WELLINGTON FARMERS' FREEZING COMPANY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 686, 10 December 1909, Page 8

WELLINGTON FARMERS' FREEZING COMPANY.

C ' ANOTHEB EXPEET CALLED IN. 5 >. 1. HIS DECISION ON SITES ; "" (By Triecraph -Special Correspondent) 1 _, „ ' Masierton,'December 9. It inll be Tememborqd that some time ago, rocn the "battle of thofreezing sites" was at ; its highest in the Wairarapa, dissatisfaction ;, was expressed by a number'of Lower Valley shareholders in the ne\ Wellington Meat Com : panyat the report made by tho comnanj's engineer (Mr A. S Mitchell) m favour of the iWamgawa site, as against other sites, moro ; particularly that at I'igoon Bash At the re ? nest ° f °, ne .°' tne k° nta Wairarapa direc- • s tors, Mr G W Leadlej, a South Island freezing works expert was asked to visit the Wairarapa, inspect the various sites previously considered, and in addition a new one at rom--1 < Bide, near Tauhennikau iJiver Arrangements for the visit were made by Mr G Pain, with ' the approval of Mr J C Cooper, 'managing director 'of the company Tho report indicate ; that mo t of tho properties under offei at , Waingawa have - been purchased, the deposits having been Paid to-day Mr Iteakes, Govorn- : inent Vetennanan, and the company's' ongineer will in the course of a few days visit iWaipgsna to decide on tho exact position fbr the ertcbon of 'tho works Eerarnng to the v iWaingjfiva site Mr Leadley says — \ site has many and distinct advantages. '■ Jrhe position is good, and, though the quantity of larid available is not largo, yet I think it would bo sufficient for many years - 1 /' Wat ? r &U PP ] 7 lius '!> excellent Tho etrong How 61 clean Water in tho rate which is i(I am informed) ted by never-failing streams IS all that could bo wished for, while tho nuin- ' erous springs using out of the terrace at the ' 1 hack p{ the block provide a splendid "auxiliary ; eupply By tho installation of a hjdraulic ram '. in. the .loco at the terraco, the water could i easily be conveyed 111 pipes and delircied'at tho , ton of'tho works, and thus do awaj uith tho necessity of , pumping 1 In the samo '■■ way tho various springs might be ; collected, < and tho erection of a pump, driven by an ovorshot wheels at tho terrace, ' would also lift the spring water to any height f desired) At tne same time 1 the uatei power \ available at tho wheel,could be used to gener- £ ti \ snPP'r , of eleptric light for the works ' The fall tor the disposal ot sewage is ample if the Moika are placed at the'point marked on the plan shown to me Th« soil is apparently of fairi>quahtj for granng purposes, and . > sufficiently absorbent to take up the wastage from (the works and turn it to good account 'Locality- The greatest disadvantage of this site is its distance from tho seaport, 63 miles, i as against the 18 mile& distance of tho Ferneide site, but < its other advantages so out- : weigh this that the factor of distances is to 8. large extent overcome Added to this is the consideration tint there is a possibility that, should this point be left unoccupied, it may be seized by a rival lompany, and sup- . plies of stock for which the Waingawa site , 6eems the natural outlet be cut off It has } been pointed out to 1110 that, by putting the ! ■> wortc down at this site, the company will lose ' a large quantity of stock from the lower dis--1 tnct, which 16 essentially a fattening district Against that it is well to remember that this 1 part of the district CTcrnsido and Pigeon 1 Bu«h) lies nparc t to Wellington, and offers I tho best facilities for exploitation by the existI ing companies, while, on tho other hand, f works situated at Waingawa stand at the door I of a vast area ol grazing country stretching 1 ewiy from Castlepoint to Herbertvillo m the north, and which, as bmo goes on, must t provide an almo<t inexhaustible supply of tho 1 T-iw material, and provido a large ready mar- * let for manures. » t "On tho whole, therefore, I have, after oare- , ful inquiries and personal investigation, come j to tho conclusion that, for tho purpose of tho j company, the Wamgawo, site is tho best"