NEW TRAMWAY CABLES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18130, 30 June 1922, Page 9

NEW TRAMWAY CABLES.

THE KfNGSLAHD "FEEDERS." SUM OF £10,000 INVOLVED. WOB.K AT COLLEGE HILL, j Hie provision of certain new tramway j cables was the subject of reports pre- I' seated io tie City Council last evening. \ : The Mayor, Mr. J. H. Gkmson, stated j: he had gone fully into the question of ]' tramway feeders with tie chairman of 3. the committee;. Mr. G. R. Hutchinson, ] > ih& acting-manager of tramways, and the i tramways engineer. The matter was | ! argent., and involved financial provision. I As regards feeder cables, it: would be j seen from a report, by the acting-manager 1 that the cost- involved -was £10.033. The | work, in view of its urgency aad the j position of the negotiations some time j ago with the Power Board and the city, j was proceeded with by the late city elec- j trical engineer under arrangement with j the tramways department. It was cow j recomii:ended that this authority be con- ] ] firmed by the council, and that the east j be defrayed from the tramways loan | account, "and that the completion of the j work be authorised. It was the feeder • issuing from King&land snbstatJßa to j parts of the service in that district. As for. the College Hill cable, it was recommended, in view of iht urgency of j this work, that tenders be called forth- I with for tks necessary cable. The renewal of cables generally was j also an important matter, but not- of the j same urgency as the two foregoing. It j was therefore recommended that it be 1 referred for full consideration to the j i Tramways Committee, the tramways en- j gineer to report as to the cables needed, j The acting-manager of tramways, Mr. ) j A. E. Ford~ in his report, said the Col- ! 1 lege Hill feeder cable was in a serious ! j condition, and broke down again _on j i Juna 2L It was essential that- immediate j j steps be taken to have the cable renewed- ] Mr. H. X. Bagnall said fee was told j j when the City Council purchased the] I tramways that a large amount would : have to be spent in repairing cables, and J that the council was "taken m." The Mayer: Mot at alb Mr. Ferguson i fold as all this. Mr. Gunson also rei marked that of course £20.000 was a mere bagatelle compared to the £1.250,000 in the system. The reports vrero adopted. AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL. •* j MATERIAL FOR TRAMWAYS. j PURCHASE AUTHORISED. The Auckland City Council met last. : evening, the Mayor, Mr. J. H. Gunsca, j presiding. There were also present: 1 Mrs. E. M. Manure, Miae E. Melville, Messrs. G. Bail don, M. J. Bennett, H. N'l 1 Bagnall, A. E. Warnock, J. B. Patereon. i G. Davis, S. I. Crooks*, J. A. C. Allura. j J. Dempsev. T. Blood worth, W. J. Holdsworth, G. *R Hutchinson. G. Knight, F. I W. Brinsden, A. E. Lawry, J. W. Hard- | ley. J. Robarison. Mr. H. H. Morgan was appointed trasit wav traffic snperi.ntendent at a salary of I £500 a year, and Mr. W. Maddligan j rosier and time-tahle clerk at £560 a year. Both are at present in Adelaide, South Australia, j The acting-manager of tramways reported that he had ordered two pneumatic j j tour-tamper plants complete with petrolj drive© compressors and special tools. The j tampers would enable the council to exj pedite considerably all extension and re- | construction work and to do the work I more efvenly and thoroughly, the men reI placed by "the use of these tools being j advantageously placed on other work. i The cost would ! i>e £2400. The purchase t was authorised. The tender of Edgar Allen and Sons, Ltd., of £2355 f.o.b. for material for j special tramway work at the Great South j Road Mrd Manukaa Road junction was acceptedA request that the minimum tram fare from Onehunga terminus to the top of Queen Street, Oaehunga, should .be reduced to Id was received from the Onehunga Waterside Workers' Union. The request was declined, the Mayor saying j that this action had been taken on a j previous occasion. If it were granted ! similar ooucsessiom would be wanted all ever the tramway system. The city solicitor" submitted for executior. a memorial to the Governor-General relating to the proposed Great South. Road tramway extension.. Payment to the Xew Lynn Town Board of £281 as the council's share of the cost of repairs fo the Whau Bridge was 1 authorised. i Tm tender of E. Jones, £120, for graining on Mount Hobson was accepted.