BETTER LIGHTS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20311, 22 May 1934, Page 4

BETTER LIGHTS.

Improvements Decided on in City. £lßl2 TO BE SPENT. ! To improve street lighting in Christ- j church, the sum of £lßl2 will be spent j bv the Christchurch City Council, I which at its meeting last, night | adopted the recommendations of the Finance Committee in this matrer. During the course of the debate on the proposals, Councillor J. S. Barnett characterised the proposed expenditure on Riccarton Avenue as “ wilful extravagance.” but Councillor 11. T. J. Thacker praised it as a sample of what ; could be done with up-to-date lighting. ; r l he expenditure is to be allocated as [ j follows: ; £ i Riccarton Avenue 384 > Residential lighting 191 | Bank corner and Cook and Ross's corner 128 Changing over ICO to 250 c.p. .. 294 Educational areas 50 £1047 I Second stage residential 453 • Total £lßl2 | The committee stated that to meet ] ! this amount there would be the pro- ; • posed reduction in charges of £9OO, the amount authorised by the council j on November 6 {£soo). and it was recommended that the additional amount of £412 be authorised. A report by the general manager of : the Municipal Electricity Department : stated that the proposed expenditure 1 of £1047 would be an annual charge The 145 lamps (100 c.p. changed to 250 c.p ) proposed for main thoroughfares included the following: Papariui j Road, from Bealev Avenue to Papanui. ; 37; Colombo Street South, Brougham | Street to Ileathcote River, 21; Ferry j Road, Fitzgerald .‘Avenue to Ileathcote , River, 51; Lincoln Road, Moorhouse Avenue to city boundary, 26; contingencies, 10. Councillor T. Milliken said that lie was opposed to the annual c‘ rge of £384 for the installation of the gaseous discharge lamps in Riccarton Avenue Reports submitted by the general manager of the Municipal Electricity Department had stated that these lamps were still in the experimental I stage. In addition to the annual • charge of £3S4, the cost of installing I the lamps would be about £6OO, and ! the lighting would not be of benefit to ! many residents of the city. Councillor T. 11. Butterfield expressed the opinion that the new lamps should be in Cathedral Square instead of Riccarton Avenue. Councillor M. E. Lyons said that it j was very largely a technical matter, and the council had to be guided by its officers. He urged the council to be a little progressive.