ENGINEERS' ESTIMATES.
THE CURIOUS AYAXGANUI CASE. IBy Tclocra;>h.-Special Corrc?!mtido3t.( Wannanui, Kovcmbor I. The flood silliiiK, which look place about three month.-! «;;u. Ims new completely cleared away, and the TTr.rliniir Board's engineer repnrls thai there i> a;;ain l:!fi. on the bar at ;isj;li spring tides, (Ik- channel e.'itendin'? over the. full width between the moles. ' In reportine, on the addition of -100 ft. to the trainiii" wall iusid'. tha entrance, tiis .*nr,ine;>i' supplies mi iiitorc.'lin;: item of information re co;t, which fornu'd a considerable, subject of controversy at thetime the.f the report: of Mr. Holmes, En-sinecr-in-Chief, was published. Mr. Ilowoi-lh, the board's enquirer, jays that the Witt, in nuestion ce-sl HUs. per lincsl for'!, thus easily beeiinc his own estimate of COi. .Mr. Jfolines's estimate was £V 2 ]»r lineal foot. The work has been done n'siil up to spfcilicalion, and the satisfiictr.r;; i-csiii :;i ehleiiy duo l« the c-fii-I'iml aiul economical nnlliods pur.-iied by Mr. iloworlh. Tho wall is havim,' an excellent effect: in divertinj; the scour in the Castlcclifi' side, where (hers is now a borthnge of SO feet of water, ui against about 8 feet two years ajo, '
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 6 November 1911, Page 4
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191ENGINEERS' ESTIMATES. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 6 November 1911, Page 4
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