Enclosure 4. REC
C. O.
10930
(REC 25 JUN 04.
104
Minute by the
Acting
Director
of Public Works.
1. The alteration proposed by
the Stone: E. Bowdler amounts, as I understand it, to putting a load of 5/2 tons
and
of 5/2 tons
in each car,
then causing the cars to
perform one complete journey
up and down.
The additional
strain on the cable would be
that due to the extra load of
3 tons in
one
car,
neglecting
the weight of the rope,
45% in excess of that which occurs
with
a fully-loaded
car.
I
might
consider that this test might
be adopted but I think
it extremely probable that the
tramway