Municipal Gasworks.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 May 1919, Page 4

Municipal Gasworks.

' At last liiccting of the iLevin Borough | 'Council, Mr D. C. Groves, the ninna- ; nor of tlio yn.s works, roportoil : During "March, 025.(54 0 cubic foot of g;vs wore j manufactured. 'I lie works as a whole ' are in K<iod order and it is (|iiite capable of keeping up the present demand. i„,t as the dt'iriand is increasiiisr every I day, it'llo Council will have to face the question of extending the present oar•bonisins plant by putting in a new | sotting in tho- arc-ji alroadiv installed, a ; j recju i-sition lor which 1 will put before | the committee at an early date. The I ! exhauster is in good order at present but , ! I do not know how soon we may have ! I trouble witli the same. This 1 feel will | "be my duty to .have duplicated as soon as the prices become normal. The purifiers and valves are in good order but I re«re:t to state that owing to the re- ! ports T had received on. coming to Levin I was given to understand, that the' valves would not warrant closing , down unless the works were stopped ; for the time being. Rather than take 1 the chance of a shontago of supply, 1 I did not stop the manufacture and on examination I found that for some time past the valves had been wrongly manipulated. I trust the consumer* will have no reason to complain ot the piiritv of the gas in future. ; Gas Holder: The present one will re(Hiire scraping and painting as soon as the fourth and fifth plate become pitted,. The question of further extension will have to be gone into before very , Complaints: I find that the main cause of >t<h<\si> is the black 'iron pipes which have been used in all the installations and 1 strongly rccoimnend tlx j committee 1 to da away with black 11011 . pipes. „ , I The House: T would request v.'U j committee to paper two' rooms, dining land sitting rooms, paint bath, batn room and scullery and remove the range, which by disposing of same would pay for the. improvements, al •■-) window cordis, door boll repaired-. Cr Matheson said he had -visited tue wofks recently and was shown some ot tlio black pipes as complained of by the gas manager and they were not in good condition, and in places, badly rusteJ. After being in use the T>' 1 1,1 tinio affected the lighting quality of the as the speaker had experienced in his business premises. . Or Lancaster supported tins contoiition and quoted the case of black pipe in a street lamp in York street. 'Hie report was adopted and it was decided to have the house repairs carried out as ree,nested.