THE WAIPORI RIVER ELECTRIC POWER SCHEME.
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir,—A letter signed " Citizen " regarding the advantages of the "vaipori River as a source of electric power for the city trams as against the Taieri River and Lee Stream, proposed by the City Council, appears in your issue of to-day. The data and figures given by " Citizen "■ regarding the Waipori are correct, but in one particular' he has fallen into an error, and as my report is mentioned in his letter, I would like to correct this.
" Citizen " says the supply of power could be increased by a dam constructed in the Waipori Gorge, for which every facility exists. This is not quite so: the place for a dam, supposing one to be required, is not in the gorge, but above it. Immediately before entering thejjorge the Waipori flows through a flat of some extent, and this is where a" dam would be placed, as it would be difficult to find a spot where a large body of water could be impounded at less cost. With this dam the greater part of the rainfall on the catchment area of the Waipori could be utilised for power. But so far as regards comparison with the City Council's scheme, this dam does not enter into the question. At the locality in the Waipori mentioned by " Citizen " 120 heads of water with a fall of 360 ft can be obtained. This gives more power than the Taieri scheme, and the amount of water mentioned, and more, is always available. No other works are required tharr a race of about a mile—through by no means bad country—and a pipe line of some 500 ft: This certainly compares favourably with an estimated outlay of £26,000 for dams and races required by the Taieri and Lee Stream proposals.— I am, etc,,
W. H. Hutcheson.
Princes street, July 27,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11797, 28 July 1900, Page 8
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