ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
: SCHEME FOR ST. HEUERS, _ ; PROPOSED DELEGATION. ; ROYALTY OF FIVE PER CENT, ' ' 4 - " • villi A pbovisiojmi, agreement has been'smfc ! with Mr. D.M. Davis by the Ta^ West Road Board for. the supply of & 1 ; toe lighting and power in St. Helieo, I The terms of the proposed contract Snjbe explained at a meeting of ratepayers '■ m Bates's Hall this evening. . - - ... The general terms of the agreeieiii provide that the Road Board should make immediate application for "a licemj' under the Public 'Works Act to'-carry-# .the necessary works, and that the-licen»' should -be transferred to Mr. Davis mil : full-power to install a generating vsaj|' and; erect distributing mains throegtat" the district, iff.. Davis proposes to eras" a, power station on a sufficient area to • permit- extensions - -the ' district' fa* comes more populated, his selection'of *■' site being subject to the approval of the . board's ~ consulting engineer. He : s sksl:5ks l : .for a tenure of-. 21 -years from the-assist jment of the deed of delegation, with a provision- that at • the expiry of; ; ftat period or at any subsequent date, fie board may, having given six month/: notice of its intention, purchase the plant: at a valuation determined ■by arbitrate. ■:-■.•. Maximum charges are defined in 4a .provisional.agreement at 6id per unit/its lighting, r and 3£d- for heating, ' cooking, and power purposes. These rates are to be continued until the contractor hi made an average net profit of 15 per .cent, '■"- over the working of all previous yjjipoil the undertaking. Thereafter the pric« are-to be reduced, on' the basis of the working account of the year immediately - preceding, so that, as nearly as possiile,: .. the . net profit shall not exceed.ls-pa. '} cent, in .any one year. A royalty/of 5 per cent, per annum on the net annual!' profit is to: be paid to the board, :t&8 profit being the excess of the gross income over the, sum -of "the ' actual, work-i in g .{expenses, and a-, depreciation alio* ance of 5 per cent. „ '>>^jte Mr. Davis is prepared to supply po'-ra for..street lighting-at -the same - -fates' as : : "e at present charged, by the Auckland, j electricity department to the Auckland City Council. He undertakes to revise the charges for street lighting to main-: tain this equality-, as changes are mads the : .city. : , I When feeders-, are .required for [ '\ supplymg/sparsely, inhabited streets-i*ej, will fee provided : if the .consumption : shows a " working profit" (to be defined; by, the board's consulting-. engineer and' Mr. Davis before- the deed is signed). 7 finally, Mr. Davis undertakes to furnish ' ** °°* consi sting of two approved sureties * ot_ £600 each, guaranteeing fas perforin- s ance-of the agreement;- and is also agree- 1 to the inclusion of a penalty class l in the agreement. '-: '-' " ' '■ ' ■'' ■ ' '.■ -.v' --:':- HARHIISSIKS HXTSTJA WAIM. 1 , . * "v 4 : r £ > ' APPROVAL IN PAPAKtJRA. 1 ■' •■-."' ' ' ■• ■ •■ - ■- v S Authority was given to the Papaya xown Board by a public meeting on Hon-"' day evening, to guarantee an annual con; " S™ °, electricity to the value of: *.iUoU'if the Manukau County Council -decides to utilise the Hunua Falls for® '-'■ generation of .power for Papakura, '» toetoe, and Mannrewa. It was expiringby Mr. A. Willis, chairman of the Town ; Board, that the County Council had no power *° levy a rate in the town district, ana it required an assurance of its «• * SKh o^scht^ deciding ' to proceed with the scheme. ..' ! ■i The engineer. whom the County Council j has consulted Mr. E. J. Fenn, gave a full ! sil 1 tIOI U- of *•»■' Project, answering) K estlons 1 which were addressed mm at the conclusion of his address. \ i w™M e f t !? that street lighting I Satnf . but « - £135 towards tieguarantee, private consumption £300 -of 1 sid«4wt P° w er consumption am- 1 fS? ♦ TOm i fe noting decided that PrSse^ 6 ° f - # 10 °0 could be given, eJS °P»wn that the scheme vsi ft9T -:^j - - — —. -0- :■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15518, 28 January 1914, Page 10
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