Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-15 | Page 15 | State Gets Meters to Test Gas, Water and Electricity

Sup Measurements i f f j. j 2 r 4 2 qa I 8 y 1 J ll I 1 JEt Y- Y 1 OFFICIALS I INSPECT N NEW W l INSTRUMENTS Leonard left and W. W V. V K Granger State Gets Geth Meters lete s to to o Test Gas Water T ater and ancl Electricity Delicate Delica te Instruments ts Will Vill Check Su Supplies i ito to Utah Honi Homes Home's s Delicate instruments to test accuracy of meas measurements of of electricity electricity elec elec- gas and water being supplied to Utah homes had been received received received re re- re- re Tu Tuesday by the public service commission of Uta Utah All AU known as master meters or or 4 precision meters the instruments were forwarded to the commission from the U. U S. S bureau of standards where they were tested for accuracy before being put into use here They include voltmeters and watt- watt hour meters for measuring flows of electricity manometers for t testing testing test test- sting st- st ing pressure of gas containers to determine the amount of heat given off by a certain volume of gas when burned and master water meters According to W. W K Granger a member of the commission inaugurating inaugurating inaugurating use of the meters is in line with a policy of the commission to protect interests of the public The commission formerly cooperated cooperated cooperated coop coop- with the University of Utah physics and engineering departments departments departments depart depart- ments for the tests They will now be made by the state engineering department Leonard M. M assistant en engineer engineer engineer en- en for the commission commission was was to leave Salt Lake City Monday to be begin begin be- be gin making checks in Sanpete county Mr Granger said the instruments will be sent to the bureau of standards standards standards stand stand- ards every six months for a recheck of their