WARDEN'S COURT.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 37, 29 May 1878, Page 2

WARDEN'S COURT.

: (Bpforp M\ 'Wa.rdon Sliaw,) J BI?flR^RT;0 OuJtyl'ANY V rEMSEVKBANCB OOM- : ' '•• •■•■*A*T, i> Y -' ' ( ' '■'', ; \ Mr Gui inofls. widrmr Moss appoarcd i for tho pjai [itiff, and jyfj? .P-itt. appparpd for ntho/dqfcndtnt, ' - '"- I ' l ' •'■ ;' ' , ! :-' In r'oply to tbo Warden counsel stntod tlint noitbo^ party proyod for assoasprs, Tho complaint set forth that tho Enor* Rotio Cqmpany had an pnginp bouso nnd battory at Murray, iOrpck,, and thp defendants wcrpj unskjllfully nnd Improperly erpnting a tbto,w,ay iVemrt^Oi complainants 'ctigino'hou^o nqd b/ittery so as to damage thp pronext^ of thp , Company, whproforo (lip dompiaiWants clnimod £7000 damngos nqd preyed, that d'ofpndaqts b,b restrained frotq furthor v^prk. Mr Gqinnegs qponpd, tho facts of tho pasf.aqd on(llpd the following ovidonoo. •■ jpavid Btp;wArt-rI am," fining, rrianagar of the Kqer^otio Compnuy. I .produce mcißiorial of: vegistrntion Pf the Company ,tt8 ( >«li»o mincr's/ighJjS. and , rogis,lration «<>ri)](tcateß for,..tho: company •«■• rights.' ' I inn'o been invning for fifteen years pit and pflf. Havo been six yours in thp district. I novor rccdivod or saw any nolico rela* liyo to the lutendpd cpoalruptionpf a tram-

wny by tho Porsovorancp C>nnpnny. The first I lonrnt nbout it wns soota* n number ' of porsons going up to inspect the work. I thon lftdnpd in tho Warden's Court n protoHt against tho work. Either Mr Blackor Mr Walsh told mothat tho trnm- ' wny was ijping at tho bnok of our maphino hoqso on tnjsgolv'orlf. Throo or four wppks ngp, 1 8nw that thoy had boon p.xon- ' vntiuQ tbo bill nt tbo baclf of our butlory. I have bad o^poripnoo in tbo oonsiruoiion ( of tramways on siddiugs, nnd I ponsidor the work tlint has b,ooq dono is vory in" Jurious. T|)o n?aph\np house is in dnngor , of boing swallqwod qp by a fall of rooks, as algois soyornl chains of tramway. Parts , of the tramway aro cut into tho bod rook i thus causing a lonkngo. Two slips havo i rpcontly ocpurrod in conscqaonco of tho i wprk dono by t dpfpndants, Tho slips camp ' fvpn^ fljoip tramway to oqr coal tramway. • Thp tirabor hns boon left standing nil 1 ,aloqg thp vory odgo qf thp tramway. The ' valuojofoqr battery and eng(no in OHti*matoo* at I got that from Mr ' Moss'f cp'uld not givo nq iudppeqdont opiniqu ag a,*l} tl^o aocpuqt« aro in Groymoqlh. TtuTro aro 30 hoad of stqmpovs. Tho last tou stampers cost, £7000, that, js aoo|t, trnniiu, erection, &o. I got thin from Mr Lovy. - Wo hnyo a dO-bo'rso power ongino. I consider thp who|o proporly ia; worth ovor $7000. | J |n reply to tbo Warden Mr Guinnossi ' Ishid that tho complainants did not proy fp.r da^nges. After (iomo argumpnt with tho Warden Mr Guinnoss agreed that tbo eJnim for £jfQOO damages should bo struck out nnd tl^p amount of£2Q pnly rola.incd, in tho Ipompla'n'|3|uniinQlion flOulitlUdd~Tho bntlory, I &c, is worth moro than #700,0, Tho work porqplained of bus doprooiated tho yaluo. That is not an it iq, bu,f> if tho work ia al lowod, to go qn it will dp much moro, It ia vory hard to lojl. Thd fllip might porno to-morrow 1 , and it migl<t stnnd for soiqo time. Thb culling has increased tho qslc of a slip occurring. The battery is still working, l^ut tlio men complain thnt; it iff not sale. I would not |i^o to say that tho selling value of tho maohino has dopror pialod f\n yet ; it I intendod to buy tho Knorgctio battery I wou(d. not givo so tiiudh for it ns I would buvo dono boforo tbo woifk JBomplaiiicd of had boon dono. If the trn^nwny is completed llio scour of the viator, md tho shaking of. loaded trucks ajid, thd ytyy.ptjfln will^in^ preasp t|i(i ; nsk.of|ttj)lip ; tjioicutting ouglil 1 ' tpi b,p, rojf|ilpd in and sown with grrimooot ,1 novor jcoqsidordd tho, Jilll a, snfo ppo, ; always (pojitiidpi'pdv.it^lj^lp itot slips ; it took \\ tjrfy h io c^'ar off tho^slips from tho (!Ofii t{^uWiiy<; '7l«he : battory Was ' «'ot in' work udtlio timo,_ (.rto 1 .... i .- ■ n■ ; ' ■' Grpssi oxarainoJv.Thb slip was about lS^or 20' cliaiiifj |roui. l thp battery. 