ELECTRIC POWER BOARD

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4558, 2 May 1923, Page 2

ELECTRIC POWER BOARD

ENGINEERS’ REPORT. Messrs /Gauvain and McLeod, engineers to the Thames Valley Electric Power Board, submitted the following report, to the board meeting at Te Aroha yesterday afternoon :— Thames South Section. —At Parawai a transformer station has been erecced at Causley’s and the railway crossing completed. Service lines anJ sub-mains have been completed in Wesleyan Gully. The low-tension line a Kopu has been completed and street lights installed. - Hauraki Plains Section.—-The 11,000-volt wiring is completed, and the work on the low tension wiring is proceeding. The pole erection on Rawerawe Road is finished. Poling for the 11,000-volt line, Turua-Orongo, has been completed between Turua and Orongo Road. On Fisher’s Road the high and low-tension line is now completed and service lines run. .On.. Wilson’s Road the high and low-ten-sion line is finished. A supply of power is now ready ton the County Council’s metal dumps at Wharepoa am? Hikutaia ferry wharves. Morrinsville Section. —The 3300-volt line on Mangawera Road Jias been completed for a distance of two miles. High and low-tension lines have been run and a transformer structure erected. Service lines are now being run. Poles have been erected for about one and a half miles on the Morrinsville-Kereone road. The 11,000-volt liiie on Ngarua Road now connects the northern and southern ends of the Board’s district, and enables a direct supply to be given from Horahora to as far north as Tirohia. It has already proved of service in the case of emergency. Manawaru-Shaftesbury. — A start has been made in the construction of the 3300-volt line. All rules have been distributed and pole erecticm is now in progress. Wiring for both high and low-tension work has started on the Matamata-Wardville section. Walton Section.—The evection of poles for tjie 11,000-volt line along the Hamilton road has been completed for a mile past Harris’ corner. High and low-tension wiring from Walton to Harris’ comer has been completed and is in service. Okoroire Section. —The majority of the poles are now laid out, and crossarming is proceeding. A’ further supply of lightning arresters has recently arrived, and these are now being erected on main points in the Matamata and Paeroa districts. Owing to bad weather experienced during the period, erection work has been somewhat delayed. MANAGER’ SREPORT. The manager reported for the month as follows : — The transformers that have been urgently required have now been landed in Auckland, and should be In operation now within the next three weeks. This should relieve the congestion with regard to overloading. The troubleman at Ngatea has been instructed tp be in Turua every Sunday previous to milking until such time as the high-tension phone and all-night connection is made at Turua and Ngatea, respectively. The Turua Ratepayers’ Association has ’’een advised of this arrangement. It is intended to open the Thames depot during May. This should assist a number of the Hauraki Plains consumers with regard to information and sunplies. The terms of control are very satisfactory. The liinstol was compelled to undergo a survey in Auckland after discharging at Kopu, but I have been advised that she.left for Newcastle on April 27. I am writing Mr Brown asking him to expedite despatch from Newcastle. On April 19 the 50,009-volt line from Horahora to Waikino developed a fault, and power was off from 6.30 p.m. on Thursday until 4 p.m. on Saturday The Board’s 11,000-volt line from Horahora to Waitoa was fortunately made alive on An ,- il 4, and this feeder supplied right through jo Paeroa. The benefit of this connection was of great service. Without this line a great number of consum-. ers would have been without power. The Ttiranga-o-moana-Wardville, line is now being expedited. The in-: sulator stems for same have now arriveri. Upon the completion of this, line the Board will be quite safeguarded in the event of any fault oh the 50,000-volt line, owing to having then two separate feeds direct from Horahora independent, of the Public Works Department line. The only interruption caused during the gale was owing to trees falling across lines in the Tatuanui district. These were cleared and lines repaired immediately. I have instructed the foreman in every district to go into the matter of trees on the roads that are dangerous to the lines, and seven days’ notices will be served in order to prevent repetitions. Troublemen have been instructed to patrol lines during inclement weather. and also immediately after same. Mangawera Road was made alive on Monday, April 30 1 . and some of the. services are now running. The Piako County Council is having two street lights installed at Walton. To date the following local body representatives have been elected to the Board unopposed :— To date the following members of the Board have been elected unop-i posed:— Thames. Borough, Mr F. H; Claxton ; Te Aroha Borough, Mr C. A. Arthur; Paeroa Borough, Mr F. E. Flatt; Morrinsville Borough, Mr Howie ; Matamata Town Board, Mr J Price; Ohinemuri County Council, Mr P. Grace ; Piako County Council, Mr J. B. Thomas; Piako County Council, Mr F. M. Strange; Thames. County Council, Mr J. McCormick; Hauraki Plains County Council, Mr W. E. G. Willy. For the Matamata County Council representative the following nominations have been received; Messrs J. i W. Anderson, J. Pohlen, and R JDarby. -A