✨ Commission Report on Railway Construction
SOUTHLAND
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
Vol. 2.] WEDNESDAY, 13TH APRIL, 1864. [No. 13.]
REPORT OF COMMISSION ON
BLUFF HARBOUR AND INVERCARGILL RAILWAY.
Invercargill,
2nd April, 1864.
Sir,—We have the honor to report that in compliance with your Honor’s request, we have held an inquiry into the alleged deviations from the specification in contract No. 1, on the Bluff Harbour and Invercargill Railway.
In the course of the enquiry we have examined Mr. E. Elliot, Mr. T. B. Cameron, Mr. J. R. Davies, the contractor, Mr. James Bailey, the inspector of the works, Mr. R. M. Marchant, the railway engineer, and Mr. J. F. Dundas, the consulting engineer; and have, with Mr. Heale, whom we requested to accompany us, inspected the works on that portion of the line known as No. 1 contract.
We append hereto the evidence taken, and also the report which Mr. Heale, at our request, has made upon the questions raised. We propose to notice the objections taken, commencing with those which apply generally to the work, the cuttings or the embankments, and passing to those which are more particular.
FENCING.
It is objected that the fencing is not according to the contract. 1st, that there are no intermediate or prick posts; 2nd, that the timber is not of the description specified; and 3rd, that the timber is not of the sizes specified. The specifications and drawings require the fencing to consist of split posts of Black Pine or Totara, 7 feet in length, with 16 inches cross section and 3 rails, 10 feet in length with 5 inches of sectional area; to be supported by an intermediate or prick post, firmly nailed to each and fixed one foot in the ground. The stipulation for prick posts appears to have been inadvertently copied from the specification of a railway in England, where the fences are made of sawn timber, as it is manifestly inapplicable to a fence made of rails split from New Zealand wood, the deviations of
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1864, No 13
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🏗️ Report of Commission on Bluff Harbour and Invercargill Railway
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works2 April 1864
Commission Report, Railway Construction, Bluff Harbour, Invercargill Railway, Fencing, Contract Deviations
7 names identified
- E. Elliot (Mr.), Examined by the commission
- T. B. Cameron (Mr.), Examined by the commission
- J. R. Davies (Mr.), Contractor, examined by the commission
- James Bailey (Mr.), Inspector of the works, examined by the commission
- R. M. Marchant (Mr.), Railway engineer, examined by the commission
- J. F. Dundas (Mr.), Consulting engineer, examined by the commission
- Heale (Mr.), Accompanied the commission, provided report