PROPOSED QUARRY SITE.

Shannon News, 11 December 1925, Page 3

PROPOSED QUARRY SITE.

MR ADKIN'S MEPOBT. A lengthy report on the above \vas submitted by Mr Aidkin, of Levin, to the BoriQugh Council at its meeting on Tuesday evening. The report touches on various, suspects of ithe suibject ot rock supiplies from the locality referred to -and includes information on the geological structure generally likely to be of use it quarrying operations are finally decided upon. The j evidence uvallabile,'.the report states, goes to shcAv ithat the supply of stone suitahle tor road making is confined ! (to a. 20-fooit nearly vertical bed ,ot greyAvueke, and' t;q a 10ft ibed of tlie same rock (separated by a layer of A'aiueleiss 'and inconvenient material) rising to a • height albove road level of from 35 feet ait (the I'oad line to about 80 feet or "more on the northern .boundary of the parcel ojf land. Tn the first 'chain of distance hack from rfiie ro'aid Dhe quanWy of stone, 'proib-aic-ly varying in quality from fair to very good, may be roughly assessed at.TSOO cubifc yards, eaah of the remaining three chains at, say, 2000 cubic yards per chain, and the eontents of the smaller bed of greywacke ait least 1000 culbic yards in all. These estimates are proibably on the conservative side. Without goiing Intlo the, engineering aspect of the .subject, it should he poiinted out thajt the aviuning'of She good rock will entaill the removal and disposal of a vary large quantity of Avalate ispioil lying on either side and between tlie bands of liard stone and ttbat this difficulty willhe augmented as the quarry increases in ,depth. On the other hand, the localitv is accessilble; a better slite may not be readily found and the first 2000 yards of stone is comparatively free frowi an overload of surface dehris. > '■'■'■ , 4'flter the report had ibeen read, the Council decided,to hiolld over discussion until'after the holidays..