PETONE-HUTT GAS BOARD

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1926, Page 9

PETONE-HUTT GAS BOARD

, The- monthly meeting of the Petono j and Lower HiiH Gas Board was held on Tuesday. Present:—Mr. W. G-. LodI der (chairman), and Messrs. vV. T. Strand, A. Anderson, \f. Meldrum, C. | P.' Brockelbajik, and J. Piper. „ ' I | Tlie secretary reported that he had interviewed representatives oi: Messrs. Metiers, Ltd., who had purchased land adjacent to the gasworks, and they had promised to co-operate- "ij. every way possible with the board in the matter of a railway.siding. ■ The Lower Hutt Borough .Engineer, applied for■.-10,000 gallons of tar during the coming year. It was decided that, as the output '.vas estimated at only 65,000 gallons, 20,000 bo allocated to customers other than local bodies, 12,000 gallons to1 the Pctone Borough, and the balance to the Lower Hutt Borough. ' The gasworks manager, Mr. H. Appleyard, reported that 543 tons of coal had_ hecu carbonised, making 6,587,600 cubic feet of gas, being an average make of 12,130 cubic feet per ton and an increased make over September, 1925, of 718,700 cubic feet. He stated that 147 tons of coke ami 3718 gallons of tar had been sold, HI new services had been laid, and 45 conkers installed. Tlie manager submitted charts showing- the gas pressure at various hours and places in Lower Hutt. Tin; record showed that, even in outlyiug districts, the pressure was more than ample.