POWER BOARD WORKS.

Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 59, 11 December 1924, Page 3

POWER BOARD WORKS.

IN THAMES VALLEY". I Reports of Progress. Reports of progress of the works in the Thames Valley Electric Power Board’s area was presented to last week’s meeting- of the board by the , Manager (Mr. R. Sprague) and the eng-ineers (Messrs. Gauvain and McLeod). The reports are as under:— TRANSFORMERS. These are now in Auckland and should reach Te Aroha by the end of the week. It is intended to have them dried out and in work before the end of the month. Poles: There will be arriving- in the | next few days 35ft poles, which we intend for the Patetonga-Ngatea section. A number of flaxmill owners have written. In the meantime their poles will be placed on the dump at Kopu. Consumers: The total number of consumers now connected to the board/; mains is 4480, included in which are the boroughs of Thames and Te Aroha. Sixty-four lighting and heating* consumers and 51 farmers’ motors, of which 41 are 2 h.p. milking* motors, have been added this month. There were also installed 2 2.-h.p., 1 20-h.p., 1 30-h.p. and 1 50h.p. motors on meters, these being industrial motors. The total number of motors installed and running on farms are 1102, of which 991 are 2h.p. milking motors. ENGINEERS’ REPORT. Morrinsville-Tahuna: The 35ft poles for the main 11,000 volt line to Tahuna have now all been distributed, and for a distance of three miles from Mangateparu have been erected. Service poles are now being distributed and erected by an auxiliary gang. Manawaru District: A short distance of low tension line has been wired on Clark’s road between Manawaru and Wardville. Waihou District: The construction of the low tension line near Thomas’ road was completed on the 6th inst. Mortensen’s Road: The wiring of the high and low tension circuits was completed early in the month. A 15 K.V.A. 3300 to 415/240 volt transformer has been installed and the section was made alive oh the 10th inst.

Ngarua: On the . Kereone-Ngarua diagonal road a section of line is now under construction to supply further consumers. Wardville Road: The first 11,000 volt section has been wired up to the junction with Alexandra road. A transformer platform has been constructed and the low tension distribution circuit wired on the extra high tension poles. Putaruru: The extension of the low tension reticulation to Nicklin’s was completed on the 14th inst. Okoroire-Hinuera Valley road: A commencement was made on the 25 inst with the construction of this 11,000 Volt line. Matamata: A transformer platform has been constructed and a 50 K.V.A. transformer 11,000 to 415/240 volts, erected to supply the Hinuera Dairy Co/s factory. The extension to Bond’s, off the Waharoa road, was completed about the middle of the month. Larger transformers, to cope with increased loads, have been installed at the following: Putaruru, Taumangi, Maroney’s, Hutchinson’s road, Puketutu and Taihoa. Inspection of Lines: Full particulars, accompanied with plans, have been forwarded to the Public Works Department in connection with the inspection of lines in four districts in the board’s area. COMPLETED LINES. The engineers, Messrs. Gauvain and McLeod, submitted an application for inspection of the following transmission lines, which had recently been completed: Waitoa, 11,000 volts; Morrisville borough, 11,000 volts; Motumaoho, 3300 and 415 volts; Te ArohaWaiorongomai road. At Waitoa the line had been constructed across private property adjacent to No. 1 road up to No. 2 road and along- No. 2 road to Eastport road. The latter section was originally constructed for 3300 volt service, but had been altered for working at the higher voltage. In the Morrinsville borough the : 11,000 volt line from Te Aroha had I been tapped near the bowling green ! and a branch line taken on to Allen street, where a transformer platform had been constructed. From the Motumaoho factory a low tension line had been constructed along the south side of the main road to Morrinsville for a distance of ap- | proximately one mile. At another j point on the main road midway bell tween Morrinsville and Motumaoho, I a transformer platform had been conF structed and this is connected up with the main 3300 volt line on Kurunui road by a short line across private property. Low tension construe-.

tion had been continued along the main road towards Morrinsville for about three-quarters of a mile, and also along the road in a westerly direction for approximately the same distance. The circular road through the soldier settlement at Mangateparu on the east side of the main Tahuna road had been reticulated. A 3800 volt line had been constructed for a distance of one mile from the main road, terminating at a transformer platform. From this point low tension circuits continued in northerly and southerly directions for half amile and one mile respectively. On the Te Aroha-Waiovongomai road a low tension line three-quarters of a mile long had been constructed along the main road to Waiorongomai. The line supplied from the 50 K.V.A. 11,000/415 volt transformer at Clarkin’s quarry.