LOOKING WELL AHEAD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 5

LOOKING WELL AHEAD.

'WELLINGTON POWER SCHEME ! In building the sea-water inlet or canal | for condenser purposes at the new City Corporation powerhouse at Evans Bay, Wellington, Mr. M. Cable, the City Council's, electrical enginer, has looked well into the future. Instead of providing for the needs of the immediate future only— a powerhouse producing some 10,000 kilowatts of power—the canal will be capable of providing sufficient water for condensation purposes to supply a 60,<500 or 70,000 kilowatt station. From the long list of people waiting for electrical power now, and the growth in the use of electricity thaf is bound ! to occur as soon as amplo power is avail- ; able, Wellington is duo to take a great I leap forward electrically during the next j two years. Respecting the big 1 double feeder cable j that is now being laid between the Evans 1 Bay powerhouse and the city, Mr. Cable i states that it will be the means of bringI ing in the power, in an alternating form, ' for conversion to direct current at the new | sub-station in Jervois Quay. The de- | mand of the tramways is, and always j must be, one. of the first considerations. I The Jervois Quay powerhouse has been I hard put to it this winter to keep the ! cars going at peak-load times, and there ! have been occasions when the lighting staI tion in Harris Street has been called upon I to supply power..