METAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 17 March 1911, Page 3

METAL

f JIAXIMSUOKES' OR MACHIXEJiROKEN? It is a. generally accepted belief that hand-broken metal stands the wear and tear of irallic considerably better than machine-crushed metal, but there are a number of other considerations in respect I here to ili.it were brought out in i an aside discussion at the Egmont Council meeting on Friday. 'Cr. 'Hurst said patching with broken metal is no good, but for a continuous coat it was all right. The chairman said the metal at present broken by the crusher above Itahotu was the host he had seen in any district he had bei'ii in lately. The metal crushed in the Oeo riding-was-not so good. Cr. Wilk-ox considered the crusher was doing good work.in the Rahotu northartt riding.: (( .1 > I '.'. < '.'.. - Cr.'-'FaVqiihar saitliitwas a dead loss putting machine-crushed metal on the Elthiun road, as it ground into dust in quick time. The <;liiiirinan said he llad noticed whilst travelling in other counties that the metal .was broke-) to a more uniform gauge Hum in the Egmont county. Cr. Fnvijuluir doubted il. The chairman oll'ered.to bet Cr. Farqu : had that in the Oeo riding two stones out of every ten would not go through a 'four-inch ring. ' Cr. Farquliar said lie had been told it was better to break 'the stone larger as,it -was better wearing, Cr. Maxwell j-nid if-that Were so the foreman was not dealing fairly with the Council in paying, as much per,yard for iiiefal broken to large size, when the specifications stipulate 2^-inch. Cr. Hurst, -aid he-did not believe in metal beinr; broken down into heaps to leis lliah.a foot "thick. In the discussion it was said that i|i, hand-broken metal many large lumps are buried in the centre of heaps and the unii'ormiiy is so varied that the large pieces (when put on the road) get .dislodged and weaken the formation—hence the lumps frequently to be seen in the water-tables. • : '

The chairman moved that the foremen be -notified that ihe stone is not broken to a uniform gauge and that the Council requires it to be broken to a uniform gauge.—Seconded by Cr. Maxwell. Cr. Farquliar doubted the wisdom of tile councillors setting themselves up as experts on the question. He would like the foremen to report on the best gauge iif stone required for their purposeMotion carried.—Opunake Times.