ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
GROWTjH IN ELEVEN YEARS. INTERESTING FIGURES’. The electrical business of . the Stratford Borough Council has now, a total capital value* of £53,327, of which sum £50,500 whs provided by loan and £2827 out of revenue.
A big increase in units sold was shown in 1926-7, when the. changeover Was only partly completed. The change-over was finally completed in. 1)927-8, and a farther substantial increase is looked for now that tho new system is in full worklfig order. The total units sold for: 19278 show a big increase despite the fact that during the; operation of Summer Time the consumption of current fell away very substantially. The following figures supplied by the Town Clerk (Mr P. Skoglund) show the progress of the department during the past eleven years;
Units sold Net Rev. 1917-18 161,373 £3661 1918-19 181,380 £4558 1919-20 210,572 £®503 1920-21 238,285 /*" V £6078 1921 22 245,6631 '' £6338 1922-23 269,531 £6802 1923-24 294,885 £7268 1924-25 305,997 £7607 1925-26 406,676 £8453 1926-27 706,804 £9528 1927-28 990,141' £10,259
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 64, 29 May 1928, Page 4
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168ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT Stratford Evening Post, Issue 64, 29 May 1928, Page 4
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