Ait example of the way in which Mr. Furkert, engineer in charge of the Mam Trunk railway construction, does things, was shown in connection with the work on the present line running into Ohakune. An American navvy working on the lino did not approve of tho delay in constructing the permanent way there, and "allowed* that, if he were engineer, he would put in " a darned deviation." The engineer heard the remark, but, unlike some who are abov< accepting advice from those under them, ho saw the idea * v as a good one, and adopted it, and promoted the American to be oikj of his foremen,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13649, 17 January 1908, Page 8
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