FUNICULAR RAILWAY FOR MT. COOK

Chronicle (Levin), 25 May 1946, Page 5

FUNICULAR RAILWAY FOR MT. COOK

— -Press Association

1 By Telegraph—

DITAMODTN; May 24. i Plans are taking shape which are i designed eventually to make Mount if,ook oue of the foremost mountain ro- j j -nu ts in the world, said M r. R. (t. Sin- j | *ock, district manager of the (lovern- ; (ment Tourist Depart ment, in an inter-l I view today. "The work now underj j way is a preliminary step to the fur-j ' ther developmeiit of .Mount (1ook as ti j Anountaiji resort," said Ati'. Sincock.j j "The Tourist Department proposes ih | , the uear future to liave a fuuieular ; | railway runniug from fhe back of tlie J ! llermitage to tlie top of the mounlainj | range immediately behind the Herini-j j tage. When constructed it will be i probably the most outstanding funi.cn- ' iar railway' in the world. It will take ;xkiers to the best skiing ground in New IZealand ainl will also alford those more ' inlerested in scenie attnictions, the j op])ortunity of reacliing liigher levels ; from which tliey cau obtain an outl standing view of the >Southerii? Alps | and surrounding district. This sttowi lield is at present inncces'sible to all but. the most experieneed skiers. In laddition to this projeet," Mr. Mincock : added, "the Hermitage itself is being 1 moderni.sed in accordance with lalest j tourist requirements at sucli a resort.''