MASTERTON CEMENT PIPE 1 COMPANY.
533s.«ompniiywafl commenced in Masitertoa io 1901,mabily! for the pnrpose of tnwinfaftaring cement pipes for sewerage, eud also forroad purposes in place of the <3d: ttyle of • wooden -box culverts. The . - (company holds tho North Island patent . Dghts for the: Kiclberg 1 cement: pipe- , jnrfdng •; machines,. and also for tho >; concrete pipe. Tho Monier pipes «•! ; -W#. of» concrete, reinforcod with - lion.
: tßiey are hght .and. strong; ..and,- being, altyays ready for immediate usej they , i ;sre.especially." valuable'fqr-culverts. - The•j v: joompany . has. r recently added another immchof manufacture .to its industry, .■ o. Inthe, turning : out of concrete; flag9-for • paving - cow-yards.' ■ Theseflags'are of a . 'ivpntable -size., for bfting purposes, 16m. .. X 12in;,. and; a. cow-yard may be -paved ..ssry• simply, and.ako most■:inexpensively,i where concrete work is rendered, impossible through scaioity of river metal. .-.-7 - {The -. company , has j agenerals-business . ■/-supplying-.local- bodies -as ' far - north as New Plymouth, Napier,-. Hamilton,- and < ■--ithe intermediate districtsl.;.At,the present - ;jKme.i;the firm , has • the. 1 , contract for - the ■' supplyv 0f..--pipes:.,:-for .thfe. ..Dannevlrke eewerage contracts. • • The . town of.-. Taiampe'was supplied with tho same sort of pipes, ivluch have given great eatic- . faction. The firm can ■ manufacture 600
pft. pipes ■weekly, and the works are always m full swing. Every care is (taken,' Sn the manufacture of tho pipes, .tho'pres-, tare: for,-.porosity .: tests being ■■ 50 pounds to the; square -inch. The : main ■ bnilding, • •ta photographic -reproduction of. which -ap- • toears in,this issue, is 100 feet x4O .feet,; . : ..wnle,-. there'.is, another :-,buildmg' 50 feet; ;i - 80 feet. Mr. T. Evans, tho managing' r-:- , .:.-I3irector. of .-the . firm,rhas: been - connected ; . it:! since.. its . inception.--It- ■••-•is nn-v ,- jterestmg ,-to note..that. :the:;-.best:; nvor'; anetal'in tho Wairarapa. for concrete-' imaking- purposes, cotnes . from-"-the'. vWaingawa,£which is the most swifilytanning :-river.fin.> the i-valleyj • :Tlie '.faster <Ul9 river tho better the metal. • j
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 740, 12 February 1910, Page 13
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