The secretary of the Pootung Electric Supply Ca., Ld., supplies us with the following information The Pootung Electric Supply Ca. has nearly completed installing its second plant. which will be tested and put into operation immediately. The main line, from Tungkadoo northward to Yangking Village, covers a distance of about eight miles. The electricity supply has been available at night time since the Ist instant, and arrangements for supply of day time current for motors, fans, etc., are well under way.
It is understood that certain firms in Pootung have stopped their own generating plant and now use the company's public supply. Negotiations for installations or connexions are also being carried on with many other large factories and wharves. in Pootung. The demand is steadily increasing and the business gives every prospect of profit and success.
At the company's recent shareholders' general meeting, Mr. S. H. Dong, general manager, moved a resolution to increase the capital by $100,000 for extension purposes, which was duly passed by the shareholders.
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