STREET LIGHTING CUTSIDE BOROUGHTS

Otaki Mail, 21 December 1923, Page 4

STREET LIGHTING CUTSIDE BOROUGHTS

I POWER BOARD'S CHARGES. . Some tiiire was taken at the Horowhenua Electric Power Board meeting I on Monday over a discussion on the fol- ] lowing recommendation in the iroport I •■! ti)e engineer:— ; | Street Lighting Outside Borough [Alo-j.-i: This matter was brought I'or- | ward at last Meeting—since then I j nave considered the matter and would r .'.•'-•omiiieuci that the authoiities tonJ ■-.■. i'ir.-i be advised that the rates shall j be £3 17s 6d per lamp per year ior' i serviee.i uom sunset to 10.50 p.m.; i i lor services required until daylight, ' , the dust of lamp renewals shall be' >' added. ' Mr McKay did not see why a dis-I filiation should be made between the Boroughs and other people. If die people in tho borough's had the Jig-lit 1 hi midnight the others should have it The chairman said he was willing to take a motion on the subject. The iriiculty was that in some of the townships there were only about six lights and they could not be supplied at the same rate as 40 or 50. Mr McKay said he was going to mov'o that the man outside the bofough he placed on the sumb footing as those, in '-he boroughs. The engineer stated that if the rosid nis would appoint some one. to look . a:ter the lights it might be done', but it Would not be possible if the Board had to send a man on)t to attend to the. lamps. Mr Brown advocated the system j recommended in the report. * Mr .McKay observed that the roudj men could be put on to look after the i lamps. The engineer stated that the replacements necessary among a small I .ininl.er of lamps where the system used in the boroughs could not be j used, would'be much greater. J 'Die chairman .suggested that after ( the engineer's explanation Mr McKay '.■ might withdraw his motion. As re-, ; gards Paekakariki it might be neces- j | sary to have a different system, a.s the f | growth of the town would probably] f demand it.

The engineer said that longer the lamps burnt the more chance there was of their burning- '"':t, hence the necessity lor payneiH .for renewals on ■hi nil night service. Mr Barber: What, i - the cost of a lamp? The engineer: '.',3. Cr. Barber said he did not see why someone should not 'be put on to put in replacement lamps. It was quite a simple operation and he could see that the expense would be in sending tho Board's men about to do it. The engineer s«.id that he thought that fit first the replacements should be in the hands of the Board, though later the roadmen might be put on. The report was adopted, the time for township lighting! to be 11 p.m. instead of 10.30 p.m.