Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-12-30
State Of New Jersey
BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITf
COMMISSIONERS
Inspectors Report


In the Boards report dated MAY IA
1921, it was found and Determined
with respect to- the plant nj servio.
as follows:
81. That the plant capacity of IL,
applicant should be increased nv tbs
addition of boiler capacity and con
nections, enabling it to generot.
sufficient gas to supply its custo.
mers for the ensuing year.
az. That it should reinforce tbo
mains now known to be defective
especially on Roberts avenue, wbera
a two-inch main is now installed
This should be replaced by a four.
inch main, and it should m
meter all applicants for service
along its existing lines.
80. The improvements set forth IN
l and 2 should be made on or before
July 1st."
An inspection made On December
LIST and I'd shows that the steam boiler
Fand connections are in operation and
that the companyis records indicate
that the installation of the boiler was
completed and the boiler put in ser.
vice on August IS, 1921, so that as far
as the plant itself is concerned the
Boards orders have been complied
with.
In reference to the gas main on East
Roberts avenue, the company, at the
request of the Boards inspector.
Anono1 fhn cfrnaf OF couoroI -
over this main, so that an examination
could be made to determine the exact
size of the pipe. The examination of
this main shows that at the westerly
end near Pacific e the main con-
sists of 2h-inch pipe and extends
eastward for a distance of approx
mately $50 feet, at which point the
size increases to 3-inch pipe, extend
ing eastward for a further distance or
approximately $50 feet; so that at no
point on the main is the size as small
as 2 inches, as stated in the Boards
report.
In the early part of last summer it
appears that the East Roberts avenue
main was clogged up with condensa-
ton from the gas, and in connection
with the drips this pipe was cleared,
after which time there was no COM
plant with regard to the pressure car
ried on the main itself.
At the time the matter of service
was first taken up with the Board, the
boardwalk was situated on Atlantic
avenue, which runs parallel to Pacific
avenue, and situated one block East
of it. The customers along the board
walk were supplied by means of a
small main running under the board
walk or from long service pipes ex-
tending from the side streets. Con-
sequently, the mains on East Roberts
venue and other side streets were lot
tied in at their easterly ends, as tho
no doubt would have been if there had
been a gain main installed along At
lantic avenue. The boardwalk has
now been moved easterly and it will be
necessary, at some time in the future,
for the company to install a main on
this street to supply the houses now
situated on the street and tying in the
main on East Roberts avenue and
other streets running parallel to it.
This, however, is a matter for the
future.
In view of the above it will be seen
that in place of a small Pinch main
on East Roberts avenue, the company
has a main composed of 2h-inch and
3-inch pipe, and that since the matter
of service vas first taken up, the con-
ditions existing east of East Roberts
avenue have changed considerably.
The records taken of the gas pres
sure in the East Roberts avenue main
from July 9th to July 10Th show that
the pressures in this main are within
the limits prescribed by the Boards
rules and that there should be no
cause for complaint as far as the size
of the main itself is concerned.
In reference to the metering of all
applicants for service, it appears that
the company now has an adequate
supply of gas meters in stock, so that
there should be no further cause for
complaint in connection with a delay
in furnishing service after application
has been made to the company.
Since the hearing held in Wildwood,
further complaints have been received
in reference to the confusion in the
minds of the customers caused by the
forms of bills received by them, they
feeling that as long as money was de-
posted in a prepayment meter, they
could owe the company nothing. TINS
confusion arises from the fact that the
wheels in the meters at present are SET
for a rate of $1.80. Even if the
wheels were now changed to the $z.pV
rate, there would still be confusion
owing to the fact that the twenty-five
cent service charge would still have u
be collected by sending to customers
a bill for the service charge Inde-
pendently of the amounts paid by them
through the medium of the prepay
ment device on the meter.