testing the 3rd car (also a Par with that Avas Grea wooden frame) and passed successfully. After the 3rd 420 Car was tested had the cable tested. It was also successful, They put all that weight on the cars and then when testing the cable they do whether it is damaged to see if it is damaged.
said I would put another chain on the Green car where it had broken as I had effect of it at the upper Terminus. but he said they could not pass it as the new chain had to be tested).
I then said that we frequently had to renew chains, bolts, and other things connected with the machinery, and he said we had no business to alter anything either in the cars or machinery without getting permission from the Public Works Department.
I told him that if that was the case, there must be a certain amount of wear and tear, and if these repairs were not to be effected without asking someone's permission to do so, we should have to give up running the cars. They never look at the signalling apparatus, which is more important than the brakes.
I wrote to General Aut. and stated the construction of the lift and of the brakes, and described minutely the method of testing, giving the results of the cars and brakes, size of cable, and its breaking ...