HUTT VALLEY POWER BOARD

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1923, Page 3

HUTT VALLEY POWER BOARD

The fortnightly meeting of the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board was held yesterday. The formal resolution in^ regard to the signing of the debentures for the £130,000 loan were passed. The secretary was instructed to inform the Parenmta Improvement Association that full provision had been made for" supplying the district with electricity, and that the board would be glad of the assistance of the association in ascertaining the amount of current the district was likely to require. The engineer reported that certain poles arriving were not in strict accordance with the specifications. The board gave the engineer full power to deal with the matter. The Lower Hutt Borough Council asked for a report on its proposal to change its systems of water pumping and sewage pumping to electric systems. The board approved the reply of the engineer, that such a report did not come within the function of the board. Mr. Hobbs explained that he had understood that the borough council was going 'to request merely that the board's engineer should check the figures of the council's engineer. The chairman (Mr. M'Ewan) said he hoped the board would give the council any assistance which lay within its power. The. question of making final arrangements for the Lower Hutt sub-station was left in the hands of the engineer. The inspectors reported that the total of 253 installations had been secured, 90 having \>een added during the present month. The following is the total of each district canvassed :—Eastbourne 92, Day's Bay 47, York Bay. Lowry Bay. and Gracefield Estate 16, UpDer.Hutt 78. Lower Hutt 13, Petone 5, Heretaunga 2; t0ta1,253.