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''^•«*IMnMMM««WMHtHb REPORT OF THE PROVISIOJVyiJL GO.HlfllTTEfi Appointed by the Stockholders ii OP THE &M=mm ««» Water €om»mSf TO Ascertain the whole cost op FOR THE TOWN OF HALIFAX. HALIFAX, N. S. Printed by John Munro 1840. I^ WMJI I IItyil W Ili l llMW I HMW W Ii PiiP^ -' H ii ig l WW ^^ I- u Appointed COMMITTEE at a GeneraOIeetin. of the Stockholder. Honorable J. Leander Starr, Ricbard Brown, Andrew Richardson, John DufFus, Andrew McKmlay, Alexander McKenzie. •s. ( S Esquires When the »hole Stock is subscribed for, . Board ol Di- .i «.U bo elected under the Act of Incorpor.t.on. g^bU^ 4^ timmii A^ 39 Di- COMMITTEE ROOM, HALIFAX, ;21st July, 1840. AT a Meptin? of the Committee, it was Resolved, that the following extract from a lenfrtliy Report received by the Secretary of tlio above Company, from Andrew Liddkll, LsqiJire, of Ghis^roiv, together with the Estimate which uccoiipar'.^d said Report, relative to the cost- of erecting th? nrr.oosfcd G'as works for the Town of Halifax, should be T>vuhj».e«; for the ih formation of Stocklioldere and other per- sons intfcreeted in carrying the objects of the Company into .mmcD'ot'^ cporotior. The p;rv.>s a.^l specif^-, ncno received by the Britannia, !n"^,.' be seer at ivny timo, at the office of the Secretary, '.herfi theynotv hefcr tno hispeetion of Stockholders and other persons des^ous of obtaining infonnationon the sub- ject. „, ., „ „ GLASGOW, 27th Ma/, 1840. Wm. M. Hoffman, Esq., Secreiari/ Gas Ldght and Water Company, Halifax. Sir— Your letter of the 3d of April, to Mr. James J. Grieve, of Greenock, has been entrusted by that gentleman to me to report upon. I take this duty in hand, with some hesita- tion, because of the uncertainty ot cost always attending erections in Foreign countrictj ; and although I may, 'from the bf'st information 1 have of similar work when done in any part of this country, make a fair allowance for all con- tingencies, yet, on this point, I may make somewjiat erro- neous calculation!", and that consequently the real cost of the work, when done, may, to a limited extent, exceed or come short of what I now slate. I will go into detail, thcre- l»y giving you the power of correcting my erws, at least in the cost of house erections, which must be /.one by resident mmm jMiTy mimfmm tradesmen. I should here state, that of late yearp, and for llie purpose of saving expense, Gas holders have almost nmversally m this country been erected out of doors. Bui Irom extreme frosts in Halifax, which in all probability would Ireeze the water in the tanks if not within a house, I have ncrreeablo to Mr. Grieve's suggestions, included in your esti-' mates, a house for the Gas holders. For the purpose of embracing every enquiry m your letter, 1 have classihed the whole under 5 distinct heads or Que- nss, viz ;— ^ raUrn? ^^'—P'^o^'able expense to put the work in full ope- query ^—Ai what rate per foot or ton can main pipes and collateral brunches bo got ? quenj 3rf— At what rnte cnn such be added, from time to time, as may be required ? query 4/^— The rate at which Posts and Lamps for Streets can be purchased and fiMed up ? and to this (luerv Mr. fTneve suggests I should inform you of the prices ot inside til ,ings lor houses, &c. Qt«€r^ 581 5i 10 6 10 6 i230 18 4 1753 2983 4 3U I \ I 8 Brought forioard^ £ Scnst iron tanks 41 ft dia.nr x 1G4 deep, all materials for which ship- ped in Britair say each £560 Fitting together the Tank at Halifax, say each £90 Fitting together the Retorts and other apparatus at Halifax, also the two Gas holders LLying the main Pipes, including lead and other materials, used in laying. 950 yards 9 inch bore, at Is 9d tt (4 530 1570 2900 «* 3800 «• 1700 '« 4 3 2i 2 U (I (( ti (f it ls4d Is lOid lOd 91id 1500 " 5 inch branch pipes at 8d Brick Work — Chimney, 80 or 100 feet high 18 Retorts Flues, and chamber for evaporating cream of lime Mason Work to be done at Halifax iletort house Gasholder house Apparatus shed Manager's and other hoaseo under same roof The surrounding walls, ^-c. about 2034 square yards of Building, at 6s. per square yard, supposed to be the rate at which such work can be done for at Halifax Slater and Plumber Work, on roofs of all houses, say 2250 square yards at 2s 9d, supposed rate H Carried forward, £ 1120 180 d £ 2983 83 35 78 126 258 67 549 50 2 6 10 17 6 5 6 8 6 8 10 1300 550 d 4 9 2 01 599 420 58521 9 12 2 610 309 17! 