SUBURBAN RAILWAYS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18235, 20 November 1924, Page 9

SUBURBAN RAILWAYS.

$ ELECTRIFICATION I' PROPOSALS. iREPORT BEING PREPARED. , por somo time there has been an agijftfoh for the electrification of prliban sections of railway in the Ma centres of the Dominion, and the fctor of Railways, (the Hon. J. G. Ipes) informed Parliament last sesilihat the Government had decided Piwain a roport on the subject from Spars Merz and McLellan, a well" ttmni firm of London' consulting engifpM,E. P. Grove, superintendent enWmt for' Messrs Merz and McLellan, iPJarrived in tho Dominion, and is ' SbyTfexomiriing the possibilities Of elecfflyilijj the lines at Auckland, WelKpn, Christchurch/ and Dunedin. He §fo|lrtady made enquiries at Auckland SfW'ollington, and is at pjesent in fpttosrs Merz and McLellan carried jgJPfc electrification of the Melbourne fPfj»s«i system, and Mr Grove was in Mttge'of the work. His firm was also for an extensive scheme in connexion with Jwfc&nith African railways, milread'y a good deal of information ptfvbeeu collected by the Government MtKl>egtod to the electrification of ffpSk' suburban sections, but tho con-, IPMiOf Opinion haa been (says the flpbgtbtt ''Post") that the time has iP^tafrived to convprt any of the ffiffiibn lines from steam to elecOTdwJ'.The report, which will bo furMessrs Merz and McLelIp'ißlMd, however, remove all doubts vrisdom Or otherwise of pro|P(Uji^ T With an electrification scheme. &.s«peeted that tho report will bo Stable about May next.