^timirtedithat'-.thei'(sovernineiitV>iT6uld "g«t i;v: pitfia'iprbfit, of;:iE3 'orv^i^per 1 Some:rof • >;;.- ; 4; ; ;i;-;the vacheinesy- should' '■'.. produce : : earnings, ftvSV" r '.'!witbin;;two,- ; ; ; ; . : is«^be' giyetf in •; the- Publici;Works? Statement;. ■£0i ~'f -i '^ r ;v iMassey ;;sngge ? in:-yieW ;■ of r' $&'s&'■ importance; of ithe;-, p'jpp'osals' '] the) de-' '» Prime Minister said that wished /^,::k;[l^i;th^ ; il^anJßnis; : td ; :be;>passed-without ;;Ns^V-T;f"delay ) itand'',he wonJd .'therefore 'have::tb;a 'af&'i C? 'Bill' placed'at ttheiop'.of. the; : Papef. -^f^ior\Uie^nertvday^: : .rf:V^Kt'^:;':/ : ('^