MAMAKU HIĹ ROAD.

Te Puke Times, 31 January 1928, Page 3

MAMAKU HIĹ ROAD.

fg ..;- : : • -r- ?'■ 1 METALLING TENDER l\|; accepted. 75 V|sf 7 ■ "'■» ■ (§ A step towards /making good ■i~ progress in respect/to the Mama--37 kau Hill Road has/been chronicled * It will give greay satisfaction' to the public, b fcTl/e Public Works n;p- Department, on behalf of the m Main Highways Board, hasj ac--7* • cepted the tender of Mr. F. Hyde . ~ for the metalliug of the new deviation. The contract involves the . |r distribution of 5200 cubic yards of x ■ metal which will be drawn- from I the bed of the Waimakirin >! Stream. This provides for a depth ■s of six inohes over ail6ft width of track. 7 The contract is to commoncejon -/4|| ..'January 27th and has to be com- -- pleted within nine weeks. Mr. =jsr Hyde interviewed on. the subject, f/ Says he is instituting a drag line ; excavation and will be in a post- ■% tionio handle 200 yards daily.'The & metal willhe conveyed to self-nll-Sf ing hoppers, from which lorries 'tcan bß’filled with dispatch by the 77 simple operation of a shutter. $ : Sufficient lorries willtbejemployed td deal with every yard that can ~ be' liftediand the Public Works • r 77 tHro^encou raging by every means 7& the of the road. |:>lt is that th 6 second awaits signature by the Rotorua public!! The additional contracts :0 provide for the whole distance to i be completed within four months. ■ c -—Chronicle. >