NORTH AUCKLAND RAILWAY.
. . (Bj Teleiir»pli,-flpecla! Correiponeeist.i ; ;' '" Y Auckland, October, IS, : ■'•': At .'the request of sovcral gentleraou inton osted in tho location of tho North Auckland Mnlh Trunk. Railway, i Mr. James Stewart, .MJ.C.Ei, has examined tho ftltornativo routes and has reported tho result • 6f his investigations.' Tie states his opinion , thatv it is fair : tb tako tho western lino us 'roquiriug Afire miles bt main lino construction more than the eastern',' and ho concludes'that, apart; from. mileage,' the western route is by far the niost costly. ; The report proceeds to doaljin'dotail: ,with tho' charftctcHshcs of each of the alternative routes showing:tho extra works roouisite on tho western' route which his been KHocteiT' by tho Government. Mr. Stewart euiahiiirises the latter as miles length bl construction, 27 chains of tunnels,r 2780 feet of salt w&tcr- bridges, inolud|»g . a ewia* • tpaii and conseqnent' attendance, aad' eno mil* nnd> R.haU of Mce«lv»lydanßoMu3 slipping ground Otherwise than tho above, the v cost"ofetrndtion • mjy. be placed oa iu average m fUial':OJl..M|a,- , -y. ■-,' ;... :■..'•■ . . .■■ /■.■/.'.-v. ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 7
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168NORTH AUCKLAND RAILWAY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 7
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