TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1922, 3 December 1913, Page 9

TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY

SECTION NKAULY READY FOR V'.': '• "' - TJ.UFFIC. ''Appreciable progress is at last being nuiilo in Iho construction of the transAuslralian railway," ocrord.ing to iha Melbourne "Ag«" of November 17. "Siiiciv'tlin track-laying machine commenced work' at Port Augusta a liltln over h month ago tho march westward has been fairly 'rapid, so much so that within a__ month the section. to F.nro BluiT, a distance? of 33 miles, is expected to ho open for traffic. In anticipation of tin's oven), tho Assistant Jlinistor fof Homo A/fairs has lately been {jiving consideration Id the wtcs of freight, and he announced on Saturday that for Iho carriage of wool over this particii* lar section a ohsti'ia! of I's. 3d. a lialfl w.is to be made. Tenders art! being invited for the supply of 13 bogie r-illlfl wajjons and •'sil tiogio sheep wagons. "Further evidence of progress is affordod by iho fact that Air. Kelly haa approved of iho typo of passenger carriages for tho section from I'ovt Augusta to Tarcoola. Tim timber for th« const met ion of tho carriages is now being obtained for seasoning. It comprises IOa.OOO sun.er foot of teak, 38,000 feet Oregon. <i'',oOo feet thwoiishiid maplf, i.l-MHIl) feet, hoop pine, SO.OIXi led. cedar, :>3U,U(X) feel. celery top pine, 200,0130 feet jnrnih. and i>oo,ooo feet of t.allow woo,;, spotted sum, inmuiufi, and blackwwd,"