LOAN SCHEDULE MAINS.

Wairarapa Age, 15 December 1920, Page 6

LOAN SCHEDULE MAINS.

THE CAS MANAGFR'S REPORT. In the course of his monthly reporl lo the Masterton Borough Council last night, Ihe gas manager (Mr. J. W. Blackmail) said: —"Work is now proceeding in Pownall Street, extending Ihe (iiti. main to Short Street, thence along York Street. A shipment of (iiti. pipes for this work is landing ex s.s. Trowollard from Newcastle, N.S.YV. The :VK)O feet of 4in. steel tubes to have been shipped ex s.s. Opawa were [shut out, only the tees and other specials being shipped. These tubes were to be shipped in the steamer following, the s.s. Waikouatti. In accordance with the instructions of the Council, we have born aide to purchase "ii'M'i feet or tin. and 1000 feet of .Tin. f lubes ox Opawa from John Duthie &■ I-Co., so as soon as these come to hand the woi'k of laying the River Road ''main will be commenced. The, supply of gas in Second and Third Streets, ■and also in Rimu Street, Lansdowno, is Yt-i'v defective. Originally a 1.1 in. pipe ua.-i laid in Second Street, from Opaki Road lo Totara Street. There .-•re fifieen consumers depending on /their supply from this pipe. Third Street lias only a lin. pipe supplying three residences, all of which have cookers. Tl is obvious Hint these pipes are too .small, owing lo new customers coming in from time lo lime. 1 would recommend that these niacins be relaid at the earliest opportunity from Opaki "Road to Totara Street along Second Street, 20-chains lin, pipe. In Totara Street lo 'Rimu Street, along Third Street to the intersection of Rimu Street, Uin. pipe, 10 chains more or loss:'lhe Iwo mains lo.be cross-con-nected along Rimu SI root with. 3in. pipe.'-,