MODERN MACHINERY IN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
TO THE EDITOR Sir,—The figures supplied yesterday seem more accurate than Borne that have been published about modern machinery. But what does it all amount to? The Hawkeswood cutting, 310,000 cubic yards, "mostly clay," has cost £44,000, or about 2s lOd per cubic yard. Twenty-five years ago the cost would have been, roughly, 40 per cent, less; 40 years ago 50 per cent, less; 50 years ago 60 per cent. less. What is the great cause for gratification if the cutting has cost £22,000 more than it would have cost 40 years ago (Seddon's time), even if it has been done more quickly? Whatever can be said for modern machinery, it has not prevented a steep rise in the cost of work.—l am, etc., October 22. Didymus.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23330, 23 October 1937, Page 11
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