MUNICIPAL METHODS.
The Borough Council was practically unanimous on Tuesday that something should be done With the metal lying at the Fernridge, which was broken by the stone crusher in th.3 initial stages of its usefulness, but which, through the screens not working properly, was not classified. Although the metal may not be suitable for specific purposes, for general road making it would undoubtedly be tound preferable to inferior quality metal, whether crushed or in its natural state. This much the, Act-ing-Engineer admitted, but he argu°d that the cost of bringing it to town was 3d dearer per yard than he was prepared to supply equally good metal from the Corporation yards. Could not the transport problem be solved by the Engineer himself? It might be possible to hire suitable vehicles and the Borough's own engine could do the hauling. It seems extraordinary that metal said to be of the value of £l2O should lie useless on the Plains, because contract cartage is considered too expensive by such a small margin.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9160, 6 August 1908, Page 4
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171MUNICIPAL METHODS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9160, 6 August 1908, Page 4
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