ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 47, 25 October 1913, Page 6

ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

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CjOMPANY'S NEW LICENSE. ' " ' ; '* ■ ; BO»OUCiH;C<)t}NqjL.PROTEST. « * '*& special fluting of the jßorough Council was hekli last night fc&cconi aider the question.of the license. pro-.-'posed to he iss V ed Electrical ..Supply,eempany to enable t£em to in the StratfordCfcUntff . -Present'. The J Ofty/n! ;^ r » • r ' £ KiritWP«d), : and„Gr S . -fiuig, Meters, h Arden, -Thowpspn, :Fredric, Monson, and'.Richards. > .'• ; r 5 • - *THe TBorough Solicitor .(Mr 1. ;£- , Fookes). reported that the.issue of W o Kceiise .was opposed to the interests of the -Borough, and he recommended thatVevery .eifoft ,he,niadc to.prevent its issue, in its present form at all events. .The .new .license authorised the whole of.the Borough and inStratford.Coun.tv, instead of dnly within of s!S& miles -from .the -Stratford && a3S3»Vtt «**> extended the period .operation till 42 .years from date, n*hile-the [covenant between the borough and (rthei -company expired .in, -,1919 .The thus ha .tifMbied: to 'carry oil operations in, competition with any flighting scheme the i and it.was questionable whether the - lfce not render inoperative the" local authorities' nght of iP UIi Ch said that undoubtedly it would: be-inimical to the interests .-of the' burgesses -of Stratford if the •proposed license .was granted. ine ■Electrical. Supply,Company _were.o) course, within rtheirvrights m Jfflgr *m> for the license and under the .'public Works Act- the .Government ■had powers, but it did not necessarily follow that a license would be granted: itwasnpiional for.the ..Government J»*ffi?gS •'orTefuse it. While the Electrical vSupprv Companv .might be expected an endeavor to extend thenoperations under the proposed license, the '.Borough, Council to be '.watehfAil'rthat jhe .rights .of the>J>sr- ' gessesiwer^ Coun\dW n<K enter a strong against fMignd at tliis .goingtjinto dftailsras the''opiliion offOiS-^j«BMH jthAj ground; if hecessary, from ! points ||ihlft; might arise .during, | d^hatef» }3s \ wo'vUd |^l^K:%#|oMtfti^, ''^'JDr/ "Masters, . .said, he .|hq|ght, if *»' letter of protest forwarded it, all/that was necessary. He,did not 'vmpm sehdirig •depuWtionftp Wol r test 'j could be 'forwarded and then if ,necassary the deputation could go jdowa,!jatei%",-, H^weyer r Jio. dulr:?fit ; .^o>?ern)aent. would.;he v pre T ; ntboagfe' the .best, thing; :thef|pßfy# ! ,; would /be;.to a pur-ehas,e> the. Electrical 1 Supply (Company's plant. M -r jAt «Cr-. -Fredrie said he could |§yt un* ; Cr. Civ "Asters did not think it ; ne%s.s,ary : jtos.end deputation >o -.Wellington, yet .ihje /expressed- the opinion that the would he granted. From what rCr«Ma&ters said,- <he.lQr.,¥s&*&) wa * -cOnvi&ced-that: it was absolutely, necesi adeputatipn.-to WelJingtoWvvtet •the deputation should, go ..as soon .a? possible. ' ■; said he .would most .strongly oppose the granting -of the ;.license,as -.being opposed to the best interests'of the :h»rges?.es. Under the license-it was proposed to give the Company very .wide .powers and the .license 'would render nugatory the present-deed of concession. .In .replying," the 3tayor said he did not consider that any argument had

Jfcteeh Adduced -.' against \ the Lighting Committee's Tecoramendations being into .effect. . On the contrary.. •he thought,that from what had "been said.it was very patent it was urgently .required that a deputation should seat to-Wellington in' support of the -protest." Continuing .the Mayor-said that the question \ raised re the Council.purchasing the Company's plant, ",was outside 'the matter under discussion', but he wdUld say that he thought the present concession should be allowed, \ to! run out. •. ■ .■ ,

-The .Mayor .atid" CrV Richards- .weft) appointed a deputation to interview the, Prime M 'lister and the Minister,'.for Public- Works* at Wellington to pro-, test against the issue Of the license. . i :It-;SKa& also decided that" ; a letter o\ protest be forwarded to the Under-, Secretary for Public • Works on ; tJ»fl matter:,.- ..• ; . •.' '■'

The full text of tho Eorough Solid tor's report will bo published in to morrow'si; issue.