THE RESERVOIR JOB

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXII, Issue 15244, 9 January 1943, Page 2

THE RESERVOIR JOB

MORE EQUIPMENT COMING. Approximately 6000 yards of spoil have oeen taken from the reservoir excavation. The floor of the cu t is eve aud has been pegged out for the excavation to take the tankbase. The operation involves durum * a hole Bft. deep with the use of a mechanical shovel. TTie shovel has been brought from Wellington v. a Palmerston North m order to avoid the Rimutaka range, hut it has yet to be taken up the 1 in 7 climb Horn Mr Crewe's gateway to the site, and this aeration. scheduled to happen this morning will prove a difficult task The high batter at the rear wall of the cut is set back to what engmcers term the angle of vhere the danger of slips decreases •most t Q vanishing point. It is •, very even i i„ 1, while the lower walls are battered back to 1 in Only two employees have carried the job thus fnr_Mr W Smith, the bulldoze, operator who the early days of the joh was jocularly known p residents as the human spider, and his companion. Mr E Mav who brought down the hatters and of nick , d J ßP ! a,ed tiu ' «rt had d Sh ° Ve ' * ltw »<~>P Draper and Co. expert to have seven d. T A tramline will convey the mater,al up to the site, but the heavv concrete mixer end trolley winch bTT «P Wore the bulldozer departs A surface water pipe across the access road prevents the easement of the grade, but a trolley line does not need to be »o gentle.