RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

Evening Star, Issue 4120, 11 May 1876, Page 2

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

The Lawrence Town Council have passed a resolution urging upon the General Governinent the great necessity of having the gone on with on the Tuapeka and Waitahuna sections of the Tuapeka Railway, so as to have the whole of the line opened simultaneously with the completion of the Round Hill tunnel. For the present plate-laying on the Clarksville-Glenore sec?°S. ™ he , been suspended owing to the Wool-shed bridge not being sufficiently Another important section of the Christ-church-Dunedin railway, says the 'Timaru Herald, of Saturday, has just been com-pleted-that between Timaru and the station at the Pareora, which is situated about two miles south of the river. On Friday a special train was taken along the section, C the purpose of enabling Mr Higginson.Su! permtending Engineer of the Colony, and Mr Warner, Engineer of the Canterbury rail, ways, to make an inspection with a view to taking it over from the contractors. Besides these gentlemen, there were present a few others, mcludmg Mr Stumbles, one of the contractors. The engineers parsed the section, and in doing so, observed that the works had been carried out in such a manner as to reflect the greatest credit on the contractors The opinions of these gentlemen seemed to the others present to be fully borne out by the easy manner in which the tram travelled. Messrs Allan and btumbles s contract, which comprises several extensive cuttings and embankments with here and there a bridge, stretched from Timaru to the north side of the Pareora river ted, and the remainder of the length that was opened, including the bridge over the river, which is a substantial and beavy work, is in Mr Proudfoot's section. Although the section from the Pareora station to Tnnaru, a distance of about eleven miles, is ready for traffic, wecould notfind out yesterday whether it was the intention of the Government to open it, so that it might be taken advantage of for the carriage of this season s grain. It was reported, however, but we do not know whether the report had anv solid foundation, that the section would not be opened for traffic this grain season, owin* to the want of sufficient rolling stock A considerable portion of the line south of th« Pareora station, in Mr Proudfoot's contract is rapidly approaching completion Th« bridge over the Otaio is built, and the £2! manent way is finished to that the tram yesterday waslakeT 2fl? wards to a po nt a short distance fro river on the Waimate side.