HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 6

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

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TRAMWAY BOAED. Tbe Hutt V alley. Tramway Board met al t ™ r S?,,' ev «fflng- Present: Messrs, J. W. M iwaa (chairman)' J. T. Hawthorn, ™. Baldwin, R. btevens, J. Austin, and H IJindlay. - ' _\in urging, the advantages of Thornyorofi tramway . motor-cars for the , Hutt Valley, a \\elluigton, firm pointed, out; that when only two or three electrio, cars were , out, tnoy would . be running at a loss. The cost of a lhornycroft.car, .seating 36 passengers, would bo £1335, de)ivered on rail* at retone. A comparison of. the total cost: ot the two systems would favour the petrol Boheine, which would probably ,not amounl to more than half/of that, pf the electa system. Complicated overhead, wiring guards to protect' wiring, posts and suj> ports, heavy section rails and connections; power-houses, boosters, transformers, and eub-stations of ah electric; system would no( bo roquirod. . . . The chairman reported., on. a consultatior which ,he had had -with' a ,cityelectrical enBifcesr- J- 6 had been recommended to eng&gQ Mr. Iroderick'. Black, electrical on* gmcOT, to report on a tramway .schema Ar who. was to frame .any., report woulc nave to commence, do novo;.. . _ A proposal "submitted , by Sir. May Wf that the, electric:' system be; finally decidct upon, and all other, schemes allowed .to drop He further .urged ; that'. they, should adopt the report of their two local engineers, aftei lirst asking Mr... Goodman, (now in Adelaide . T . oa ?, 1 ®hd,;,Yonfy ..it v; Inr,Mr.V,rEindlay'! opinion, Mr. Goodman.was,the-finest 'experl on these,, matters I, jn .-.A.nstralasia. • j< 'Members made a. rough estimate'of th< cost of .the petrol motor system as follows :, way,., <■ £42,000; '12 cars > - £19Q0 j .waitipg; stations! £250; Jand, ~£150; ,; promoting Bill, raising loan, (( ©tc., £1000,;; , charges," etc;-, 10 .per cent., ~.£6000;,,t0ta1,. about £68,000! ihis, n). Mr. Hawthoitfe estimate,, and- he declared that, if, there;, was to b« eo littl< reduction on the, figure quoted by the en •th 6■. new scheme was not i wortf further. consideration.Mr. Stevens ;sait that he could have figures of the cost of hii proposed steam service ready for the noxi board meeting.' , ~.. Acting = upon the' suggestion of .the chairman, Mr. btevens moved, "That the chairman and deputy-chairman wait on Mr. Fred, enck Black . and . ask what it\ would eosl for his .report on steam, petrol, and okcfcrica tramway traction; systems far the Hutt Valley, and this was, agreed, to. It was agreed, also, to ask for further in fo ™ atl ?s regarding, the Thornyaoft cars. JTmdlay gave notice of motion thai meetmgs of the board be,held-monthly!in-stead of oyejy fortmght.V i ■: .•!;