BOROUGH COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 78, 11 July 1910, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL

MONTHLY MEETING. ' The following officers' and committees reports are to be considered at to *'s meeting of the BorougJ ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S IIKPORi .Ihe electrical e.yineer (\h tl Irejiorts:— * x K '

~p p n ° the l )ast montli there nas been an increase in output, the cuucnt consumption for J une * o r private supply, as reborded at the sub-station, !,e unitSj an incr e a se of marly -/s per cent, on the correspond,ng month -ast vear.

"Connections for private lign'.hc and power to date number 570. "

Ihe tOLal lamps now connected to the lines equal about 13,000 eight cantie power lamps, or 420 kilowatts; motors, 170 kilowatts; and heating, anout a total of 050 kilowatts. "The total rated capacity of the present plaint is ISO kilowatts, which, under favorable circumstances, may for a sinort period give another 20 kilowatts, a total of 200 k.w. at the powerhouse. 'Allowing for transmission losses, about 170 k.w. is available for use in town. On some evenings during this winter the load has been within 3 k.w. of the limit, and at any time it may be exceeded.

"From the above figures it will be seen tihat the motors installed now equal our total power, while lighting and heating equal nearly three times the capacity of the present machines, so that the total apparatus connected to our lines equals nearly four times the capacity of the present generating plant. "Tlhe motors are never all running at full load, and a large proportion, ot the lighting is for private houses, where only about one lamp out of four will be in use at any given time, hence our ability up to the present to meet the demand. The past month was fairly light during the early part of tihe evenings, and the peak load did not eceed that of the previous month, but on any dark afternoon or evening now we may not be able to meet the demand.

"The two small generating sets have now been running for four and a naif years, and the larger one for nearly three years and, should anything happen to disable one of these machines, we could not supply requirements. Because the machines have been carefully looked after and have run for long without breakdown, we would not be justified in thinking that this can go on indefinitely. Sooner or later a breakdown may occur, and there sihould be a machine in readiness for such emergency. This is especially the case wnere machines are daily taxed to the utmost of their capacity.

"But for the introduction ol metallic lamps we would not have been able to meet this winter's demand, and with a normal rate of increase there will be no chance of meeting requirements l next winter without some additional machinery.

"I would beg to point out that a new generating set should be in place and ready for running next April. Also that to give reasonable time, three months should be allowed for calling tenders, nine months for delivery, and three months for erection. A small saving in time may be effected, but the above time should be allowed, so that we are already three months late, for next winter.

RESERVES. The Reserves Committee recommend: 1. That Or. Bellmger be chaihnan for the ensuing year. 2. That consideration of the fencing of the bush at the Waterworks Reserve be deferred until the termination of Mr. .Smith's lease. 3. That Mr. Stanley Smith be notified that unless he repairs the fence round' the old reservoir within two weeks from the date of notice, the Council wi'l take steps to determine his lease. 4. That the application of the Boy Scouts for about 40 posts to repair the fence of the old soldiers' graves be referred to the borough engineer, with power to act. 5. That tenders be invited io? the lease of the old reading room for a period of five years. G. That 'ha Lores' Ambulance Association be granted the use ef a room in the Town Hall for wo' evenings a week on the same ternn as! previously. 7. T'hat the borough eft-1 igineer be instructed to emplo/ ars authorised surveyor to complete !he Mir-! vey of the cemetery. 8. That the eoinni ittee be authorised to put up to auction leases of sections lfil2 to 1014 for 21 'years, with perpetual rights of renewal, at an upset rental of £7 10s per f.n- ---! num. each, no building conditions. 9. | That the Works Committee be charged : £7 10s per annum for the use of section 1615 on which to erect stables. 10. ■ That upon Mr. J. F. Hooker depositing the sum of £5 in terms of his ktter i of the 24th ult., a lease of section 702, New Plymouth, with perpetual rights of renewal, be put up for action; upset rental £3 per annum. 11. That a copy of the valuation of the Ngaire Reserve ,be forwarded to each councillor. 12. .That the New Zealand Soldiers' Graves , Guild be permitted to erect a he idstone| i and to place a coping round tlw p'ave iof Trooper Angus McAlpine, without I purchasing the site of the yrave.