THE FIRST POLE.

Otaki Mail, 23 July 1923, Page 3

THE FIRST POLE.

I HHKCTHD I.N LIiVJ.N YESTEHDAY. DOW IH! I'.uAliD'.- SYSTEM ! INITIATED. Yesterday tiioitlno]-, quietly and without ceremony ociier than the t-i----teuidatiee of tlie Engineer and nieiiibci's oi the Duwer IPjurd staff, a piu'.j gtapber. a ••Chronicle" representative, and a lew oi the idly curious, Die first pole ui what will eventually be the net-work oi lines that will bring eleetricitv with all its advantages ami ' w,ii,tuns lo every pun ol tile Hotowiietina Dower lluimfs district, was erected in .Mako Alako toad opposite Hie Dourd's swtlciiing station. A leOe six feet in depth tool bee,, ilU'j:. and Hie pole. :»lt in length, and approximately one ton in weigltt waiving aiongsble with the travelling erane in |a,.-iti,m. when ihe oftieial j party arrived. A ihin steel cable, |....kI attached, and the polo with its three .•'■"** *■ '"•"'='■■' «-hl. iron, which I cany the insulator., to support Ihe : cable s ol the future, .was quickly lliilil ihe position, where, unless wiroie's makes all such thing., tumeeessaiv m the ittcure it \v ill test lor Die next tiliy .years, other men with pike-poies, .-.tabbed end oii.-lieil it into the exact perpendicular. J At interval.- .lurmg the operation ] the photographer had taken phot.- j graphs ol the operation, wHh the j group oi those in attendance, records which may become ol interest when | Hie historv ol tiie district come- to be j written, and the different stages 01. its development chronicled. The pole set up ions the first oi theline chat will stretch to Shannon carrying the ll.iiOO voltage woe- oi the uveeo Shannon, EoxUiU. Levin and otaki. tin the two top cross-urnis are boiled six M lb porcelain insulators j arranged in the lorm oi two eqmlat- j oral triangles, and iron, Hie station alongside two -el- Of three hardhmwn bare copper wire cables will stretch out, three wires being needed will "carry on 'T-h-'-inch .'nblo?.'"" the io-iin " rjow-er froio Shannon and Hie o'iiier T-Kl-inch in dimension will lorm what i- known a- a heal circuit oi-ls-,,0h line, whi.h will circle out roirml the base of the lulls k. ihe south. On the tower arm heir smaller wires will conduct the current, broken nnoweifa^^ t'> il>e locnl service, distnct. flail on hour alter the common, c, mem of work the pole was up the earth rammed, and the gang ready lo move on to the next pole. They are j v orkitm raiiie, shorthnnde,! at pre-- I en! but the system will be. when everything ,- in order. 1 tithe boles j beforehand : five men will then Ihe pole, and leave it in positnni ,oi anotiier couple 1.0 complete the wo, K oi llllii.fr in. while they move on to j :i,o next pole. At the rale ol bah an j In,in- to each pole, or ihree-,juar,er.- to allow for digging- the hole.-, it will tct ;,o | o ,ig beioro the lines v:HI_ stretch '•'! -'o''u!i'e-- \vill.-b will Iso erec.te,] ilt'iv ,00-0 and ho all. much of the ,nu:lge,v| -a 1 n Ih,;:;:;-!!,., ..,,., ,|,at lie- supply ol eleetllc,t\ II Ml, Mangaiiar, has pa-eed Hom dieJlehii!;;o^v\ i i 1 :;: 1^ l J '; l ;':? , i,h!; i rw-hb u* l >'...'f i V;; n^r'alv;mn',, n n v-"".:-n^ \'.\ .'-Uii-dii'se "ihe immeu-e stride- ihe -mci-'-be'um ''li-mo7'dmc |