A BIG SHOT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 4

A BIG SHOT.

THE : WELLINGTON-HL'TT LINE, = ■Thocstreme.delibftratenesswith'niiich-tho work *lh "_cohneotio'n>'withV tho; straightening of the.Wellington-Hutt line has beon prosecuted by the Government has become a joko. Nothing ,evoked such, hearty laughter, nightly in , the; recent .production of "Bluebell 111 Fairyland" than when tho Sleepy King, after being informed that ' ho had been nsleep threo: hundred/ years, asked if tho Hutt raiilV'W line was -yot. If.- the work' had'-be'eii carried -0n..50l tediipusly, and with such expense, to the country by a private contractor, rasi has i beeji the case" witlV' th'o Governmontj .his chanco of gottihg any-fur-ther work to do in the country would be vory small. . It' is expected that a spurt willbo mado with tho work towards tho cud or the year— ■ A great (leal 01* tlio "metal boulders used in the • formation of tho rubble wall along tho harbour front has boon obtained from tho Pencarrow quarry, on tho opposite sido of tho entrance to Seatoun. It is alleged that some difficulty/has.beon experienced ;iugetting out * tho ""stoiio of ' late, so it has been decided to put in a big shot, that will loosen tho rock considerably. A T-shaped tunnel 'is being bored into tho ..face; at the end of which a ton of blasting powder is tovbe.7deposited,- and-. nt'-.tho proper time fired. It is ostimated . that ..tho shot will looson some thousands, of. tons of stone suitable for facing the sea-wall along tho Hutt line. . . -.

At Monday's meeting of tho. i Harbour. Board, Mr. Bolton will move tho following motion:—VThafc. .the ,_question ; of, tho sufficiency of tli'o; pro'te'etivo' walls, in' bourse of erection by ; tho; Government, .in connection with ; tho, straightening 'of • tho Wellington Ilutt railway line, bo referred to. tho Engineer to tho Board, ...with, instructions, to report to the next, mooting of Board."