ROWER BOARD’S SCHEME.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 422, 13 June 1922, Page 6

ROWER BOARD’S SCHEME.

K.\( 11 NFFIFS ESTIMATE. \A LOAN OF £500.000 TO HE HAISKD. An important report from the resitle.nl engineer, Mr \V. A. Waters, on the esti- _ mated sum required for the installation ot I the Mimau'utu-Orotiu Electric J’mvei | Hoard’s scheme of relietdaiioii was tabled at today’s meeting' of that body, ‘bo ( | scheme us outlined I>v Alt' Waters is estimated to cost £43-'t,63U. including the uinoimi of the (irsl years interest, and U provides for the construction of the most | lavonrable routes first-having regard to iheir revenue producing capacity. In the eotir.-'e of his report Mr \\ a let's slated uiim alia: "In the northern part of the blind s \ di-lricl I have assumed that the limn “I g economical transmission at present is up 10 the viiiiiitv of Huhangina in one county and Kiniboliott in Hie luwiiea Utility. i iieyaiid this the country is not closely f settled, and as these northern parts can be done taler, it may pay the board to get another supply ot current from a Mam Trunk sub-station. For instance, liaugi I wahia is only 12 miles from Mangaweka, ( but is about 35 miles from Hmmythorpe. . The alternative is to step up the vo.tage for economical transmission on the propuseu Kimholtoii feeder to 22,000 volts but this J j. a matter that can,best he decided Intel, . if Hie firospeetive load after lull mvesliga . lion warranted it. As the boards work proceeds, it will be absolutely necessary to go into the approximate actual cost ol every line before it is started, and also gel t a signed-up slalemeul from each resident - as to the amount of power likely to be lakeu 111 this wav the uimuiium st/.e ol copper wire can be selected to supply 'be power. As an instance. 1 uught mein mu that on a small eon-misers' line the change of llie si/e of the 7,14 cable to 7,10 cable ■ makes a diH'eretuto of ahmu £OO cost pet mile of line alone. In other eases on seat- I ■ icred areas u often pays to substitute a small irausformer ami omit a hmgUi m distribution lender, or vice versa. '! SL mailers will he closely waiehed as Ihe job |,ll ' ( ''' t!U \AHIUI’S HFDL'CTIONS. ( ‘•From the loregoim: will be seen the ( necessiiv of haling to estimate largely on , ~,.iiend' priueiph - and leave the cnttmg ( |.,wn to bedrock of the costs at the nine of actual readiness to pul m the, hues attel reviewing the applications lor power on die proposed routes. From the estimates ol eo-r it will be Holed that we will require ;l l H ai, 1555 miles ol 11.000 volt ciremis. | Tim j. ii,e most cosily hue to construct j u 11,,. CoMM'iimenL lie-use calls lor certain clearances, necessitating at least thirty-live , I f ool poles. From the plan it will be iioKml | ' din these lines are laid oil' to ffftve mini- j mum distances, yet at the same time using ■ ;,mte- so thill tile Willie poles call be use. | 'ter reiienlai ion wires also. I'or ecoimmieid , reasons they are mostly single circuit hues | and provided we use, lirsl-class iiisuhtiois i ol | die 11,000 veil, will be creeled to give l 1 strength and stability, as well as nnm- ' lerrnpted service. Most of these lines are Fid mf mi that it a section is reqtund to be switched elf for inspection or alteration, the supply can be given by an alternative route. Ihe routes of these lines cannot be definitely lixtd until after a conference wiih ill" ot ilif I >0 " 1 i,!, 0 * graph Deparlmeni.” 1 " 'if,,, engineer went on io emphasise dial, on account of the liahilifv ol the price ol eopp,.,- «ire (Ineie.ating. tin; estimated cost of the scheme was only approximate. The chairman (Mr J. A. Nash, M.1’.1. i in congratulating die engineer on Iho re- ! port su’d dud the estimated total cost ot I £439.530 should bo increased to. in round ! lieiires, £450.000. To this inighl he added '£50.000 for advance- to cniNiiiier-. ! t )|, die minion of the chairman the rej port was adopted and it was accordingly (lifiilt'fl io lain ilit* iH’cessjiry >u*j»- lu ruist* a, luan of £500,000.