CO129-435 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1916 [9-11] — Page 458

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The Hongkong Electrio 00.

Limited

The Honourable

The Colonial secretary,

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Present.

sir,

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Hongkong October 18th. 1918

HongKong Elsetria Company Limited.

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ÁS YOU LPS no doubt aware this Company's Now Power

station at North Point would have been completed and running

sre this but for the unfortunate War in Europe, the advent of

which has retarded work in connection with the necessary plant

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The initial delay in getting delivery of the plant in

question was of little moment ka ve were in a position to meet

all demands from the present station, and with the prospect

of Horth Point being available for supply of next summer's

load thers shs no anxiety on our part with regard to the

future. We are now, however, somewhat exercised at th#

contents of a sable received by us from Hesere. Preece, Cardew,

Enell and Rider, the Company's Consulting Engineers in London,

Colonies and who also set in a similar capacity for the Crown Agerés,

intimating that Makers oannot guarantee when delivery of

Boilers and Transformers will be made. No doubt all the works

have been requisitioned for the manufacture of War Material,

and such being the oase there is now no possibility of our

Kew Station being ready in tim for next summer. In order,

however, to meet the ever increasing demand for current we

have made arrangements locally to augment our presert plant,

and sans should be sufficient to carry us through rext year,

but at the rate at which new corrections are being applied for

it is almost essential that North Point station should be

ready for 1918 load. It is unnecessary for us to emphasize