DISTRIBUTING LIGHT AND POWER.

Otaki Mail, 11 July 1923, Page 3

DISTRIBUTING LIGHT AND POWER.

i Liiho'J.luN Ui' UAU,a ABOUT TO COAIAIEMLk. PilUQiiliS IN IJOIjOWUJiN'UA. J iua wurk oJ' preparing tiro main arm Jjii"s in readiness -lor the inn" wnen tins current will be. avuilubk uoni Alangahiio is progressing sieiuiil\ in the Jtlorowiiouua Electric I’owei Board's district. .speaking to a *'Chronicle rcpi'estm iauvy jam week Air uveilon, tin Beard's Eugumw, explaunni uun u> th* poles umlcr order, hail lnivi now pern landed in New /.euhmd, aim ..jt iiic.se nearly «U» liaye been carted on io me proposed lilies, where 'a atari ’Mil be made witli the erection nr, soon as weather permits. The polos at present being earleii out me lor the purpose oi ine mam lilies- lo connect the Boroughs ol Levin, Shannon, I'oxton and Utaki, wliere switching stations, siiuiltiriy operated to that, at Levin, will be elected. As was previously expla.ineu, these stations are not lor the purpose ol croaking down current, but lor coniroiling the various liigii tension lines composing tlie JJislrici's net-work. The Board’s iirsi allotment ol the IHOO horse power will lie taken direct ii'ein Alangalmo, and at various points m i lie dial riot will he broken down to 230 void lor lighting and TOO volts I°r motors!, which will be the power used along me service lines, outside transformer centres or breaking-down stations being established lor this purjjpge. These service lines will be pro- ■ iUi jiiniost immediately. An !in aiiution Inspector is gliortly being appointed, who wW meet prospective customers and explain tully the "holt prices* Of installation, costs, etc. The Board's polity it naturally to supply finat, those points which-will return Tim largest immpdmte revenue, s o as to insure the scheme paying Uo.IP its inception, policy will be followed MmsistenuS'. The more consumers u. certain length oi lino will servo, the less will bi* the cost oi service per head to the Board, and those parts ol Uni district where ali, or practically all, the residents are consumers Tiiii receive first attention. immediately the prospective consumer lias decided on the installation required and contracted with the Board ior the necessary power, whether for motors, cookers, lighting service, or all three, ’arrangements \vi!i b» made to connect them with the mains, and he may it he so deyirc-s. save expense by assisting in llie erection oi his service line. Consumers will he at liberty to arrange with any firm to do (he work ol install idem, which however, must some up m tne Board's by-laws, and he passed ov the Board's Electrical Inspector. The ar-an-einent with the private installation company can be made by each individual il he chooses to do so, but the evdun found most satisfactory in oilier districts has »}f e n -to fonn what are called “groups. tndei uns rani'einent a number of eonsuiiui* group Together, and through placmg a large order, mush more sutisfacton terms can he arranged. Where required the Board is P f; par.d id fin a see consumers up to pec cent, *f the cost of installation, in wtiieh case the work must he dene under thy supervision of The Eltsk ir-al Etjgiiiew, the Bo»M attyrim lug to the letting of the conti'aot I*l iastallahwn payment, «>c. This vim-e will h# repayaVlu over a pen** of thic-s years, and collected ®s addition to the cost, cd' eiectrlcit.y.