CAVERSHAM GASWORKS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13999, 4 September 1907, Page 2

CAVERSHAM GASWORKS

FINALITY ARRIVED AT.

'.- {Faoit OuVo'wij Corbespondent.) .., _ •- n WELLINGTON Soptomber l 3. The Dimcdin ,Suburban Gas Companj ■Empowering Bill was finally dealt with this monung. by,.:tho coraniittoo apooiallyappointed .to deal with -it. Certain amendment* suggested by tho'suburban boroiichs, , the Drainage Board, and tho City Corporation wero incorporated .in tho bill,- which will bo reported,!to fto House, aad' finally passed probSblf this , weok. . .. ■ ■ i'. "•'' 1 Mr ; Bell, who appeared for tho company, exploded that- on agreement . had been-am-od at andl duly oxecutod between the Uty Corporation and tho company; subject' to oartain amendments:at the. request- of the boroughs and:tho; Diainagb BoardMr MaoGreffor, who appearssl on bohsJf of the City Corporation, concurred in this statement. .•.-•••• - ■••.-.-, ;

The committob ..'then went through tho bill clause . by,': clause, an'd.,inado theV amendments submitted/ The .clauso.relat-" ' mg 1o maximum s prices oLgfe'and dis.counts, waa altered, .tho maximum ' p'rico boin ff changed frond'Os to 6s U and.'tha discount fronv33 to 2s. 6d if. paid by'the 20th-of the.:month; and from Is to. Iβ- Jd'.if paid before .the..last:day of tho'month. An addition was. mado to; this' olaiiso at ' the suggestion of ..the baroughe.'.ns-folbws:. Provided , always' , 'that' if. and whenever the pneo for gas' for, private consumption charged.by the City CouncU'of Duiiedin'.to consumore of gas ,, supplied from (ho City ' of Dimcdin. Gasworks fa altered, oiit and whenovoi. , the ratee of discount allowed-by" them upon gasaewuiite to eucli consumers aro respecHvely, altered, or if'both eudl price and rate.-! of discount are so altered, then tho priw or the rates of discount, or both tho price and the"'rates, of discount, as. the easo may ! bp hereinbeforo authorised, ehall be corrcenondingly' alterod by tho compaiiy-, in the Boroughsiof- St. V Kilda, ''Eoslyn.".."■At tho' " request 'of ftb City Coi-pb'ration fol>v lowinp elabses• .were'- added:—''The v com-■ pmy -and tlie' cooncil of tho'City of iDiinecria shall, tlioy aro: hereby.' respeotively , empowered to do, carry ' in'to : effect;,the" agreement for : .sale hiid piirdiase ; entered "', into between''tho' oompany and the cor- • porataon,-aated thb;' 28th day of Augiist, 1907, ■ and -foV that /purpose tho v couricil' of ' tho City of- -punodin may borrow; if it thinks it necessary , for the purposes of 7 this act,-not exoeeding the sum of'fourteen tlioiwiid p'o'urids at a rateof interest-. not .exceeding £5 per 'centum .by way of< ' special loan under tho provisions of eeotion : H of .'Tho Lbeal^Bodics'.Xoa'nß'Act, • by, speoial order, and -without taking tho stepa describoll m-eections' 7,-tol3 of that ■ .act." "Tlio'oorporatioa'.elialljhave-powet to .sell and dispoee.of oJlror ." tho freehold lands acquired from the company, and any buildings, ereotiona,', plant,or things: thoreon; either in-one lot'"orseparate lots, by auotion, tender; or private contract; a,nd to, a-nd-aasign ,the : - same to the purohaeor : .ca : ' purehasora. thereof,: or it may.;]easo':the said land and ■r;remisjes for any: term 'and atiany may tliink proper." Clause, .3, of ;.'tha sphedulo was amended read as follows:— , "Provided further,, that-it sha,lT be-lawful for any owner or occupier of any building or; land ~not dodicatod to;publio into, tirough, or -against,, or in which 'any pipe or other works ehal'l have been Jaid <lowii or-.,placed with suoh coraerit '.ns. : - aforesaid at any time thereafter, -if-'.Euch owner or occupier shall, deem it rieoessary • or'oxpediont upon giying forty-eight hovW.i , n6tipo in writing company,'at: liis- . own. cost and ...charges, but under .the superintendence .of.,.the company,' to'altcrand vary, tho . posiiion .of 6u'ch .pipes or. other works, and .to relay and 'pfaee 'the , same so that full ootnponsation'be made'for'any <|amage done thereby to tho company', oivfor nay. hindrance or obsfcruotion which;;.. may thereby .be'occasioned-.to tho lighting: of any' publip, qr privato lamp, .provided;, alwaye that if suoh pipes or works were originally laid .down or -placed as-aforesaid, for. the benefit; of the Icohipany solely/ the.. cost- of!, altering .tlioj'wition' t.hor ; »f shall .be. borne ])y''tho'.company, which ; eha)l in. such.easp cSaini. for 'compteneation •'. - as. aforisaiid.'.^ , ' Thp"fqllbwHig: , '. proviso■ v ia. ■ added fo'olause.lO of the Provided always that'in tlie event' 'of .. ■ of- any, street which shall havo' bcon' formed ■ and metalled an' which'' the company/shall \\; liave laid dp\vn any main (tm' pipe beinir' alfccr«i subaooucntlv. to tho lavine down of such mains, .the. Icompauv; , shall at ita'own evpeiiso once only' mn'lt'6 Vnidv 'alteration in . the, level qf'euoh maira as may-lie thereby- , ' .'rendered' rieciesaryi!. but • this Vpr'oyiebV eliaH , *-' not applv to any easo : whoro tW company ■ has . previously to this ;act; made ;anv such .alteration- at ite own oxpepse.",jSeveral. . minor alterations ' and •.' incoi)aeqnenti»lr!" amedraents wero mado, and the addition previously mado to tho preamble by tho conv rnittsc, now beins-unncoes«aTy,.was struck out'.. . .-. ,-..-. ,'■:• ;-.,, ~,. V..'.'