ELECTRICITY ON RAILWAYS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 259, 31 October 1929, Page 8

ELECTRICITY ON RAILWAYS

INQUIRY IN GREAT BRITAIN COMMITTEE APPOINTED With a view to discovery the possibilities of electrification of the main line railway systems of Great Britain, the Government has appointed a committee, consisting of Lord Weir of Eastwood (chairman). Sir Ralph Wedgwood and Sir William McLintock, with the following terms of reference: “In view of the progress which is being made toward widespread availability of high tension electrical energy, to examine into the economic ond other aspects of the electrification of the railway systems in Great Britain with particular reference to main line working and to report their conclusions. ’ ’ The secretary to the committee will be Colonel A. H. C. Trench. An explanatory m •inorandum issued by the Ministry of Transport states thwt the appointment of a committee to inquire into the general problem of the electrification of the main line railway systems in Great Britain will in no way interfere with or delay any particular schemes of surburban or other electrification which may be otherwise under consideration.

Lord Weir presided over the committee which was appointed in 1925 to review th e national problem of the supply of electrical energy, whose report led to the Electricity (Supply) Act of 1926 and the establishment of the Central Electricity Board. Sir Ralph Wedgwood is the general manager of the London and North Eastern Railway, and Sir William McLintock, who has advised the Government on many matters, "was appointed by the Ministry of Transport to be the auditor of the Central Electricity Board. Colonel Trench is one of the inspecting officers of railways under the Ministry of Transport.