POLE ERECTION.
A RECORD ESTABLISHED. FOUR MILES IN 7% HOURS. On Monday morning (says the Manawatu Daily Times) the staff of the Power Board set out to put up 100 poles in 8% hours with the travelling crane. Three men only were employed on the crane, and by the time they stopped for lunch, at 12.15, 58 poles had been put up, At 3.30 p.m. the Power Board members visited the scene of .the operations, and at 3.45 p.m. the 100th pole was put up, while at 4-10 p.m., after 7 hours 20 minutes, 105 poles had been erected when the work had to stop for want of more holes. This number is easily a New Zealand record, and including the cost of benzine and oil the cost of erecting was about 9d each. The holes were dug on Saturday by t<hc pole gang at a cost of 2s each, while th? ramming costs about another 2s, making the total cost per pofle approximately 4s 9d, which is- a remark ably low figure. The crane has fully proved itself to be a wonderful labour saver. ' Monday’s best time averaged 4.19 . minutes per pole, and the distance covered was four miles.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4613, 12 October 1923, Page 3
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200POLE ERECTION. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4613, 12 October 1923, Page 3
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