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the extent of about 14 miles in seven miles of iron pipes. The
approximate cost of the station (excluding site) is given as follows:—
Boilers, engines, water-filters, steam pipes and
connections, &c. £7,500
Dynamos, transformers, fuses, switchboard,
instruments, &c. 4,500
Crane 350
Cables (including laying and jointing) 1,920
Pipes, surface and junction boxes 1,750
Buildings 5,500
Meters 500
£22,020
It is proposed to charge 8d. per Board of Trade unit, with discount as
high as 50 p.c.
The deputation was much impressed with the substantial way in which this
station is being constructed and with the excellent arrangement of
the plant. As before intimated no attempt has been made to economise
floor space, as the site of the station is sufficiently large to
allow of extensions for a longtime to come. Messrs. Hammond & Co.
are the Consulting Engineers to the Company, and the whole of the
machinery has been made by Messrs. Fowler & Co., of Leeds.
ACTION OF OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
In addition to appointing a Sub-Committee to view, your Special
Committee instructed the Chief Clerk to obtain information from Local
Authorities and Companies supplying electricity as to the cost of their
installations, the demand for the current, the cost of production, price
charged to consumer, and generally such other information as might be
useful to the Committee.
Communications were accordingly addressed in November last to
all the Local Authorities and Companies which had obtained statutory