New Generatiog Station Opened The new generating station of the French Tramway and Electric Lighting Co..at Lokawei was inaugurated on Thursday. We need not remind readers that during the past three years the electricity, as also the trataways and water services in the French Concession have been under severe and persistent -criticism and this, apparently, has not been without effect. Recently, five new cars of improved type have been' put on the tramway service, and an extension is going forward at the Waterworks which is expected to be in operation next summer.
The now generating station is finely equipped with an_ installation by Messrs, Sulzer Freres, of Winterthur, Switzerland, and is a new departure for Shangha', though the firm has several large installations in South China. The installation—costing Frs. 4,000,000, exclusive of the building—consists of powerful duplicate Dievel engines, each having four vylinders, of 1,500 b.b.p., and having a capacity if about 1,000 kw. The consumption of oil is estimated at 0.45 Ib. per b.h.p. per hour, The engines have been running since Monday and have performed perfectly. The installation comes into operation at once, and should add to the efficiency of the service, bu consumers may not expect any decrease in charges, at any late, not. for the present. Hitherto, the com. pany has drawn upon the Municipal Electricity Department for a daily supply of something like 1,600 kw. and, even with the new installation, they will not be altogether independent of the International Settlement, though their daily requirements will be reduced to about 500 kw.
The ceremony of starting the engines was performed by Madame: de Jo Piade, in the presence of a numerous company, including M. Wilden, Consul-General, and mem. bers of the Municipal Council. The company afterwards adjourn: ed to the Offices of the gomeral menager (M. Durang), where refreshments were served and M. de la Prade, on behalf of the Council and the community, wished the enterprise al] success.
A big dairy concern at 133 North Szechuen Road with numerous foreign customers was summoned at the Mixed Court on Thursday for adulterating milk by the addition of 14 per cent. of water. A sanitary inspector stated that a sealed bottle of milk was recently delivered by the defendants to a foreign customer in Range Road. The housewife, finding the' milk more watery than usual, submitted it for analysis by the Hea]th Department. The Bench ordered a son of the proprietor to pay a fine of $50. He excused the conduct of the dairy in buying milk outside limits because their cows were in bad -health.
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