SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE
- imiUNGTON MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
'"f By Telegraph.—Press.Association. 1 , Wellington, Last Night. Tbe report on the City Council's elec--1 .trie light department for the year ended ■■!"- March 31 st last shows a gross revenue 1 „ Yif £44,321. The total expenses were ■*}, {£25,018, and the net surplus, after pro- £-_•» Tiding for interest, sinking fund and ■ '.'J flepreciation, is £4272. During the J»<" - y*f consumers increased in number p,' from 3GP3 to 4136. The report refers to '£, 4hc in that jnetallic filament lamps K-u lu%c iu uo into extensive use. They had decreased the cost of consumption to the consumer by about 70 per cent. The engineer says the time is rapidly approaching when the dew lamps will be procurable at about half their present cost, effecting a revolution in" electric lighting and considerably decreasing the _ gross Tevenue of the Department.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 156, 27 July 1909, Page 3
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140SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 156, 27 July 1909, Page 3
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