HYDRO-ELECTRICITY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15317, 13 September 1920, Page 8

HYDRO-ELECTRICITY.

S,v's?™°j M^ Btit \S "V facts concerning .hidroreloatric developments m the South 1 Isfnnd are furnished by Mr A. P. Aldwdp,. ; AtJLXipl., k Amcr.. I.RE , i JjydratJlxc arid eleetricaJ. engineer at Wail ! pori, Diinedjn.- ;■••.".. ,' ,~ „ - I Whe Waiyori.' piant is the.ipioneer m hydro-electro de^lopment m the South 'Starting 1n 490? with a capacity of 2CCO kilowatts/ ithe demand incre-aadd tmtil m 1914 the capacity reached: 6QOO kilowatts' Sine© th» <xsmmeitobmeni'of the w&v the plaM'has Keen unable to 66tie with thb derri^md on account of tho high" Cost anct uncertainty: of delivery of material;' ; is 'Interesting to note*' that Although tho prices, for power :in Dunedin aro cohipitratiysly low. .tho riot profits ior 'the laj«t year of operation were over •018,000. Dyt^ng tho first fo^v ".'years of operation, while iwcre m; progress;. ;,tho financial jxisition was noj> so satisfactory •as it is to-day. The present system includes tho reticulation of the whole of Dunedin and suburbs,: * Ifcvt Chalmers, i-Mosgiel, part of Taieri Plain, nnd at present pc cxteiwion" of the system to> ; Milton is about tpi be proceeded ,, with, i this and. other extensions" ihvblve's 'the ! immediate expenditure' * of ifiiaOjOOO. " » i Tho" rapid growth of this eyetem de- • mojti^tr4t«s the advantage of ,^. oomprehensivo ■ schdme and -a- reliable source of powe"r. . Apart from' the "benefits from; an industrial point of view, the-utilisa-tion of the lejectrical yiQWer m relieving the. drodgery of domestic duties is appreciable. '