GAS SUPPLIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20586, 8 December 1928, Page 4

GAS SUPPLIES.

. GROWING DEMANDS. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. ' The Gas Gommitttee will report to the meeting of the City Council on Wednesday night that, in response to an application from the Green Island Borough Council for an extension of the gas supply to and reticulation of the borough area, the department’s officials have made a canvass of the district, and report that they have received definite undertakings of support from 109 householders. The district is a-growing one, and it appears to offer a good field for an extension of the department’s activities. The estimated initial capital outlay involved is as follows: Extension of existing 6in main in the Cavershanv, ■' Valley road to Emerson street, 228 chains of 6in main at £3O per chain .. £4560 0 0 Reticulation from Emerson street, 59 chains of • 4in main at £l2 10s per chain 737 10 0 Reticulation of other . borough streets, 154 chains of Sin main at fll per chain 1694 0 0 Services and meters for 100 consumers at £5 each .. 545 0 0 Total .. ...£7536 10 0 The outlay would he a charge against the gasworks loan, which includes provision for such" expenditure on extensions to the reticulation. It is to be noted particularly that the proposal provides for the department supplying Green Island residents direct just as in the case of the city, and for all practical purposes, therefore, the Green Island area will be simply an extension of the city reticulation and supply. The committee recommends that the extension as outlined above be approved, and that authority be granted to proceed with the necessary works at the total estimated cost of £7536 10s. Authority has been granted for the pur-chase-and installation of a water softening plant for the waste heat boilers at the vertical retorts. The cost of the apparatus delivered on rail is £166. Mr G. W. Settle has been granted a tenancy for a period of one year, with right of extension for a further term, of a. portion of vacant land at the Caversham gasworks. The rental for the first year will be £2O, Mr Settle proposes to erect premises on the land for the purpose of treating bitumen and tar, and with that object has agreed to purchase the whole of the works output of tar distillate at the price of Sd per gallon at the works, Mr Settle supplying his own contamers. The carbonising returns for the works for the last monthly period again indicate a 10 per cent, increase in the output of SOP-