HUTT VALLEY TRAMS.
CITY CANNOT SUPPLY POWER. Some littlo time ago the Hutt Valley Tramway Board wrote to the City Council in reference to the matter of a supply of current from the city electrical works for the board's tramway scheme. A report on the matter, prepared by the city tramway manager and en"ineer (Mr. Stuart Richardson) was submitted to a meeting of the Tramways Committee of the City Council yesterday, afternoon Mr. Richardson stated that, assuming that the city provided the plant, an expenditure of some .£OOOO would bo involved, and the council would require to be recouped in sonio way for this expenditure. Further, the loss in transmission at a comparatively low pressure would be large, and the cost to the borough would be correspondingly high. He did not think it would bo advisable for tii-j city to undertake tho work. The committee decided to make its recommendation in accordance with the engineer's report
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1128, 16 May 1911, Page 8
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