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Q-Now is that blue stone broken by hand?
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A-No.
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Q-Are the stones rather large ?
A--No, they are broken down to an inch and three-quarter, sometimes to a two
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Q--Do you think if they were broken half as large that they would sit closer and not have the same amount of working out?
A-That is due to bad foundations.
Q-Is it not because the stones are too large ?
A-If the stones were half the size, the steam roller would break them up.
Q-How often are you over the roads?
A-Continually.
Q--With regard to FRANKLIN and FARRELL, what experience have they of road- making?
A-FRANKLIN tells me he had some experience in America.
Q-What is your experience of him?
A-He is not long enough here to judge, but he is doing a good deal at present. FARRELL, I may say, has only been here for a few days.
Q--Then with regard to steam rollers, where does the present steam roller spend the night?
A--In a shed near the Harbour Office.
Q-Why do you send it down there at night and bring it all over the roads in the morning?
A-It must be left somewhere.
Q-Why should it not remain by the side of the road?
A-It would be an obstruction.
Q-The road is an obstruction itself when it is being mended. It would not interfere with the traffic. Supposing the engine was allowed to remain there at night with a tarpaulin over it, would it be any advantage?
A-I don't think it would. I have had charge of steam rollers before and I never allowed them to remain outside overnight.
Q-I have seen steam rollers out in the fields overnight ?
A-Yes, traction engines. Here it is a very damp climate and it is better for the roller to be inside.
By the Chairman.--The next portion of your duties, Mr. TOOKER, is maintenance of telephones. With regard to them, how many miles have you to look after?
A--At present we have 150 miles of line.
Q-And, to help you to discharge your duties in connection with these lines, you have the assistance of Mr. FARRELL and four linesmen ?
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A-Yes.
Q-Is that all the staff?
A-Yes.
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