VPRS 9933 Applications For Supply of Power Submitted to Victorian Railways

This series comprises files containing inward and copies of outward correspondence maintained by the Chief Electrical Engineer of the Victorian Railway Commissioners (VA 2876) from 1918 to 1922. The correspondence in these files contains applications by government bodies such as Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board and companies for the supply of electricity in bulk. The files also contain agreements and details of, technical arrangements for the supply of electricity to their premises.The Railway Commissioners were authorised to supply electricity in bulk to public bodies, organisations and individuals under section 3 of the Railways Act 1918 (No.2492). Schedule 1 of section 3 C (ii) enabled the Railway Commissioners to supply electricity to businesses in parts of Port Melbourne and the whole of the municipal districts of Footscray, Williamstown, Werribee and Braybrook.The transfer of the function to the State Electricity Commission (SEC), was authorised by the proclamation of the State Electricity Commission Act 1920 (No.3104). Section 9 of this legislation effectively rendered the SEC an intermediary. The Victorian Railway Commissioners were to generate the electricity to supply to the SEC, who would in turn supply the electricity to clients who had existing agreements with the Railway Commissioners.

本数据集系列涵盖1918年至1922年间，由维多利亚铁路委员会（Victorian Railway Commissioners）首席电气工程师（档案编号VA 2876）留存的收文及外发函件副本。本批档案中的函件内容包含墨尔本都会电车委员会（Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board）等政府机构及企业提出的批量供电申请，同时涵盖向相关经营场所供电的协议及技术安排细节。根据1918年《铁路法案》（Railways Act 1918，第2492号）第3条，维多利亚铁路委员会获准向公共机构、组织及个人提供批量供电服务。该法案第3条C款第(ii)项的附表1进一步明确，委员会可向墨尔本港部分区域及富茨克雷（Footscray）、威廉斯敦（Williamstown）、韦里比（Werribee）、布雷布鲁克（Braybrook）全部市政辖区内的企业供电。1920年《国家电力委员会法案》（State Electricity Commission Act 1920，第3104号）的公告授权将该供电职能移交至国家电力委员会（State Electricity Commission, SEC）。该法案第9条实际上将国家电力委员会设定为中介主体：维多利亚铁路委员会负责发电并向国家电力委员会供电，再由后者向此前已与铁路委员会签订供电协议的客户提供电力。