THE UNEMPLOYED.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 6

THE UNEMPLOYED.

THE RELIEF WORKS. PROGRESS OF THE ' UNDERTAKINGS. The various . relief works,. undertaken'.- by the Citizens' Relief' Committee are .-'.making satisfactory progress, but there appears, to be some prospect of s thp. stress easing up within the'next few weeks, when the works may bo tailed oit'. ~- - , .'• ■ : , /.'■'■. The two/big hurainockß; in.front of Victoria College havo.now disappeared, arid the main portion of. the gang is engaged'on the new entrance drive overlooking Salamanca Road. When this work 1 has - been dono, the men will shift over to the Kelburno Parade side, of tho college, grounds, whero they will batter- down about-6ft. of tho ' bank, arid form over 20l)yds. of. footpath. ■ A number, of men are also employed on: tho excavations behind .'the gymnasium, and on tho rough bank, on tho Salamanca Road, faco, . which is being . sloped off and cleared ' ot' gorse, etc.; propAraWy.to, planting. .The, excavation '.of i the. ' foundations for tho new wing will,' it,is understood,- bo carried out by. tho present gangs tinder the same, foreman 'who has: directed, the -.-work dono. to date; : ~ -.--..:... .

Iho carpenters have, almost completed the two rooms on the top floor of the college and next week , it is expected 1 that they w VJ, be transferred, to .the .gymnasium.,. Iho widening of this JVndestown Road has been practically completed',, at ' a cost 6f somethinglike-£ipO-un<derthe estimate. This surplus will b'o devoted to metalling-.the road .and cutting down ■.trees,/af£e.r which-' the only work to be- dono will bo tho. setting back of tho electric poles, , -which is not part of the-relief gang's, contract.-''. ■ .■■-.-■ ': , The work in hand at Anderson Park just now includes the-sub-soil ■ draining of the solid portion'of the park. Eight in'ches of. top-dressing is being'laid ddwn'on tho'park: and the grass, is; to.be harrowed, and. topdressed. Another 10 men 'are,'being"' put on at tho park this ■.mornirip:, bringing the full strength-of the gang up t0,33.' •' '•''■■' - Iho mon.'who were'/ortgaged to do treeplanting have. oii]y,been digging holes-up to the present-but tlrdy are-nbw about'to begin tho actual planting at Kelburno Park. :, Outside fields' of/labour • are apparently ..appalling, to the men ;on .the relief works. When the. new gangs for .Wadestowii Road and Anderson "Park ■'.■ mustered yesterday morumg, it was; found that.24 men who wero on when the men-worked together before had,not put in an> appearance. . Iho pay-sheets for. the-gang , which 'has just completed its, work, on the Wadcstbwn q,V I > t,ha Ml be:tetal - wa S ei • « arn «l wcro £73 145 % lid., or;-.an-.average; of £2 H" tf T'vJ 13 ? Park wages sheet totalled £55 Vs., or an-average of £1 18s' per man. . \ • '.■■.-.

-.1 he amount, subscribed, towards thePeliel Fund to date totals £1800,, the tion being £1 os.6d;,'a; secoftd donation per Mrs.. Ashenden.•• ;..■-.." '-,■■■:■•■ ■ ■-■■•,...