6 . I . I 6772!l4| "o d 4 9 12 [7 6 4 9 fraught fortcardf £ I Carpenter y/ork-\ Retort house, roor.of iron Apparatus, shed roolf, 371 square yards at 38 6d Mancger's and counting house roof 660 square yards Gas holder roof, bound work, 848 da at 73 346 running fee: of gas hblder beams 12 ins. X 8 ins. at ls6d 10 sky lights This item rated at Glasgow prices. Inside finishing of manager's house and counting house Furniture for counting house Workmen's Tools, main gate Doors and Windows about the prop'ty This item rated at Glasgow prices Freight — Iron work, say 500 tons Bricks, lime, ^c. 200 " 700 tns. at 12s Superintendent from Britain to look after the work getting made and for- warded from Britain, aruJ afterwards seeing its erection in Halifax and superintending the work for say 3 months after the Gas has been made and distributed through the mains, say 12 or 15 months— say 64 115 296 25 1 18 10 16 19 12 10 6 £ \s 6772 14 d 515 13 215 16 420 280 8204 6 The Committee having received, per steamer Britannia, the torcgomg Report and Estimate, beg leave to state for the mformatfonofthe present Stockholders, and those persons who are favourable to the project of lighting the Town with uas, that they nave carefully examined the documents sub- 10 .'iS!?'' ""'''. "=°"''''"'"''"'' »'"''"•'' of opinion tlint tim plan of the works, as laid down by M r Liddel is bv fV, 1 ,^ hS" T^'"'■"V^ '*''"""'°" "nd present dl"„rrf quiredrtn'f ^r 'an ur rj- eXbS"'b:t''sr ^: strenuously urge upon the Shareholders, ilcneces-itvrf so frra nS of 2oi. "' "" •"•''?"' ''"y- ""' ''<= "luaHy tio„£r„tpr„:;r r^-r^^^^ riSirdis;- the Company rrom time to time, as the demands of X nn rbe greatest annual consmnption of Gas in the town rf lly one7S'"^r?/^ Population amoumln:"^ ^/umb va„ousUeM.s mentions in Mr. Lid! 's Sa^e o as lo admit of wori« safficicntly large to meet thoTxigenc.cs of Halifax at the present day, and capable of supplyfn" it. in creased demands for years to como, heir 'JS for sum not exceeding £ 1 J, UOO-Halilax currency ' ' " " faiSe S° r'?!"r ''""'^^ ^"*^ '^"y '"«t«"^e 0" record of the failure (rf l,,s Companies, citber in Europe or Atnericn ■ uuu 11 but on the contrary, have aecertained from undoubted sour- ces, that tn every instance ('where iudiciously managed; they have been a source of great profit"totho Stockhoklers. In many parts of Scotland, the dividends of some of the Companies have yielded far more than the ordinary interest on the capital invested, and in Aberdeen in particular, the works, after receiving several considerable additions, have paid J2i per cent, and the shares when sola m the market, have brought a premium of 300 per cent. In Boston a Company has boen in operation for a period ot U years, and has paid dividends of 12 per cent, though only a portion of the storekeepers consume the Gas, and as yet the article is not introduced into dweJnngs. The stock m never in the market, and is constantly improving. In 13altimore and New York, where their advantages are by ro means equal to those of Halifax, the Stock is considered one ot the best in the .narket In the former place the block ot the Company is 35 percent above pn.r, with a sur. pus fund always in hand, and paying an annual dividend ot « per cent, and m the latter city, notwithstanding the l^ompany has had many difficulties, to contend with, still the J^tock IS 45 per cent in advance of the par price. They annually lay by a considerable surplus, besides paying divi- dends ot 10 percent. ^ With all these facts before them, the Committee cannot but feel satisfied that the Stock in this country, (if entrusted to the managementof men of prudence, and having a due regard to the strictest economy in tiie erection and' comple- tion ol the works) must pay equally well with those plact^ already rcfered to -. they would therefore beg to press up- on the Stockholders, the necessity of having the stock list immediately filled up to the amount required by the act VIZ : i-20,000, in order that the Company may 00 into immeGiate operation ; and further to call thoir attention to the fact already stated by them, that the outside estimate of the works necessary for Halifax, at the present lime amounts according to their opinion, to the sum of £11,000 Halifax cur- rency, out ot which Stock has been already subscribed for to the amount of ;^10,000, which leaves a balance of £10 - 000, stilt to be taken up before the Company can be entitled to the privilege of the Act of incorporation,' which has alrea- dy passed into a Law. but cannot bo . -ado available until the whole amount of Capital required by its provisions is -~. .' IS the Stockholders do »"f*^^"^itttr thev wUl conBcnt to in- 3lBt day of August next, ?^»^f !^f ^ ^^t^^^ . and those crease their respective stock, and to what extern .^ who have not ^^^^^ady subscribed but are tne^^^^ ^^ stitution to make apphca.1^^^ betoje th^ ^^^y,^^ ^^^ Spmtions with as little delay as possible. By order of the Committee, W. M.HOFFMAN, SscRETARY. n lb ^*' * 1^. % J vise thai )fore the nt to in- nd those ,0 the in- lay, so as ct for the imencing KTARY.