COSTLY RAILWAY WORKS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20023, 3 September 1930, Page 9

COSTLY RAILWAY WORKS.

stations, deviations, m WORKSHOPS. If BXPENDITUBB op £*,500,000. I-/" "■ " " J [THE FSESS 8p#«l«l Serrlct.] V WELLINGTON, September 2. !*> References to the new railway sta-t-Uim Auckland and Wellington are k" stained in the first annual statement !rf the Minister for Railways (the Hon. " W A. Veitch), was presented to- ' j,y to the House of Representatives. ' The report also shows the cost of reorganising the workshops in the four , wntres. «It ig anticipated" (runs the state"that the opening of the new 1 fi«tion at Auckland will take place to- ' irds the end of October. It is antici««ted that the final cost of the station yards, which includes interlocking, 'etc., will approximate Sal®ooo, while the cost of tho West- ?.« deviation, including several stales en route, will be £790,000, makL the total expenditure £2,000,000. • «The work of reorganising the Wellington station yard is progressing satisfactorily. Tho completion of the nat deviation works and the re«raßjrement of the railway facilities wniffvnchronise with the completion of the new station. The sum of £468,000 hag already been spent on reclamation vnrks and new yard accommodation, ; jt ig estimated that £1,085,000 will be required to complete the under-taking—i-0-j station buildings and yard. - ¥hia figure does not include the Tawa -' yiat deviation. At March 31st, 1930, the sum of £670,000 had been expended ' on this work. It is estimated that a Wher sum of £545,000 will be re- . mired to complete it. The total cost, therefore, will be £1,215,000. Workshops Reorganisation. (ijhig scheme, covering the four main is now practically completed. ' " -Itti' "original estimates, in connexion ' TifljMit have been considerably exis doubtful whether the rvjjmaal savings contemplated will be -lySeted,' It may be appropriate to i>"ftmlih the following figures, which will " 'indiwte the position when I assumed ' ''Wtrol of the Department. On April !V»tM925, the Acting Chief Mechanical Mfoigineer recommended the construction of:— ■ Siy?Locd. workshops at Auek\gFVliuid .. •• •• 540,088 §4xß) Car and waggon shops at .LowerHutt ..' .. 442,134 &(&) Can and waggon shops at /• S -,Addingtqn .. .. 269,571 ILocomotive ' shops, HillilyMde 391,060 lit'"' ' £1,642,853 i T hii'V ■; 'fi/'V, "This, estimate was afterwards , lnto £1,696,000, at which figure was approved;.. The final gSjiSf, coat is now-; estimated at or £601,865 in excess of estimate. This, will increase upon the' Department's rgVtaweds and will necessitate ecooiomy in ISVJfa contact of operations in the shops. p la'hi; original estimate the Acting sK. CUflf - Mechanical Engineer intimated {hit as annual saving of £270,000 L j, mdfczunlt from the new scheme; but * . to be proved/whether this 1 < of economy will accrue as a HlrdtHjMinst the heavy capital ext f