REPORTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 14 April 1939, Page 9

REPORTS

SPECIA L COMMITTE E ! At a meeting of a Special Committee held on the 4th April, there were present. the Mayor and Councillor Pettit The Committee reported as follows: As to the ■'oposal submitted by the Advance Nelson Association for* the formation of a footpath from the Citv boundary to the Cemc ’ rv: That after conferring with representatives of the Waimea Count Council and the Advance Nelson Association, the Committee recommends . < 1 > That the City Engineer be instructed to prepare esti!T 1 f J, lc cost of forming a footpath | from the C| ty boundary to (a) the first : gate and (b> the main gate of the i Cemetery, either on the hill side or sea side. (2) That when such estimates are available they be submitted to the J oin highways Board with a request that the Board undertake the work as part of the scheme for promoting additional road safety in accordance with /.J 0 *? olic 7 of the Safety Council. ' 3> That in the meantime, arrangements be made for the taking of a tally of the number of pedestrians using this particular part of the road on a Saturday and Sunday.

GAS AND ELECTRICITY COMMITTEE

| A meeting of the Gas and Electricity Committee held on sth April was attended by the Mayor (in the chair) Councillors Hurst Pettit and Harley. The Committee reported and recommended as follows: As to the Gas Manager's report relative to the proposed extension of the gas mains in Nelson South: That the Gas Manager be authorised to lay (U chains of Tin main along Kawai street from Tukuka street, at an estimated cost of £133 18s As to the letter from the Central Waikato Electric Rower Board, forwarding a copy of a resolution passed by it with regard to the effect of the import restrictions on electrical appliances and asking for the Council’s support: That the Board be informed that the Council is not prepared to support the resolution As to the tenders for the supply of transformers, switch gear and underground cable: That consideration of the tenders be deferred for a month pending the receipt of further informa- | tion. CITY ENGINEER The City Engineer (Mr J G Littlem?b > / eP ? rted , £or the fortnight ending loth April, as follows: Streets and Footways—Repairs to ta* work have been carried out on (the Rocks road Waimea, Trafalgar and Van Diemen street 6 : Drainage. A number of blocked sewers have been cleared. Repairs to , . scwers in Hampden and Weka streets are going on. Water— The Normanby Bridge pump , ' vas P u * ln to operation last week The total prohibition of the use of the hose ■tmnnn do ,' I v ' n the cons >™Ption by about 300.000 gallons per day, gasworks returns The Nelson City Gasworks returns for the year ending 31st March were submtited by the Manager (Mr A L. aS £o, * ows : —Coal carbonised manufactured per ton of , cubic feet, gas manufactured . «.> 093.M)0 cubic feet: coal in stock 714 ions, coal received during year 4763 items; coal carbonised 4645 tons, supplied !tons Vbatt °' r 3 tonS ' I ' oal in band 813 1 Coke in stock 265 bags, coke produced 1 during year 57.663 bags; coke used in {retort furnaces 19.110 bags, steam boiljcrs 2000 bags. water gas plant 3860 I !???*• Abattoir 367 bags, sold to public ■Jl.il7 bags other departments 391 | bags: coke in hand 483 bags ; T -r in stock 6.943 J gallons tar produced 42 418 gallons: tar supplied to General Account 35.770 gallons, sold lo

public 25445 gallons; tar in hand 11,047 gallons. Value of residuals sold during year. £4595 13s lOd. Gas manufactured in the month of March was 6.296.000 cubic feet. RESERVES SUPERINTENDENT The report of the Superintendent of Reserves <Mr A White) for the fortnight ending 13th April was as follows: The four new Croquet Lawns on the reclamation reserve have been sown down. Nelson Croquet Lawns.—B Lawn subsided considerably this season, but har been brought up to its proper level and re-sown. The other three lawns have stood up remarkably well and will be top-dressed as soon as play Botanical Reserve—Plav will be confined to the southern end of this Reserve to allow for as much re-turfing and levelling as is possible before the end of the month Victory Square.—This Reserve is in a very bad condition and a considerableamount of top-dressing is necessary to give a good plaving surface. Trafalgar Park is receiving a light dressing along the western side. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER The Electrical Engineer (Mr E. Flemine> reported for the fortnight ending \3th April os follows:—City applications 34.36 (increase 8). city extensions 7696 (increase .32); tv 11.132 (increase 40) Lighting load applied Tor 2135 k.w (increase 4 k.w.), heating load applied for 6456 k.w. (increas e3O k.w.). power load applied for 2603 k.w. (increase nil); total 11.194 k.w (increase 34 k.w.). Peak load : Day 650 k.w.; night 900 k.w. The evening load on the Power Stai tion is 800 to 820 k.w. and 900 k.w on I Friday r.ight. We are now running well into the turbine overload capacity 1 intend, from Monday. 17th April, to run the second engine set daily to relieve the load or the turbine All the four boilers are now under steam and it will be necessary to double the afternoon ■;hift from Monday to Friday throughout the winter months. The reports were adopted.