ENGINEER'S REPORT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 70, 15 December 1937, Page 7

ENGINEER'S REPORT

Reporting to the monthly meeting in Napier yesterday, the Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board's engineer, Mr. H. L. Benjamin, wrote: "The Waimarama extension has been eompleted and livened as far as the township and supply is available to all the houses at the beach. Good progress is being made with the further five-mile extension to Te Apiti where 70 poles . have been ereeted to a point near Mr William's woolshed. There remain approximately 50 poles to coniplete to the end of the section and then the wiring of this extension will conihience. "All the poles have been ereCted fOr the Middle road extension as far as Mr N. A. Avery's and there remains approximately one mile of main line wiring to coniplete in addition to the service lines. The sub-station structures have been ereeted ready for wiring. "An extension has been eompleted in connection with the Housing Department's scheme, along Akina street, Hastings. The three sodium vapour lamps that were ereeted for test purposes 011 the Havelock road, have been femoved and will be used for otber pbses. A start has been made on the annual inspection and overhaui of the Maraetotara plant and ti-ansmission line to Havelock North, "The poles are being distributed for the Dartmoor extension as far as Mr Sherratt's house. The extension to Valley farms has been pegged and schedules prepared for pole transport. .As soon as authority is obtained for crossing private property, the poles will be distributed. The s.s. Kaikorai has recently arrivcd and delive'red a further shipment of 566 poles."