LOAN PROPOSALS
HASTINGS WATER SUPPLY EXTENSION AN URGENT NEED MAYOR EXPLAINS POSITION. On November 30lh loan proposals for the extension of the water supply of the borough ot Hastings, involving a sum of £lO,lOO will be placed before the ratepayers. The scheme has been submitted to and approved by the Local Government Loans Board, and the Mayor desires to urge upon the people the great necessity in the interests of the health of the community, and the general welfare ol Hastings, that the proposals should be favourably received. ‘‘The present water supply which has not been added to,” says Mr. Maddison, ‘‘was inaugurated in 1911 when the population of the- borough was 6.286 people, and since then the population has just about doubled, and therefore, the consumption of water has so increased that the present supply is totally inadequate for the needs of the town. During the last two years, the position has been most precarious, and on several occasions there was not more than half an hour's supply of water left in the Reservoir, although the pumping was continuous during the twenty-four hours of the day. and if there had occurred a break in the continuity of the supply from the water pumps, or if a serious conflagration had broken out in Hastings; then the condition would have been a most serious one. and Hasting: would have been without water until such time as the position had been remedied.
“The present Reservoir has a capacity of 500.000 gallons which is only sufficient to supply the present requirements of the people for five hours, but the proposed capacity of the extra Reservoir will be ample to meet the consumption for twenty- [ four hours, and which, the engineer maintains, wlil he sufficient •Tor fl borough of Hastings during the next fifteen years. .“Further; the present water pumps nre not oniv obsolete but have' so deteriorat'd that thev nre unable to efficientlv do the work expect of them, and the proposals provide for the installation of a new pumping plant, and also the sinking of sufficient wells to provide an adequate water supply. The position ■ • acute in Hastings, and the supply of water so restricted that it will he | very difficult, under the present con- | dilions, to supply the Hastings Hospital with the water it will require. CONS’jMPTiON PER DAY. “The present-total consumption of water”’ in the town averages about 600,000 gallon's per day, so 1 am sure the people will, readily observe the necessity for an additional supply, I especially in view of the fact _tb; I the present Reservoir has a capacity | of. only half a million gallons. The borough has had an agreement for several years with the Havelock North Town Board whereby the Town Board has been pumping water for the borough from its pumping stating at Norton road, and even with this additional supply the quantity has not been sufficient for Hastings. In the near.future this agreement will terminate, and cannot he renewed/ and eofiseauently this is another reason why the borough supply should be added to as set out in the loan proposals. AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. “In view of the present financial stringency, the Council has done all in its power to obviate the necessity for this loan, but the position to-day is ouch that it is absolutely imperative for the health of the community that the present water supply should be considerably augmented. The consumption of water per month in 1912 was 7,520,000 gallons, and today this has increased to 18,724,000 gallons.’ “The annual charges on the loan will require a rate of 6'soths of a penny m the £ on the unimproved value, or an annual sum of £750. which would mean an increase in the rates of 1/- on every £lOO worth of property. However, with the advent of hydro-electricity, it is expected that the annua] saving in the cost of pumping under this system will, within at least £2OO. just about meet the interest and sinking fund charges, so that it is contemplated that no increase in the rates will be necessary under this proposed loan. “The cost of electricity for pumping water last year amounted to £2,547. but the cost under hydroelectricity will he reduced to £2,000. Again, a great advantage, if the proposed loan is carried, will be that there should be sufficient water for a much greater use for watering gardens, in fact, nt the present moment it is anticipated that there will be no restrictions in this connection. “I trust that the people of Hastings will vote in favour of the loan proposals on the 30th November for the reason that the present supply is totally inadenuate for even the present needs of the people ”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 7
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786LOAN PROPOSALS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 7
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