UNKNOWN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2317, 28 July 1898, Page 20

UNKNOWN.

Tin 1 Go! den 3)>\>ch Company's dredge, at Ahxand>a, wos opened tobfc Friday with gicpt ec'at Tbe dredge has been built by the New Zealand Engineering Company, from the diawings and specification? of Mr 10. Bobci'ts, consulting engineer. This make-; the fouith dre J ge d -signed by Mr Roberts which lias been .starter! during the past f<'W wtelw. There is a uew feature iv the tumbler fiaraing, which conpists of four large A f rallies of kauri cojucfte-J together at the top with Kin by Mm limb-. 11 * 1 , and well seemed with snglj iion stiaus stid bolt^, heavy lri<nsnmea and diagonal bracit.g. Tie v>f\a ruu fioni the s>tern of the cheuge ovei 1 tlie top frames and cum ect to the fi'iward gantiy, forming n very cffecln c truss and support for the eluvitor. Th« ceuf-ral verdict (says the Duastan Times) is ihat the dredge is the best framed on the river. There are two screens ; lion table.-, with rotum underneath, the top table beinpr arranged to lift np to allow luwei raatsbrini,' pLictd. The eWalor is of Mvßcb rls' usual desisn, with tiough-shape-l buclcet", a type of bucket now being largely adopted id the district ; the wear and tear on the Molynrux hydraulic div dgs elevator for 15 months being inappreciable. The engine is of anew make, being by Garrctt and Hens, Leihton, England (New Zealand TUnginecting Company, agents). It i' simple in design end very strong It is 20 hp , nominal compound. The boiler is 25 h p . and with the rest of the machinery, excipfc the winch and pump, was made by the New Zealand Engineering Company, Dunedin The machine) y, notwithstanding Tiisiiv Texatious delays thn ugh bad roads, was filial up in the iema'kably short space 'of six weeks. The machines y U well placed, and there is plenty of spare ivem available, the dredge altoxeth'") bd'-g wpII up to date.