JOHNSONVILLE LIGHTING WEDNESDAYS POLL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 62, 11 September 1911, Page 9

JOHNSONVILLE LIGHTING WEDNESDAYS POLL.

For «ome time pwt JohneonviHe ha» been ooneidering the problem of in«t*lling a system of public and private lightittg for the fcownehip. At an «arly Bt*ge in ite deliberation* it was dU* covered that a eyetem capable of providing the maximum of efficiency at a minimum cwt could not be evolved without considerable worry, .but, notwithstanding the difficulties in tho wwaty t it peMevored, with a praiawoi'thy dc» termination, during which time (■■on* caseione were granted Bucceesively for elecbi'icifcy, acetylen©, and coal gats, But the echeme* failed td • nia£oriali*o. Naturally, after «o tnawy übmh'v© fcfforte, it ia not cwy te predict a eiw cewful ieetie tt> any future sehenio tJidt may be entort*ino«, bitt ihe ref<ult« at.tAching to the recent (ktnoii«tMt.U>m given m contraction with the Do t<&itt© system of petrol gae, wJikh the Town Board had finally decinstl to place Weti the mlepayer* fnr tl*ir at the loan pDH on Wednesday next, it k urt;etK UmA to the belief that Mb labours are not ftllocctlieL' in vain. Tho result* «ye now to be eobh nichtl^ from a small plant which i* installed at the bt>atd office*. The illuminant, it i* claimed, can Vw nupplied to consumer* at ft price which it is satimated will ccanmand from the «t*rt a sufticietit demand to enable it to pay its way, No rate fw it« inception, it is elated, is deemed likely to be levied. A eepavate ieeue for the erecUon ot suitable office accommodation fot 1h& growing demand* of the district will also be tubmitted to the will of tho ratepayers at the Sams time, and it is nrg«d by the promoters that, as a eunv cfent incem* to m«t the interest on the loan for th& proposed work is jtlready imstiretl, ho rate in this «th«r ie neeewary if th« proposal is carried.