GREY COUNTY ROLLER

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1923, Page 3

GREY COUNTY ROLLER

(Grey \rgus.) To have the Mcmlicr of I’sii liiiinoiil ' for the district using n pick at it-' . wheel. ami a distinguished » rowd ol i Comity Cnuncillors . oil others, in.'lnd- ] ing a prominent mem her of the legal ; fraternity, watching. is not tlu* tor- , tain' of every bugged road roller, yet i the new motor road roller of the j County Council, yesterday, had this* fortune. The roller, which had Hone mil ip in ; (Irevinonth at 10 a.in. proceeded as lar j as Omotu racecourse, wliere on an on- i ceptinnnllv had jiiece of county road it skidded over the edge and stuck in ; tile loese shingle of which the road | is composed. The roller wont over at . 12.0 p.lll. and was not trot out of the ; hole until 0.7 p.m. The crowd of conn- i cillors and others uho had come out j to sec its trial ran. were treated to j an exhibition of engineering. _ j All lent n hand when necessary, and ! tin l jacks were used to good effect. A : huge hole had to lie dug at the rear • of the engine before one of the jacks could lie made use of. and the wheel j on the side, near the edf.ee of the road, had to he bolstered up with planks he- ; fore tin* engine conhl he moved. After j it had been got clear it proceeded, to ; the piece of road just past Oinnto | Creek. ; Here the* - roller cave a demonstra- i tion. The grader was used along the i road, and later the scarifier. The on- : L'ine proved quite satisfactory, as far j as working goes. However, it seems j to lie ict entirely suitable for the I roads of the West Coast, ft does not j

possess n drum with whiHi to pull it- ; soli' rml of tlio roads when it bogs. . It may lie bad luck to bo bogged j twice in ono day. but the engine seem- j od yesterday to got hogged as soon as j it went off tho crown of the road. J Tt. iias boon claimed for the roller I that it is not necessary to house her anywhere along the road at night-time but- that all that would he needed j would lie to pull her on to the side ! of the road and there let her stand

This was tried at 5 o’clock yesterday j afternoon, and the roller immediately ! hogged down, and at every effort to j get out. only went deeper in. When j our reporter let the scene about a. 30 ! it had been decided to send hack for j the lifting appliances, which had been in me earlier in the day. It would appear from tho running of the engine yesterday, that it needs a hard surl'ni- j ed road to run satisfactorily.