RAILWAY WORKS

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 25, 14 November 1929, Page 3

RAILWAY WORKS

POINTS AJNX> CROSSINGS

An' urgent question relating to work •being carried out at the Hutt: "'railway workshops was~asked by Mr J. T, Hogan (Independent, Rangitikei) in the House of Repregentatives "last. week. . Addressed to . the. Minister of ■•■Bail-; \vaV.« CJIon.\V. B. TaveMier), tlic ques-"tion-'.was aw i'oll|uViJ.: —'■■'!« .tlie Minister aware that notwithstanding the 1-state-, ments of .himself and the Prime' Minister that all work on ponits arid crossings .would ".bo tlone at East-Town, work vfas now being done on jjoiufs and'erossings at ljfjwer H-utt^and night work at , extra, cost to tho-Depfti'tniont, wasfbeing, "carried .'on-ty cope with, work in 'hand, while the; samf; work -could -be ;dont; 1 ■eojnfpa-thbJy/ in ordinary iwprkihg hours at East To\yn?"'" v ■.-'■ • • : v:--

"T lie Minister Replied that ' -with ■ the exception' of foundry .work, ,which was rixatfe by blacksmiths; Ull." points arid (•roWings were manufacturecl. and. as-, sembled at East' ;T6\tn.These castings and "wrought iron derails were, manuf ac^ tiiied "at the Htitt workshops,; but' were also assembled at East' Town. The:casting* couM^ot manufactured at "East Town a*= there was no- foundry thereEast Town' had never' li'ad-. a foundry. When the.points and crossings work was •transferred from Addington to East Tovm the. stock of wrought iron work at Addington was sent to East Town, and, that. \Vithtlie-.addition of a few parts whiely were ■niatfe at Bast Town was sufficient for- requirements until_ the beginning of October: ;-At that date it was : found necessary to commence to. manufacture those pails and tTie worksiibps

manager at Ea^t Town at>ked for six iddLtiomil men for the puipose. >

Under ;tlui"^organisation, added .the Minister, it; was never" intended tWt

»vvought iron AvorJt for 'points and crossings should^J)e \at East ToSvn. -This :Work was allocated to the J.I 1111 •w'oaksliops where better facilities syvro -pvoviUedi for and "the major - Uy of flie^vork, therefore could Be performed' more ecoitomieaily^ thau at East

Town. Staff arj-angements were' made

acnovd irigly. Certaiii of the parts - tha^ v.onld be reqiured could:not be mariufactured at jEast Town without providing special facilities which wore air • ready 'provided for at the Hiitt.