HYDRO ELECTRICITY.

Shannon News, 24 June 1927, Page 4

HYDRO ELECTRICITY.

f] HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD. "« :•' " JUNE MEETING. . The monthly meeting of the Horo :. : *whenua Electric Power Board was £• held in the Municipal Chambers, Levin, '■-yesterday, there being present: Messrs >G. A. Monk (chairman), W. H. Gun":ning, A. J. Petherick, C. Blenkhorn, ■,E. S. Morse, E. Bryant, T. G. Yincent, W. E. Barber, P. W. Goldsmith and J. A. Smith (engin.yeer). Leave of absence was granted ■■ to Mr. A. Seifert. THE BOARD'S LOAN. In reply to an inquiry by the secrc- . tary, a letter was received from" the Secretary of the Treasury which show--.ed that it would not be necessary for r the Board, when it wished to raise fur- , t her .portions of its loan of £260,000, to apply for the sanction of the Local ■ Bodies Loans Board.—The Chairman explained that the object of the secretary in writing to the Treasury was to "-.'."ascertain whether it was neeessaiy for ' application to be made to the Board ' established under the new legislation, - when it was desired to raise any fur- -, ther portion of the loan for which the :' Power Board had authority. COMPLIMENTARY. "If Mr. Alex Ross, of Foxton, a late ■ " member of the Board, wrote* expressing ", appreciation of the kindly referents ♦"made to him by members on his retire- - ment; he mentioned his.jegret at leav ing the Board, and stated' that he had Cen.vyed the work. , He wished the ." Board a continued success after pass- - ing" through the critical year of its '- existence. He also Jhanked the secretary and'the staff for the courtesy ■1!" he had received both as a member and ' • a customer"of the Board. ■7 POWER BOARD'S CONFERENCE. V ,Advico was? received from the N.Z. ■ ' Power Boards' Association, that the ; annual conference of delegates woul.i be held in the Parliamentary Buildings, Wellington, on July 20th, at 10 a.m. 'd ' The Chairman and Mr. Gunning, with '"-the secretary 'and the engineer, were - " appointed to represent the Board. The next meeting of : the Board was fixed for Tuesday, July. 12th, instead of

Julv 19th. " 'TREASURER'S REPORT

The Treasurer (Mr. Goldsmith pre- , sented the following report : Accounts. —I have to" report on the accounts for confirmation and for pay- ,- ment to-day as follows:—Nearly £3OOO '/ has been paid away since the last - meeting of the Board, the chief item r -being six months' interest on the £BO,- - 000 loan from' the A.M.P. Society, the - amount at 5J per cent, being £2200. - The interest is payable in Sydney, and -,,the present Bank rate of exchange is § '..-per cent. The chief items in the ac- . counts other than interest are wages and salaries. The total, amount of the - accounts to be passed for payment is JE4I9 19s 6d. The month is thus a comparatively light one on the general expenditure side. The larger accounts in- , eluded in the list are for transform- - ers, pole steps, benzine, tyres, spares, -"- timber and tin.

Receipts. —During the month of May the receipts from all sources amounted to £3049 12s Id and the total receipts for April and May amount to £9444 18s 3d. Of this sum the electricity and meter rent receipts account .for £7,607 5s 3d, an advance of about £6OO for the same period last year. The table which follows supplies interesting information: —

To last meeting. Since. £ s. d. . £ s. d,

1 d Installation and

Balance Sheet. —The balance sheet for the year ended March 31st, 1927, as prepared for audit has now been completed.. There is not very much alteration as compared with the proVisional accounts already submitted to

the Hoard. Typed copies have, how--ever, now been made of the balance' ~s sheet as a whole, and members dcsuv ing a copy can be supplied with earno. ' The-chairman remarked tha,t the Trea- •■ surer'3 report showed that there was ■ a fair increase of payments to the Board Z during the last two months, as com- * pared with the corresponding period ■"'. of last year. ENGINEER'S REPORT.

