Electric Power.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 43, 20 February 1901, Page 3

Electric Power.

OFFERS TO PREPARE REPORTS

AN OFFER ACCEPTED,

At tho meeting of the Borough Council last night, Mr Chas. Dunlop wrote : —“ In reply to your letter of 6tli inst., I beg to inform you that I wrote to Messrs Steuart and Bonn, and they are willing to visit Gisborne, and furnish you with a report upon the scheme to supply Te Beinga Falls’ electric energy for the purposes of motive power and lighting, together with an estimate of the cost, for the sum of £24 3s. They point out that an inspection of the Falls should be made at this time of the year, when the minimum volume of water is going over.” Cr Hepburn: That just mentions Te Iteinga Falls. The letter referred to other places as well. • The Mayor’: Evidently, it is confined to Te Reinga. Cr Jones : I move the offer be accepted; it is within the amount I suggested. The Mayor said it would be better to leavo the matter stand until they had read another letter : Mr McLellan, of the Brush Electrical Engineering Company (Limited), Wellington, wrote stating that they understood the Borough was to be lighted _ by electricity, and they asked for information on the subject. They added, we are now finishing the contract for the New Zealand Government for lighting by electricity, the township of Rotorua, whore we are also putting in an electric pumping plant for the disposal of the sewage of the town. Tho energy is taken froin' the Okeri, 13 miles distant, and the fall of water is only 14 feet. This plant will he worldng in a week or two now, and we would bo glad to show the detail of same to any of your Council. Our general manager for Australasia will be in Auckland at the end of the month, and -will be pleased to call on you with a view to assisting you to make arrangements for lighting and power in your Borough. In the meantime, we will be glad to hear from you, with any detail you may have at the moment as to your requirements. "We have put plants for lighting, power and pumping purposes in all the colonies, and can refer you to them. We could perhaps give you a preliminary report to lay before your people, and enable you to

decide the /question of V your req 1111 ' 6 ' ments- ' ■' • The Mayor said the report might be given free. Cr Jones : To test thejmatter, I move that Messrs Steuart and Fenns’ offer be accepted. t:- : '* : K Cr Joyce seconded the motion. He said that the" lighting of the town was limited and expensive, and he believed that electricity must come when scientific minds were applied to it. Heyonsidered the offer very reasonable,' and" strongly urged its acceptance. He did not think gas would be done away with for sometime, but if the Council refused to acceptjthis offer he believed that the matter would be taken up by a private company. The Mayor said the amount asked for furnishing the report was very small. He supposed they would give a full report, and if they got a full and reliable report for the amount they might as it. It was purely a speculation whether any scheme would be recommended or not. -• , ' ' The motion was carried unanimously.