WATER FOR DUNEDIN

Evening Star, Issue 21783, 27 July 1934, Page 12

WATER FOR DUNEDIN

PROGRESS AT DEEP CREEK OVERHEAD GROSSING OF TAiERi During the month ended July 19 work at Deep Creek was interrupted by adverse weather conditions, but normal operations have since been resumed. The Water Department’s employees recommenced work at the intake oh July 16, and are now engaged completing the valvehouse and staging. The time has now arrived when it is necessary to engage additional field staff _ to cope with the amount of work required to keep up the programme Authority has therefore been given for the appointment of a junior field assistant, with wages of £5 per week, less 7} per cent. A light truck is now necessary in, order to deal with supervision over the length of the job, and transport of sundry materials, and authority has been given to call tenders for a suitable vehicle. The truck will later be required for the caretaker. Consideration was given to an offer from the pipe contractors to increase the rate of delivery of the pipes and fittings to 6,000 ft per week. After going carefully into the whole matter, it appeared that other construction aspects would render such a rate of delivery inadvisable. On the other hand, it appeared that a speeding up of the rate of delivery from the contract rate of 3,000 ft per week to 4,000 ft per week offered advantages to the council, and the contractors have accordingly been advised that delivery of pipes and fittings up to 4000 ft per week will be accepted without prejudice to the terms of the contracts, and subject to either party having the right to terminate the arrangements by one month’s notice in writing. Authority has been given for the construction of a temporary telephone branch line to connect the tally clerk’s

office at Clark’s Junction with the main line, at an estimated cost of £3O. Arrangements are now being considered for the transport of pipes by rail from Dunedin to Outran], and instructions have also been given for the calling of tenders for transporting the pipes from Outram to Deep Creek. Other transport arrangements arc' under consideration for those portionsof the pipe line which cannot be conveniently or economically served from Outram. Authority has been given for the calling of tenders for further trenching contracts along the pipe route to fit in with the construction programme. Investigations have now been completed with respect to the methods to bo employed in crossing the Taieri River with the pipe lino, and a design for a suitable overhead crossing is now being put ii i hand.