POWER STATION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1295, 25 November 1911, Page 4

POWER STATION.

4 A MIRAMAB PBOPOSAL.

Tlio eiectrie-powor scheme decided ou ]»y tho Xtiramar llorough Council, and to be submitted (o the ratepayers in tbo near future, is bated on provision for n small power station, to bo erected in connection with Iho drainage scheme now being carried out in the borough. Power is needed to drive the compressors that work the ejectors iu connection with the pumping of the sewerage to the outfall on tho ocean beach. Mr. R. L. Me.stayer, the engineer for the waterworks and drainage works, was of opinion that if the power stalini) was increased iu capacity so as to provide, energy for tho trams and light in? (public and private), a saving could be effected and the scheme could be niado a financial success. Mr. F. Mack, consulting electrical engineer, who has reported on (ho matter, endorses Mr. Mcstaycr's opinion, stating that the scheme would result in a saving of about ,£2025 per annum to tho borough (the amount that would bo deducted from tho sum paid to tho city by the borough for power). Tho output of tho proposed power station would 1)0 4-58,000 units per annum, and the. annual cost of the running of tho station is estimated at .C'lO.'M per annum. The capital cost is set down at Xls,ffs, from which amount a. deduction of -Kiwi (for small power station) is made. The latter amount hns been already included in the. loan for water service nnd drainage. Tliero is still another contingency to be takou into consideration in connection with tho inoromnnt to erect a big power station. Mirninar in time will probably become the manufacturing pni't ot Wellington. Land within the "Wolliiißtnn basin" is too dear for manufactories, mid always must bo, so they must iu time move outwnrdK. us has been the ease in other large cities. The manufacturers who establish themselves on Miramar flat may be marked down as ■ probable customers for power iu tho futuro.