THE GAS WORKS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2216, 16 December 1920, Page 2

THE GAS WORKS.

OCTOBER WORKING. The amount of gas imuiufaetitml during Ihe month of Oetohets-Wigi 481,200 ft., which, with the amoim? in holder on October Ist, 18,000 It., made a total of 409,200 ft, The amount sold to consumers for lighting was 156,500 ft., for cooking and heating 193,800-ft., and for power 57,700 ft., 11,000 ft, was used in the street lamps, and 25,000 ft. at the works ■ and manager’s house, and there was 16,000 ft. in the holder on November Ist, leaving 39,200 ft., representing eight per cent, ol the output, unaccounted for, Forty-five, tons of coal was carbonised, yielding 10,690 ft. per ion. The earnings totalled £320 0s 10d, made up as follows; Gas sales (lighting) £llß Is lOd, (heat and power) £lO2 10s Id, coke sales £2!) 19s 9d, tar sales £54 9s 6d, weighing £1 11s 6d, lilting account £l2 13s 2d, miscellaneous 15s. The expenditure was as follows: Coal £lO4 3s !)d, salaries, wages and labour £52 5s lid, tools 19s, cement pipes £53 12s 7d, working expenses £4 9s sd, engine repairs and oil £3 10s (Id, freight, wharfage, and cartage £3 16s sd, miscellaneous ss, interest and sinking fund £59 lis Bd, total £282 13s 9d.

GAS MANAGER’S REPORT. The Mas Manager's report was as follows: — “The amount of gas registered by the station meter during November was 457,000 cubic ft., an increase of 18,800 c, ft. over the corresponding period of last year. The percentage of gas unaccounted for in October was 8 per cent, this being partly due to the loss at the Borough Council lire. The mini her of meters not registering this month' totals 9. I received 16 repaired meters from' Wellington last week, ami am placing them where needed. 1 wrote to Griffiths Rogers in reference to five meters which had been repaired by them in 1918, and were not registering. 1 explained that they should not want repairing for at least six or eight years, and am enclosing their-reply, which I consider very satisfactory. Last month I changed 14 meters, and the amount of gas saved was; Lighting, 6,100 e. ft., representing £2 5s lOd nett; cooking, 8,300 e. ft., representing £4 5s 5d nett. During the month (lie .engine at the works has been overhauled, and I pul the new rubber joint on old purifier. The station meter was not working too well, so 1 had same washed out. There are three wet meters at the works, so I repaired them, and they are working satisfactorily, I cleared eight services of water A

sand, and put. in two new service-* The pipes for'Whittaker Street have c(iine' to hand, so I hope to get a start there next week, 'flu* estimated cost of laying the main in Xorbiton Bond was £204 4< od, Purcell Street £237 11s (id, and Jenks Street £750 5s Od. 1 received word from the retort setter that he would bo here about the end of January.