SOUTH TARANAKI POWER.

Patea Mail, 26 August 1931, Page 2

SOUTH TARANAKI POWER.

“outer apua” scheme OUTLINED. bate a countv bpopomals. A comprehensive rvport on the pro-po.-a 1.-; IVr hh]>)»l yi n;; part, of 1 in' Unworn and Paten Connlios with electricity was present c 1 to tin' South Tarantiki Pcwer Board I>v l!ii‘ engineer, Mr. T. 1;. Overton, nt the hoard V I'ecent meeting. The ehni rnian, Mr. -I. P>. Alunkich. said it would not. -he possible to lix the security rate for the loan of £-14.(Kit), wliifdf is suggested. until valuation toll had been completed. It w; uld. Lowever. be cousidet'itldy less than it had been in the original area, when 'd had been struck. It won! never be necessary, of course, to collect the rate, he added. The estimated capital cost and revenue from the lines for immediate construction in the Balea County was shown ns follows in Air. Overton's report : Lower Tntimnha Load, Alanntahi. £1(1(17., til7o Ids. am) Id,* -percentage revenue to i-osl. Knkaramea bond, Ixakaraiuea, £IOO, list) Ids, and 17.0. Tin 11 bond to l.l.nrleyville. including Lower ball bead. £4HU Ids. £BB4, and 01.1. Ijnrst house bead aml Alton, £loo4, £20.1 Ills, and IS.d. Alokoia-Palea, via South bond, ttnd ai'ross country. including bulk sup])!y to Pa.lea and AlamiUihi factory, fidd-Kl 10s, £l2ll ds, and 21.1. Wihenuakura district, £2IBO 10s, £.IOO ds, and 21.8. FT ITbL CONSTITUTION WOliK. Estimates for tiie lines on which a payable load is not assured wen 1 : Upper Taumaha, etipital cost £441, revenui- £4l, percentage revenue to cost 0.4. AVhakamnra. £1(511, £bS-l. 11.1. Hurleyville, £l.'l(i(l, £!)ih 7.2. AVhemiakura. £4BOI. £442, 11.4. Meremere, £2O-12, £427, 12.4. Additions on the same scale as for the first set of lines would brine the total t- £11.052 Ids. Upon the estimates of lines for future construction it was obvious that it would not be economical for the Inr.rd to proceed with this constructional work, Mr. Overton stated, but he emphasised that it would be only fair to the people located in those ureas for the board to have authority from the ratepayers of the whole district to do the work immediately payable extension could be offered. It was not possible lor him to say wlrea that time would arrive. It might bo wit Ilia a year or willritr live years, but from Iris experience, lie would say that at least 7d per cent, would be required within five years. The work involved in the above schedule would lie approximately 21 miles of 1 1.000 volt line. T, miles of low tension •under high tension, til miles of separate low tension, line, transformers, line accessaries, and low tension services as required.