POWER BOARD STATION AT WERAROA.

Otaki Mail, 11 June 1923, Page 3

POWER BOARD STATION AT WERAROA.

! BUILDING ALMOST,' COMPLETED. HOW THE CURRENT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. Tite Horowiienua Power Board's new building opposite the railway station at Weraroa is now rapidly approaching- completion, and with "its designation prominently displayed on the front elevation serves to bring -nearer to the public the reality that power irom Mangnknu js daily coining nearer and nearer. Tite block has attracted considerable attention and a “Mail ” representative was able to gather Irom Mr T. I!. Oveiton. 11 le Board's engineer, some interesting details as to its purpose and futon lions. The building, fur which Mr A. E. Stwnden, of Levin, is the cont-rae-lor, has been constructed in re-infurrod concrete with the excojilion of the rear vvu.ll. Tin's is of corrugated iron with .‘I VIPW * ItiTiii-n ri.liliTiAn.l, r. ~ :

a view to tut tire additions being inexpensively made. The ground space contained by the walls is approximately -5560 feet, and this is partitioned into a siviu lt-room, a motor garage, stores, a test room, offices for the Line Inspector and the insinuation Inspector, and a workroom. When operations are in full swing the building will be flic scene of great a.etivil>• IJ i tt ; e ga.nige ui# cars ami truck, used in uu I ,cc..u.i and const) ucdoiui I work will be Housed and repa.iietl. in,, stoics will hutd tite material lor the dincrem brunches oi lite work, such as cables, insulators, bolts, cros.-arms. etc. ffie test tuuui will be utiiiscu for the correction ui ail instruments and meters, the whole of the m.struments iur the Bower Boatu's distiicl being dealt with here. Repairs to machinery and plant I will be effected in the workshop. Jt

. , v MVIA' llUJ!, ""til l iiu s i’ -- seen that the building ai V- eia.t via u i!j fie a centre nj mdusirv so far as the i’ovicr Board's operations ate concerned. Ti‘e pillars that are noticeal.le at one corner of tite bnitding- will rvenlualjy siifij.-ori a jd.a.t 1 ortu dial will receive the main 11,hot) volt irnii..iiii>siou iiJ■ <"■ vvhtcii \vi!| pass along- 11 ,,. fiuiij ol 1 lie block. I'hese cables wiii i. ©j hare _ copper ami will pass Uirnugh openings in f;i,, wall beiuu into the svv-ttclit -1 .out. Leading out Irom the ; building wilt be -a, number of service

line*, tbe il.ui.Hl volt Jute being purely a. tr;instirvisioii one. '['he system ..If distribittioii tiiat has been ' adopted may bere he opportunely mentioned. The current will he taken over irom the Public Works Department at the No. 1 substation at .Shannon. i-Tnm this st.alion, which will also supply tho I own of Shannon, one transiuissioli

(V v, IJI VI ..■luttmun, uuc 11 clil ol 111 so-fUIi line will gv, fo Tokomaru. and anot-lier passing through Shannon will go to Buxton, and from, there wifi go m the inter-coimecting station at. Levin and mi to oiaki. Another line will come from the shannon station 1 1 iicet- lo levin. The result will he that it an interruption ueeiir? ai. say. Ihakura, tbe cni-i'ent vv'hii-i) would under orilmary i rreum-itihces be transtnin.fal direct to ihetc from Shannon, can be itched through the Foxtmt line, and by met,!;,, ■ f the iutei'-iinkiitg switchgear ;u Levin, fed back throtigli Ftiirlield, while at the snuc time, all places up to If i-• itil.eta 11 ja t j- 1 fi at the other end w*ll I -- led direct irom s-iiamion.

cun \\ “j I i -- icn (liit'ci nom s-ttctmion. In the same, way an open circuit <)' rit bring at Monfoa. wlticli would otlierwise throw ali the service out in Foxton. and also irom there to Levin, will hr practically nullified in effect, a.s the curie-it. for Foxton and tin to the afflicted [lilt - ! ion will be switched tbi'i-ugh Lev in. All cun-oni going to niaki and souiit of that eenl.re will ah,, j H . eonti'olied Horn the Weraroa building aud part ol Ike power ti-ed for Levin wibr he ft at!-forme.l at this point Ifutu 11. nun volts down to -ei" and 230 volts t..t[tower and lighting services. It will thus be seen that tite Ilorowhenua district win b, - weli safe-guarded against failure oi supply through any "interruption of its own transmission litres. A start has hewn made with Ihe earring out oi the main line pedes end the service lines "ill shortly |,r commenced. R i» expected that unless some unforeseen obstacle presents itself, power should be available to the farmers and other consul tiers m a barge portion of the district iiy .Tune', f>2i.