LII. J. F. FURNISS. 



Then we came to the Gwynne and Reynold's pumps at 

 Crown Street. These were coupled to an electric motor r 

 and as a matter of fact, the Reynolds pump was able to do 

 the whole of the work, the Gwynne being merely used as a 

 standby. 



With regard to obtaining electrical power for pumping 

 purposes, the Water and Sewerage Board were at present 

 in a very bad position. Their current was obtained from 

 the City Council at a cost of Id. per unit and it could only 

 be got at a light load. The pumping had to be arranged 

 to suit the load. A current was also received for some 

 work from the Railway Commissioners, but the Board had 

 absolutely no control over the production of the power 

 either by the City Council or by the Railway Commissioners. 

 If the power stations broke down as they might do, the 

 Board, having no current of its own, would have to permit 

 the sewage to go into the harbour where it went before. 

 Fortunately in the event of such happening we have still 

 got pumps at Crown Street which could be worked. In his 

 opinion the Board should be very chary in extending the 

 application of electrical power for either water supply or 

 sewerage purposes unless they had their own generating 

 station. He thought it quite possible that, in the event of 

 an extension of their operations, the Board would be able 

 to generate their own electrical power at a much cheaper 

 rate than that now paid to either the City Council or the 

 Railway Commissioners. In the trial of the Parsons' 

 turbine pumps, the steam consumption per HP. per hour 

 was found to be 29*74 lb. as against the guaranteed 37 lbs. , 

 so that was less than we expected. 



Mr. T. H. Houghton, m. inst. c.e. — The paper which was 

 read at our previous meeting by Mr. J. F. Furniss brings 

 out strongly the various changes which have been made in 

 pumping machinery during the last twenty years, in which 



