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THE STRATFORD RAILWAY

LIVE OPENED TO WHANCAMOMOXA. ■ ■(By Tclcgra'pli.—i'reat ■ Association.).' ■ . ■Stratford;, July L The formal opening or tlie Stratford ntajii trui (lit..:irhi'i;\vay' to' ' ! °ok place litis aitcriioon, .tlKniion-.'-Mi H, Howies, .Minister of tfailuuys, jjt-j--lorming tJie eerru;ony. There. \vas a largo pitheiung ol settlers and visitors. -Tiioliiffcis noAv/avaiiable -fjcjr senger ti;afp for a ois'.anco o!' oSM' thirty-seven' miles from Stratford, tho first. f.»d wa.> turned' by .Sir . William Hall-Janes in March-,' 1001; Toko was readied in 1002; and To ,\Vefa four yc'ai''s"a«Oi ' ; * The .»i mister, in tho course of his . spo<:ch, said the section now Leinp; opened for regular traffic tnado. a total:bf 3? miles :i? chains from ti;o junction at Stratford. Its construction had'involved a particularly lielivy pieclo of. ■woi'k, especially for the last three. and a half- "" miles. from the. liiiinel through the mam lidiio tnto the township. J{ej>oated slips . ■ in heavy e.t.itiinys had regarded the com- ' pietio.n of the. section and added appre- | e.iabl.j; to the cost. Tlic tunnel; tliiouph tiie ridge was SO} chains in' length, and ■■ hot.ween it ;u,d the new terminus tliero were ,no less than' s.eV-en substantial bridges ov.&r tho sair.o stream. Tlie coiiipletion . -thd opening of the liiio to Wiiangnniomona w'nuid be. a. boon Jo (h.u . '.nmierous settlors on tiro Vluineamo-mona-Manccre; prospc-st and- the .Wha- , . URamonioha Valley road, who will no longer have .to frie.u a Ion»?. and .heavy. piil.l ovor the- Whangamoiiidna. saddle. ! M'jio construction of the- section ; niiw being oivenod had involved ..an i-xpemli-tm'e <jf approximately £141.000. Beyond . the pre.seiu terminus construction work was m hand for a. distance of sevoi. inilcs, ard_ further •on -tliero... was a pfrefeh of extremely difficult coiti'try in . ho negotiated before tlio jurict.ioi: conld . bo effected with tho line in coprse of construction from the. Main Trunk lino ■ at Okalvitkitra. • . ■■*>*; ■'

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 8

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THE STRATFORD RAILWAY Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 8

THE STRATFORD RAILWAY Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 8

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