CITY LIGHTING.
A EECOIiD MONTH. Reporting upon the city electric lighting department for the month of July, Mr. Stuart Richard-son, engineer and manager, states that results are extremely satisfactory. The revemio shows an inoreaso of JM7O as compared with Ihe corresponding month last year, whilst the working expenses have decreased by .E39S. The net result to date, after allowing for all capital charges, is a credit balancevif ,£5104, as compared with .ECGI in 1309, an increase of .£1243. The expansion of the business lias been phenomenal this winter, 311 new connections having been made since April last. The income from new consumers and the reduction in the cost of production is now more than compensating for the loss in revenue to the department consequent on the great saving effected by. consumers through the use of metal filament lamps, and the engineer considers the financial success of this j-ear's operations is assured,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 902, 23 August 1910, Page 6
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151CITY LIGHTING. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 902, 23 August 1910, Page 6
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