PROPOSED ELECTRIC SERVICE.
.WELLINGTON", January 9. A meeting of representatives of the Lowaf Hutfc and Petone Boroughs, also -residentf of the Hutt Valley, was befij this evening ■to consider the ppoapeeta of installing i system of electric traction and lighting t& , serve the Hutt Valley.- A.- proposal wa< submitted to the meeting estimating tha, cos* .of the .joint schemes at £80,-000, and 7 £► *"*£ •^°J r a* sinkufg fund, and contin-, f#■ 3. .. . - . . -i..i offer -was made by- a number of gentlemen • interested in the district that' ii the'schenre. -as outlined were undertaken hy the corporations interested they -wou!<2 be prepared tq. guarantee- -up to.£Zo',ooo ixL provide for, any loss incurred' during ths . operations " of the first ten years- ~ After, the matter had^heen- discussed' the ; meeting decided; to -refer- the proposal to a> joint committee, with power -to- obtain expert advice and to report to a subseque^^ 1 moating to be held within three weeks.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 65
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154PROPOSED ELECTRIC SERVICE. Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 65
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