HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

Shannon News, 19 March 1926, Page 3

HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

MARCH MEETING. l Messrs Matheson, Gunning, Seifert, Kilsby, Barber, Brown, and the chairman (Mr G. A. Monk) wea-e present at -the March meeting of the Horowhenua Power Board held -on. Tuesday. ' The secretary, Mr iP. W. Goldsmith, and the engineer, Mr J. A. Smith, were also in attendance. Leave of absence was granted Messrs McKay and Ross. Matters arising from discussion of the Board's affairs were:— TREASURER'S REPORT. Since the last meeting' of the Board the total amount collected comes to £3898, made up as follows: Installations £1313, service lines £465, electricity £1557, meter rents £l6B, motors, ranges and water-heaters £395. The following table shows the receipts for the financial year to date:— Installations £13,442 14s 2d; service lines. £2347 l s Id; electricity £19,360' 13s 4d; meter rent £9lO 12s; motors, (ranges and water heaters, £4131 16s 6d; total £24,203 Is lOd. From the above it, will be seen that £19,360 has already (been received from the sale of electricity (of which ■amount perhaps some £7OO belongs to 'the previous year), and a further amount to borne in before the 31st. instant, or to- be due on. that date may be taken as say £3OOO. This would make the revenue from the sale of electricity to be well on towards the £22,000 mark. Loan Monies.—Since the kfet meeting of the Board the final instalment of .tlie £2OOO loan has come to hand and malses the total amount borrowed by the Board to be £.180,000. As stated in my last report the loan expenditure is about at, an end. •Some £13,000 to £14,000 of loan money will be available as tiie accounts for installations are paid, but not more than £4OOO to £SOOO of this'amount can foe expected soon, the balance will not come to hand for some considerable time. Some of the installation accounts are spread over a re-payment period of three years. In the very near future it will be necessary to reduce expenditure wherever possible, because very shortly the revenue account will alone have to bear the cost of carrying on the Board's undertaking. By the next meeting of the Board the balances for the year ending on the 31st inst., will be far enough advanced to give the Board a general idea. Of the Board's •operations and the financial position and outlook.—Adopted. Accounts passed for payment totalled £2105 0s Id. ENGINEER'S REPORT.

I beg to submit my report covering the period since last Board meeting: Line Construction: The pole gang, which is now only five strong, have erected 139 poles in Levin, Reikorangi and Humes Road. They also had a day off loading poles at Tokomaru, and three days running out wire. ' No. 1 Wire Gang nave run 630 chains of E.H.T. wire and completed the same-just ibeyond No. .1 o suto. Humes Road, also ran out 370 chains of wire. Completed Humes Mill L.L and Sub. „„ , • No. 2 Wire Gang have .run 2/0 chains of wire put .up seven earth guards, services'. They have put on stays on Street Lamp, brackets at Paekakanki, cleaned and touched up shades in Oxford Street lamps, Levin; also some maintenance work. . No 3 Wire Gang have run 980 chains of wire, put up seven eatrh guards, •erected 16 poles and run 13 services, also cut in Reikorangi and Waikanae Beach E.H.T. lines. Transformer fitters have completed the three subs, at Reikorangi and livened up same, changed transformer Union Street and Muhunoa Bast Road, installed transformers at Humes Mill Sub., also maintenance work. installations: C B. Gil'mour is making good progress with the Reikorangi Group, 1 and expects to ed in about a fortnight. C. H. Marriott has three installations, to complete at the Waikanae Beach. The attached schedule shows the installations connected to the Board b system to 10th March, 1926. Test Room: 50-20 amp. and 50-5 amp. single phase meters .have been tested: one range dried out and tested, and two ranges delivered to consumers. Workshop: No. 6 truck has been given a complete'overhaul and fitted with new Piston rings. Two 111,000 volt switch panels and one 11,000 volt line switch, and four sets ot L.iH.i. fuses,, one set L.T. fuses have been completed. •. . , 41 _ . General.—During the period the Reikorangi Line was connected up, and completed installations were put into service. One E.HLT. insulator on he main line between Waikanae and I araparaumu, had to be renewed on account of it being chipped apparently 'by rifle shots. 'The installation of two lo h.p. motors at Humes Mill, should be complete this week and I expect that they will be running at the beginning of the coming week.