HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

Shannon News, 20 November 1925, Page 3

HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

NOVEMBER MEETING. ■ The monthly meeting of the Horowhenua Power Board took place on Tuesday. Those present were: Messrs : Monk (chairman),- Brown, -Barber, Kilsby, Gunning, "McKay, Matheson, j the secretary (Mr P. W. Goldsmith), ! and the Engineer (Mr J. A. Smith). j Apology was received from Mr Ross. The Munawatu County Council wrote in connection with one of the j Power Board's poles which stood at j the corner of Purcell Street and j YvOiirokmo Road, Foxton, asking that I the pole be removed from its (present j position in order to allow improve- | ments to'be made. | The Engineer (Mr J. A. Smith) re--1 marked that the pole was certainly fairly close to the road. Cr. Barber thought the pole in question was in a rather dangerous ipoeilion, but Mr Ross, who owned the property on the corner, had intimated that he might be prepared to give a certain amount of ground in order to obviate the" danger of the sharp turn. The speaker said he thought the road should be iput out instead of having the pole moved—a wider curve would obviate the trouble. Perhaps, the Engineer could meet the County Engineer and, say, Mr Trueman, on ihe spot to discuss the question. The matter was finally left in the hands of "Cr. Barber and the Engineer, giving, them power to deal with the situation. ENGINEER'S REPORT. The Engineer, Mr J. A. Smith, reported:— Line Construction.—The pole gang have been working on the Manakau North "Road, Paraparaumu Valley, Keri Ken Road, and Waikanae Reach Rood and have erected 206 poles.. No. 1 Wire Gang erected 7 service poles, ran 7 services, changed 3 sin£rh*'phase services for 3 phase. Built a. transformer set at Spiers Mill and one on Buckley Road, changed No. 7 transformer from 10 K.V.A. to 15 K.V.A., and ran 360 chains of wire.

No. .2 Wire Gang erected 3 service poles, ran 278 chains wire, ran 7 services' including the 1.9/16 to Ross p.ough's Mill, Foxton River, erected a 11,000 volt line switch at Keri Keri Road and two sets of earth guards, also employed erecting fuse boxes and pole steps, and a set of lightning arresters at Wirokino and a set at Muhunoa East. No. 3 Wire Gang have erected 862 chains of wire Paraparaumu Valley, Paqkakariki and Te Horo, erected S service poles, ran 11 services, also erected' 4 earth guards and fitted on H pole. ■ No. 4 Wire Gang, working in Levin, Koputaroa, Manakau and Otaki, have erected 25 service poles, ran 19 services and 480 chains of wire, also doubled up soine mains to give better service to gome ranges. They have also been employed putting down additional earths on the Main South and g>,e.jL street lines. . Sub-station fitters have built and fitted up sub-stations at Buckley road, Spierg Mill, Keri Keri Road, Waikanae Beach, Paraparaumu; Valley, and several transformers have been changed to provide for.the load increase. installations.—During the period a group was formed at Manakau North Road and tenders called for the wiring, C. B. Gilmour being the successful tenderer. A group is now being formed at Waikanae Beach and Raujnati Beach. All consumers in Barbers Road group have been livened up.

The (more important installations connected this, month are Nye's Flaxmill, 50 h.p.; Magnus Motors, 20 lights; Mrs'Kirkcaldic, 24 lights, 10 heating points, 1-3 h.p. motor and 1-8 K.W. range; 57 lighting installations, 12 ranges and 17 water heaters have been connected up. Full details were given of the workdone in the workshops. Contracts and Supplies—Delay in the delivery of bare copper wire and poles has been occasioned on account of the strike, and this, has delayed the line construction at Manakau North and Keri' v Keri Roads, and an extension at Kuku. The Engineer, replying to a question in regard to the purchasing and installation of 20 K.W. transformers in place of transformers of lower output, said that these transformers were necessary not only because of the increasing load, but on account of the increasing number of lines. The 10 K.W. transformers were' rather small where ranges w.erc being used and often necessitated the installation of two. of these, whereas the larger transformers were found to be 1 more satisfactory for range purposes.