CONCRETE AND BITUMEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 440, 23 August 1928, Page 8

CONCRETE AND BITUMEN

COMPARISON OF COSTS USE OF FIGURES SUPPLIED* FROM AUCKLAND Press Association. WELLINGTON. Wednesday. At a meeting of the Suburban Highways Board, the Mayor o Wellington. Mr. G. A. Troup, took exception to the publication of a comparison between the cost o concrete at Auckland and bitumen at Wellington. In fairness it should have beet stated, he said, that the widening ana reerading of the roads concerned baa been included in the costs mentioned and that these had accounted for e per cent, of those costs. It was dim cult to make a comparison between costs in one place and those in other, unless all the factors were ve . definitely stated. ... Cr. Bennett said he was responsibly for the publication, and denied tnai it had anything to do with the board The Mayor had no right to refer it. he said. . , The Mayor replied rhat as chairo of the board he also had obtained ures from Auckland. The ' were certainly worked out at a r - per vard as published by the chairman of the Works Committee, and speaker could have presented them at the last meeting of the board. NOT FAIR TO AUCKLAND "I did not do so.” said Mr. TrooP“because I did not think that have been fair to Auckland, wnichad supplied the figures at my own request. Ido not think it is a •taing to put Auckland to disadvan tag _ especially after having applied ' them for information which, had - known how we were going to use iwould not have been supplied. “The fact should have been brougn out when they were published tn* thev did not apply purely to road su facing, but that additional expe ture was included, amounting per cent, of the total, which made comparison practicallv worthless- _ “I know that the Mayor of land has taken exception to the p lication of the information. „ sorry that this should have occ