ELECTRIC POWER

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 169, 5 April 1923, Page 4

ELECTRIC POWER

WAIRARAPA BOARD

From Oub. own Cohbespondent. Carterton, April 4. The monthly meeting of the Wa'rprapa Electric Power Board was hold at Carterton this morning, Mr. J. Cooper presiding. . The treasurer’s statement showed a bank balance, Carterton or £2<2 ds. Bd.; Wellington cr. £JB,GIo 10s. Accounts amounting to £3671 ius>. wi-> wore passed for payment The engineer reported that good progress made with the trenches for the pipe line,, about half.the total amount now being completed. Iho tunnelling contractor has put thiough one tunnel in papa rock, and had the other one well started Both ac ce« roads had been completed, and the surge tanks commenced. At the in take a good deal of work had been done in clearing tho. site livery of concrete pipes and .-collnis on tho ground had been commenced The delivery of steel pipes was nmeh behind schedule. time, j tho electric main lino fiorn V™. aI T io Carterton had been coiiimeuced. lyicw of the small number of co, ™ a \ tors tendering for the class of uoikp and subject to the poles being delivered, the board would have arrange to do some of this work on tho day lab our system, otherwise, the reticulation throughout tho district would la~ considerably behind, the SU i° f ment. Detail drawings had been pre pared for the reticulation of M ast “’’ ton, and tenders were to be called fo the work tins week. The d<?l ‘y polifes was now 1200 short of the contract schedule, but a further shipment was due this week. Tenders are to be called for wiring another block or houses in tlip Dalefield area, and also a block of houses in Lansdowne Estimates have been prepared for over a hundred installations in the Carterton area, and another fifty in Masterton, iu addition to estimates fo r wiring the hospitals at Masterton, Greytown, and tho Old Men’s Home. A| number ot houses which are already wired lor lower voltages have, in conjunction with the Fire Underwriters’ Inspector, been examined by Mr. Drewilt, and arrangements arrived at to notify them for the board’s higher pressure current A number of installations have been inspected at Martinborough. Mr. ,f A. Sargent has been stationed at Featherston to measure up and estimate for wiring installations in the southern part of the inner area, as there is a keen demand lor an electric supply in that district. It was decided that a private mail bag. be procured for the Kourarau Camp, which will be carried by the To Wharau mail.