% The Engineer reported as follows on \ operations during the period since last $ Board' meeting:— y~ ' No.- 1 Gang have erected 20 poles, 5- run nine, services, and 561 chains of %'wire,' and have, built one outdoor subilhStation. They have completed Soldiers' Line, Paraparaumu; have strengthened some L.T. at Waikarae, and -'" attended to H.pole onsoutfieni-sule of. ■ Waikanae river; cut back tree& : on "main" :i road, Paraparaumu, Arapaepae Road, and Gladstone Eds; straighup poles, soldiers' settlement, '* Kuku. No. 2 Gang-have-completed' oyer-- ~' hauling at Paraparaumu Beach,, also the '• L.T. and services on the Beach Road '-'"•and part of Paraparaumu. They have s&made alterations to L.T. at Raumati ■'-;' Beach and xt Waikanae; dismantle! service in the Domain, PavKraparaumu, and cut trees, back in the 4 township; also have run three service r |; j lines. . ■ -'■■■". i 3& r No.'3 Gang have erected four poles, T'mn three service, lines, and 270. chains wire;'hive built two outdoor sub-. ;> stations, and run L.T. service for con-, 'K tractor at Shannon bridge site; have in"various parts of northern have checked loads in No. 1 ay ■f jmit and Shannon Borough; ;have at'fiended to maintenance calls and Main Jf- Sub-station. • •'■'*,' I-"'.Electrical Fitters have erected seven tpolejajitin-five service lines and assist-' Ifed-Nos. 1 and 3 gangs running wires; . It frave-'-changed and re-conditioned .ten 1; transformer*; have dried out amifilterWH oil in 350 and 75 K.V.A. transform- , Wen at Seifert's Mill sub; moved lamp j|snd: % pole Otaki Racecourse, and run §&<?» and erected two lamps in Mana-

kau Domain; changed street lamp bracket To Horo railway crossing, and done general maintenance.

Installations.—During the .period, 14 applications for new consumers and IS applications for extensions to existing installations have been received, comprising two ranges, four water-heaters, two milking motors, and nine industrial motors. Twenty-two new consumers and 18 extensions hare been connected during the period, which include four ranges, five water-heaters, and two industrial motors, totalling 60 h.p.

General.—A transformer and service to supply power and light for the contractor for the Shannon bridge, is being installed. Soldiers' Settlement Road. Paraparaumu, is completed and comsumers' installations were livened up on June 11th. ENGINEERS' CONFERENCE.

The Engineer reported having attended the Electrical Supply Authority Engineers' Conference at Wellington on ATay 24th and 25th. There was a large attendance of engineers from all parts of New Zealand and a large amount of useful business was put through. Officers of the Public Works, Post and Telegraph, and Railway Dcpaitments were present, and they contributed a considerable amount of useful information to the various discussions. Mr F. T. Kissel, Chief Electrical Engineer, Public Works Department, in an address, ga\e a review of the development of the Government underiakings, and a sketch of the proposed future programme. Papers were read and fully discussed on the following subjects:—Electric cooking, electricity in hospitals, interference to wireless by power Jmes, tests on small motors, triple braiding, and voltage regulation. Information that had been supplied -by different engineers, regarding the application and cost of electricity to various industries, etc., was circulated and discussed, and arrangements were made for observations and test*; to be carried out and data collected to be ■ submitted at the next conference. The information is extremely- valuable and very serviceable to the various engineers. The drafts of the Electric Supply Regulations, and the Electrical Wiring Regulations, were submitted and ;lisc*ussed, and several amendments were suggested. It is expected that these regulations will be gazetted vevy shortly.

The chairman said that at the conference attended by Mr Smith a considerable number of very valuable papers were read, and he understood that the report which Mr Smith was presenting to the conference of the Power Boards Association would be a very useful one. The engineers' conference had at least had some effect on the general regulations of supply and distribution of electricity throughout the Dominion, as shown by the Gazette regulations. The engineers had, not, perhaps,; got all they wanted, effect had been to jhake conditions', little easier than what they weie. previously. The reports were received. ANALYSIS OF CONNECTED LOAD. The following figures show the connected load in the Board's district to June loth:— k.w. Lighting .: 919 ■..-. _ ; ■ No. Tl.h.p. Industrial motors 214 2401 Milking motors 351 511 Heating and iron points 2417 1724 Ranges 262 1649 Water heaters 479 306 Connected. Applns. Consumers 2640 2661 Total connected k.w. 6767 The reports were received.

service lines ■ and fittings 1313 10 11 281 16 9 . Interest on above 69 1 4 35 19 3 '■ Consumers' dpts. 8 0, 0 17 10 o .. Electricily and ..„ meter rent 4927 8 9 2679 1(5 0 '• Penalties ... 11 12 6 13 18 1 "•. Miscellaneous, lns ' eluding rents 65 12 8 20 11 6 • : ' £6393 6 2 £3049 12 1