ELECTRIC LIGHTING AT REEFTON.

Otago Witness, Issue 1916, 10 August 1888, Page 18

ELECTRIC LIGHTING AT REEFTON.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Rebfton, August 5.

A public trial of the electric lighting system was made in Broadway last night. A large arc lamp was suspended in the street and at 7 p.m. the machinery was set in motion and the powerful light diffused itself all over the town, illuminating the hills and giving a most weird aspect to the whole scene. The light was somewhat unsteady at first, but after an hour or so a more even current was maintained. Inside the Oddfellows' Hall 20 or 30 16-candle power lamps with various shaped and coloured shades were brilliantly lighted and made up a most dazzling scene. The light was much admired and was perfectly steady. The trial is considered eminently successful, and on Monday next the work of connecting the houses with the mains will be started. The installation was carried out by Mr Walter Prince, of Dunedin. The motive power is supplied by a turbine fed by a water race giving 24ft fall and capable of exerting 120horse power. Sixty-horse power, however, will provide the lighting system. The machinery ran very smoothly, and the whole work appears to have been carried out in a thoroughly efficient manner. Mr Prince was warmly complimented upon the success of the enterprise.