ELECTRICAL POWER FOR CHRISTCHURCH.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11677, 12 July 1906, Page 4

ELECTRICAL POWER FOR CHRISTCHURCH.

Ch ri stch u rch, < Ju ly 1 1. At last night's meeting of % the City Council the Works Committee submitted the following report: — "The Committee begs to report that the timo has arrived when the present system of electrical supply is unable to cope with the demand, and that it is necessary to consider the advisableness of an extension ultimately capable of supplying the whole area of the city" and its suburbs. They recommend that a special committee be set up to consider the relative merits of watery steam, or other power suitable for the purpose. " The recommendation was made in consequence of the current now ob-j tained from tbe des£ructor being tinable to supply the demands of the public. The speakers at the Council meetiner favored harnessing the Waimakariri, or other large adjacent river, and so obtain unlimited power. The report was adopted.