HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3578, 21 December 1926, Page 4

HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD

BOARD ENGINEER'S REPORT. The following information is contained in the monthly report of the ITorowhenua Power Board engineer (Mr. ,1. .A. Smith, A.M.T.E.E.), which was adopted at the meeting of the Board held in Levin last Tuesday: — No.l gang have run four service lines, erected 51 poles and lilted crossbars on 00 poles; run 500 chains of wire, erected 12 earth guards, two line switches and built one sub-station platform and tower. They have strained and bound-in that section of Levin-Foxton 11,000 volt line from the Soldiers’ settlement to the Manawatu River, and erected the wires across the river and completed this line. General. —During the period the Levin-Foxton circuit was completed and the Manakau south circuit is now being built, and the engineer expects to have the consumers on this line connected before the holidays. 35 services were run during the period and four extra street lamps erected. The house lor the foreman has been completed with the exception of the fencing, and will be occupied next week. The load is steadily increasing, the peak load during the period being 1770 K.V.A. The Board’s office will be closed from, the evening of December 23rd. to the morning of January sth. The secretary. Mr. Goldsmith, was granted three week’s leave of absence.