PENINSULA RAILWAY.
To the Editor. Sib,— As a great deal of misapi rehension prevails in regard to the capabilities of our harbor, the following figures as to the depth of water will tend to throw some light upon the subject:— Ordinary Low Tides. Tides.’ At the Bar (long channel... 28ft. 22ft. „ (short channel) 25ft. 19ft. Indside the Heads 46ft. 40ft. Port Chal. Railway Pier ... 24ft. 18ft, Dunedin Wharves 12ft. 6ft. The above shows the necessity for the construction of this railway to accommodate large vessels at the Heads; and I believe it was there the Lightning and the Blue Jacket and other huge Australian clippers lay some years ago on their visits here from Melbourne at the outbreak of the goldfields. As a general rule it may be said that the employment of vessels of this class would tend to reduce freight on imports by about 5s per ion, which of itself is no slight advantage to the public.—l am, &c., Trade. Dunedin, June 15. P.S. The above figures show that only vessels drawing less than 18ft. can use the Port Chalmers Railway pier; whilst the largest merchantmen afloat could at al’ times lie alongside the Peninsula Railway pier at the Heads.
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Evening Star, Issue 3840, 15 June 1875, Page 3
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202PENINSULA RAILWAY. Evening Star, Issue 3840, 15 June 1875, Page 3
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