LIGHTING THE HOSPITAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 989, 2 December 1910, Page 9

LIGHTING THE HOSPITAL.

. A QUESTION -OF RECIPROCITY. Tho Power Stations Committee reported to the City Council last evening that they had left tho question of tho lighting of the general' hospital by electricity in tho hands of Councillors Fitzgerald and Cmith to confer with the electrical engineer, and submit to tho Hospital Board the lowest possible prico that would bo charged for the supply of current to that institution. Councillor.Fletcher moved that Councillor Hindmarsh bo appointed to confer with tho electrical engineer and submit a ■ report to the Hospital aud Charitable Aid Board. Councillor Trevor explained he had collected statistics and gone into the matter from tho beginning, nnd found instead of the cost being .£270, it would really come to a much larger sum. The Hospital and Charitablo Aid Board Committee recognised they should work hand-in handwith the counoili and if they could supply, ■power aud light at anything, like the da's Company's' price, ■ they would only;, be too pleased to- do so. : The engineer had informed him the cost of electric light would be XBSO per annum. Councillor Fitzgerald statodthat by remarks raado by the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, a great deal of harm had been done to the Electric Lighting Company. Tho late Hospital Trustees had secured the services of the city electrical engineer in drawing up specifications for lighting .the hospital by electricity in a most complete manner. The total cost of tho installation was estimated at J!700. A supply procured from tho corporation nt fivepsnee per unit, and including the cost of maintenance, would amount to .£503 per annum, as against i£B7C at present paid to tho Gas Company. Tho engineer's scheme provided for 694 electric lights—the presont number of gas lights was 523. The engineer had interviewed tho Hon. C. Luke, then chairman of tho Hospital Trustees, but on account of the. change in administration, tho matter was allowed to stand over. A special. committee set up dealt, with, the matter, r.nd decided in favour of gas, without ever consulting tho Electrical Department. The Gas , Company doe's not undertake to light tho hospital for ,£3OO. They only offer to supply pas at 4s. 7(1. per 1000 cubic feet, and .£SO a year for maintenance. At the suggestion of, Councillor Fletcher a proviso was added to the resolution asking that the council bo permitted to tender for the lighting, on tfio same conditions as the gas company. "With this recommendation the motion was carried. The hands of tho clock pointed to Monday morning, but ho still lingered. They had been singing Sunday music, sho playing tho accompaniments in a. soft minor key. "Sing one piece more," ho urged. "How would 'I'm Going Homo To-mcr-row,' do?" she asked. The old negro asked his son: "Is your marriad?" "Well, I ain't sayin' I ain't," replied' the boy. "Now, you, sar," thundered tho old man, "you'll jes' anaswer my interragationaliveness without any mo' preyaricaticosity. I ain't askin' you is you ain't marriecf; I'se askin' you ain't you is." There was a young man named J. Vance, Who wanted to go to a dance, But a corn wouldn't lot him, With pain it besot him,Till PROGANDRA ' his ohanco did enhance. BARRACLOUGH'S PROGANDRA FOR CORNS, 1». An advertisement appears in this issue giving particulars of Cook's holiday excursions in New Zealand.