'Tho ; slip was- occasioned by the Porsovoranoo. •tra^vr^, 1 ' did not c'otn.o from , übovo, thp l > ot'Bbyorano9 , ti ; nmw.ny,: , ,Tho alip .oatuo-lbp wholo" distance, but the' Pc'rsJs. : toranoetrftmwny'did not e'Onio as , \t is On |ho, rook. VVp dijtl not .oU'tfr i tlint slip >iiwny,. thp cpnlrnotors for thp clpiU'ed it away. \Vo ' olnim £20 for damage dpno tq tramway, tho ourvefl and grudoa havo boon knocked ' out but not repaired an they should havo boon. | sny if thp Pcrscyoranco tramwny was not there tho slip would not hayo oepqrred, My reason for saying that i« thnt our tramway has boon thero for (our or f[vo y pars, and thoro l\as been no alfps bofoi-o, .Tho hjll iq of a vpry looso and slippery natuvc I boliovo that oqr tramway t^ight havo a tendenoy to in» crpuso tho risk of a slip, Tbo vortical longtb bpiweon tbo tramways at $ho Blip -iq nboj^t ,40 foot | a onjy foot or so of thp ground slipped, but ll\o qlip is not tho BumoJ width frpiq top to bottom. Thp Blip 1 ia ft b oil I foot alqng oq ■»• tramwny, und about 2't? fact qloqg thp Porsovc'ranoo fraaiway 5 two slips occurred at tho Hatno place' By thp Warden— Our oonl tramwny runs round tho slip ; th,o slip oocqrrod at tho bnck of tho maehino houso from our trnmWny ; if tho ground at our tiphead slipped it would go on to our mncliinp house, iB not an v^uuHiiat thing to (joe tramways rqnning 0110 abovo another'- rouqd a, hill, th,o Macedonia tran^woy has boon tbo onuso of slips on to tho uoad ; I am not ncquntntcd with Bpatnians district. or five weeks ngo thp Poraevoranoo tramway wns con* tinged roqnd thp hill, but thp dnmngs • wns donp then nnd I had to report to tho directors) Ijnforo ncting j Two or throo chains,, of tho lin'o'-requirpn filling which, will oost i'B. Jf thin injunction woro grnntod it would not prevent' tho Porsovcranco from getting thoir slono to tho Creole ; thoy cou'd run thoir stone on to tho Macedonia tramway, E. W. Bullor— l nm n qui\lift.?fl survoyor { I hnvo mndo a Rurvoy of tho Bpot in qqeslion ; hnvo had evpevionco in sidnling mining ; hnvo had my instrument sot and aftw tbo pnssngo of a loaded truok I hnvo fonnd ovorytbing out of adjustment;'many things would opnducoto that; tho "vibration of tho battory under tho hill might producp a slip; 1 had field oxpori» onop in the Viotorinti Mining Dopnrlmont; 'parljqf thnt timo was'spont in supervising roportu, and part in nolivo practioe ; hnvo boon at Woods' Point ; tho ground there ia muoh moro firm than it is horo j I have known tlio ground lioro for . fourteon months past, ill fact I wonder why tho Enorgotio tnnoliino wur put tlinro nt nil ; if n fllipcmno down from tlio top of the hill at thoEnergotio it would oiuolhur Iho whole of tho works.

By tho Oourt— Tho inovitnblo result will bo | thnt tho slip will oomo down — Mint mint ( hnppon, the wholo spur is nothing but a dip. I oould not say whon tho slip will tuko plaoo. It might bo this aftornoon, and it might bo in v hundred yours } if tl>o oxoavution mado word 1 filled in and rammed and sown it flrould help to avert tho slip , thp slip might tnko p)aoo i evon if the inoiaion woro filled \n f I harp mado a oketoh qf tho loottUtj, and the slip inuat oomo dead on to tho buttery if l(i slips at; all whioh |l mu«t jnoyifably do. As to : Ytr Woolloy's report; tho pojnt spokpn of thoro is not bohind thp mnohjno lioityo j in tho noxt plooo tho wator would nqt follow tho dip of tho rook j whan tho slip tako« plooo it wijl como directly on to lljo moohino hpuso, and in juflloiont quantity tp emothor tho wholo machine homo, Slips are probnblo both abovo and bolow an inoiaion jnto a hill > have soen Blips on tho Enorgotio cpat tramway. Tho $norgotio tip-hoad is abpyo tho maohino houao, and if it gavo way would fall on to tho butlory ) I oonsidor that it is poflsiblo to construct a tramway nbovo tho Enorgotio Company by trussling it j tU> tramway alroady fonnpd ought to bo upon truasloft: Tho ground in Boatman's district is not so troaohnrous as that noar tho Knorgotio, . James Hunger— l am, mining manager of tho Victory Company } I know tho country about tho Jilnorgotio buttory, and hayo soon tho Porsovoranoo tramway lino } tho cuUing in nil probability is likoly to 'fasten a slip, gidoling out