N.G. Electric Power

Bulolo Supply More Than Doubled

THE new hydro-electric works which Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., is install ing in the low ranges northwards of Bulwa aerodrome are rapidly nearing completion and the progress of installa tion was inspected at the end of August by Mr. L. V. Waterhouse, a director of the company who made a special visit to the territory.

The power house then was partly erected and the heavy machinery there for was being transported by Guinea Airways aeroplanes from Lae. Several miles of water-race have been dug and the intake and settling dams have been practically completed. The water will come from the Baiune River which, flow ing out of the mountain ranges to the north-east of the Baiune, supplies an ex cellent permanent supply.

The power from the new station will be taken to Bulolo and joined with the power from the present hydro-electric works at the northern end of the Bulolo leases.

The joint supply will fully meet the re quirements of the present four dredges of the Bulolo Company and all other imme diate demands of the company; and, it will also enable the company to sell a sub stantial amount of power to New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., for their activities in and around Wau, including the Golden Ridges mine and crushing mill. It is hoped that it will be possible also to send a supply of power from this source up the ranges to Edie Creek. The transmission line from Bulolo to Golden Ridges and Wau is now in course of erection.