NEW MACHINE FOR DRAINAGE

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25552, 21 July 1948, Page 3

NEW MACHINE FOR DRAINAGE

WITH WORK ed Sa l n Sf th C j I °firY lth the results obtainthe first operations with the board s new wellpoint dewatering ma-the’c-hrist h Xp ( es^ ed by members of evtnW^TH? C h P raina se Board last Tbe chairman of the works committee (Mr W. P. Glue) said the machine was making history. If it was satisfactory, it was 'the answer to I maiden’s prayer.” ~ J be macl, me was so simple that it • yasa . wonder it had not been in PP® rat yea J s ago ’ Mr G lu ® contmued. He produced a sample of water removed by the machine from a site A^,tS° rn f r - o£ Galbra ith avenue and dri y e . where the machine operated yesterday. The water was and f F ee from all sediment. The chairman (Mr’H. G. LivingH t a hi e) t Sa lS the machine would be valuable to the City, which had been laid an ol ? s ’'' anp ' Part of the cost ££ ?F aIn age had formerly been caused uncertain nature of the ground I" e n . ecess ity for contractors to a £ ains t the big risks taken in aramlaying. Livingstone said the machine would allow work to be done in comparatively dry ground. It had been purchased out of rates, and would be of especial value in the sewerage of New Brighton. He paid tribute to the G lp e and the engineer Scott) in securing the ma-

operators of the machine (Messrs-F. and T. Greenhalgh) would work 12-hour shifts, said Mr Livingstone. They were young British immigrants, and had already secured good, comfortable board in a private home. They lost no time in operating the machine, and were prepared to undertake heavy jobs as readily as light ones. They were a magnificent type of immigrant, and the more like them that New Zealand could secure the better it would be. Mr Scott also expressed pleasure with the plant and its operators. It might be necessary now to recast plans for sewering New Brighton, because the new machine was going to revolutionise the methods needed. The makers of the machine claimed that, with the appliance, it would be possible to lay about two chains of sewer each day. added Mr Scott.