LIGHTING EXTENSION.
PROGRESS OF THE WORKS. • Tho -suburban lighting' contract, which has 1 :been undertaken, by the. City Council, is now 'well in hand, but' full' gangs' of men' cannot be put on until the various tenders. whio(i !have been'let during"the' past'three weeks iare met'.' The. work in" progress '.at .Kilbirnie is being' carried out with material wliicli was; already in hand. ' . • Seven meii :i are employed 'at Kilbirnie, the workers 'being 'divided into a ,pole gang arid a wire gang. The polemen - are engaged' at the foot of Wellington Road: just how and the wiremen are working at Crawford Road. About 1 30 of the 82' poles needed for this section' of- -tihe, extension'.'have; now been put, in: . ;'A beginning was: made'yesterday nforning ' with' work' on'the Brooklyn; section'. Arrangements have been made to'push 'on tho w6Hj so- that private 1 lighting connectionb. will' be able'to d© made by lirooklyri residents before the end ,of the mpnth. The tramwayfeeder- lines which'-' run-' from ■ Nairn Street . .across the Town vßelt to ' : Brooklyn are-to . be'used to 'carry the wires_for tho new light-' . ingj' and fresh arms are 'being erected "■ to , carry the additional wires.- ; ' s <
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 577, 4 August 1909, Page 8
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193LIGHTING EXTENSION. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 577, 4 August 1909, Page 8
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