tings an. n yule. do. Oho cutting is into tho rook in Boms places, and by the wirfaco water gotting umior tho soil is likely to qlip: tho slip is likoly to>»o into tho Enorgotio battery j }f I was gfi.n^ to purchase tho Enorgotio battory, I slioulcl proforto oco (ho cutting not thoro ; loiuloil trucks nulling on tho lino would cnuao vibration and hnstpn v slip. Gross-examined— l look a curoory survey pi' tho loculily 5 1 noticed tho conl tramway j just above tho battery is slip country. By tho Court — If tho ground woro filled in and sown it might provont tho wator got,-* ting in j thoro is no Buying whon a alip may occur, whether tlao tramway is thoro or not. I don't ngroo with M|> V^oollry^ vai\orc whon ho Bays that tho slip would go to tho oast' ward of tho Enorgotio maohino hoiuo ; consider tho Knergotio machino lunno is worth fwo or throo thousand pounds 1033 now ihtro boforo Iho cutting wite uiade. Jamos Conolly— l havo boon mining ofFand on for govbntoon years j lam conl motor lor coal for tho I i* rgetin Company ; t a portion of the hill bohind tho battery luis boon wpalvonod.by.sove'rul cxiayutiDns }• tho aurfaco wao broken when iho Energotio Irumwuy w«8 placed ttioWi nnd'lhu tn'iU'k also wont up tha^ 'W,.iy : f I hnvc ulwnya loobd upon jhat spot n.l dr^igorons, but nioio ho since the I'orgeVerunca tramway lino wus cut ; i( tho slip p:uno n\vny I should 1 imngino most of it would o,o mo on to tho miiohino ; 1 waj dolojcd two duvs by the fllipa on to th,o co.il liannvay, il I wo a purohasihg tho bitti'ory I'ehould considci* its ' valuo lessoned by tho Uy tho; Court— lf Mr VVoo.l\oy'B roporc pays that tho slip would go tp, tho ca.it of tho ! n aoh'ino jhouse I aih not of th,o snmoopiuio^, ■ K.E. Guindo44t'^ i» 'minor an I knovr JCncVgctio mnoliino, nnd al-o tlio hill thoroN 'ttboiUflj tho formation is, rooky with dri't on tho top of it; tho I'eriofoianoootftting would hnuko tho ground there, more liable to slip ; tho piiesago ofloadod truoka on tho lino would havo the eumo tonacuey. Cross exummoij — Thu dircotion of tho fllip thoyo is uway from the luaohino house. By tho Court— lho grpuud may have, g food, for ypars bad tho surlaco not boon. out. ■.:< '•■ : Thomas Bvuco— l am mining- mannger 0 {; 10 Dauntless Eslondod Company ; I bare booh corin.eotod witii tramways ''and mining ninco tho beginning of, Hcofton, The ground \\oax tho Enorgotjo maohino is of a looeo nitu'.o and likoly to slip j tho cutting of tho tramway will assist Iho slip. Tho slip would go at or about Iho machine <ji 0, From tho grade of th,o sidoling 1 should s<iy that tho slip would go on tq tho battery . It. \Y> Kniihby-— I am not n practioal minor but htivo bcon oouneuted with mining for soino yoara { I havq boon hero for throo years j J, fayovr t\\6 Enorgolio maohino sito, «.a\y \llQ l'ea.ovcra.nqo'lino} iho wholo of tho hill iq olato and is decomposing rapidly. Tho oujling oi^gh^ novor to l\avo boon at« tempted as it will hasion tho,t. docQm position. Tho sljp will take place in largo quantities but I could not any the direction. The slip vtl\\e\\ |s thriMUomng would go to tho oastward of tho maol<ino, ThQ cutting ha,3 endangered tho battery. • , - 'Crona-nxsuniiied — I spont half an hour on, the gi'QMiul ; havo had no oxpprionoo'in-out-ting tramways' ! I'noticod ono slip caused by tho Kr.er«otw ooal truniSyny ; am of opinion thnt tho hill would llayo qonjol a,way had tho outliing not bcon mado* ,', ■■■•■•• Andrew M'K'iy- I am mi>iin(? nianairor of tho Wcnltb of Nal;ions Oompahy 'and boon mining for Iwontsy yoa'rs j I visited" tho Enorgotio muohino eito • last night j I think Iho Pevsotciranoo cutting will haston tho fliipping of tho hill ; tho qlip will oomo on tho miiehino house Cross«osaminod — I think tho hill likoly to slit 1 ) in any caso 5 slips havo ooouvrod thoro before ; tho tondonoy of futuro slipi would bo to tho westward 5 havo soon tramways running Mor abovo tier. David Milcholl in oxiuniiialion prnvo cru Irobalivo ovit'oneo, and in oroßß»cxaminalipn odmittod that ho was constructing a lino 0 tmmway for tho Eneigolio Company over exactly thoeamo formation as tho Porsove* rannn tramway. 'Ihiselosod 'ho cnsio fov l.ho plaintiffs.