PLANNING OF BENMORE

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28620, 24 June 1958, Page 20

PLANNING OF BENMORE

Designing Engineer’s

Address

The problems in planning and designing the Benmore hydroelectric scheme were not only technical problems, but were to a great extent due to its size, the chief designing engineer of the Ministry of Works (Mr F R. Askin) told members of the Engineering Society of the National School of Engineering last night. When constructed, the dam would consist of about 16.500,000 cubic yards bf filling, with a centre core of silty gravel and shoulders of a sandy gravel, said Mr Askin. There were 120 bore holes of depths- between ten and 100 ft with three hole’s of 500 ft. “There should be four 500 ft holes, but the broke his diamond drill about 375 ft below the iut-

face. We considered this was far enough.” he said. The cost of investigating the site for the project, would be “in the order of £250.000.” said Mr Askin. This was only a small proportion Of the total cost which was estimated at £36,000.000.

Teaching Children Politics.— Politics should be taught in schools so that children have a knowledge of what is happening in their country, Mr Howard Cooke. West Indies Federal Labour Party candidate and president of the Jamaica Union of Teachers, told the annual meeting of the Western Federation of Teachers.—Kingston (Jamaica).