The Feilding Star. WENDESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1882. THE RANGITIKEI BRIDGE.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 20, 23 August 1882, Page 2

The Feilding Star. WENDESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1882. THE RANGITIKEI BRIDGE.

j el 'iln:m — ' 'Ci.ili — +4.'Ai inn; .i<> Foil a second tinae we have pleasure- ;.; i n ' th* iAwttb iWerS Md i traive'lunp'p'u'b'l'ic tit tlie'Manawatu'.ljin, thej near cfUßpl^of o^ the t'eTnporary '• bridge. -^vaUi'lile Rangitikei Hiver at . M^akanki./'i b^ stgucvure;.|vill»be ready ta perm t of the passing of trtifek* aiiti pas ; eil^9^| i)^^ on Fiiduy n.f4^t, pr ea^jypja, Saturday mo'-nir^,.pfKt.,!. Aa.itlie.dfre.y^ousljjp' erected temporary 'bridge iwiai washed away on the 29th July ; we are abie to oitie al praise to thp r'airway aufho- 1 rities ior.ithe^r ereat,and sucee^sfal fX'-ri.ons to .iieroipe^i traffic!. ito the \ north lv rail. In four -weeks from the date 'of the second calamity ttity' ha«« j «,v«Ttjikeii' a inosr arduous piece of work. Jt certainly was t.o, ,t| )e ? r . fidvntsijrp having- planv and machinery ulieaiJy on the ground On the

other hand the piles and str.njrers neces-urv for t li o new work were n> t ' placed at the disposal of the work"!) eri : ■ with the same punctuality ainl'd.es*, patch as on the previous o"a'as-fon*. find coiisidcrtjlile loss of valua). li^t.iia© ; p" was the result. '1 he new piers nrV p"otect"d - l»v ---Im-is - of - slninjl<' i placed well up the ft ream,- sonic ' thou-ijtiids hainy- nuw in position. ; V\'o havr- < .tv lirrlc fear !>ut that tho l'ilf\s will .stand the next Kowai I'rCsh in the river. Thu snow on the ra^es liv.> b -en accumulating- in j hetivv i:iiis-es for sumo days; and a Avqt .I'], wind will briny it down with «reut .'orco upon the bridge, but we ho|)e thiit past experiences will i have shown the iVu't!ioritifcS ( the weak / ■jVoints -ofj-.their svsiem, that, past er-;-r'ors have consequently been avoided, , and , ordiuury,. c--'9u:ilries provided Against. Iti this likis been doao, wo 'may confide-Titiv' liope to hi\yQ-.B~£SKT months 1 'brink tvaflie to ninße 'up'fur the time lost 'since' the first accident was chronicled. AMthouphv^yreThaynf ha 1 Him v.'eather,' anJ only one' port" :to receive yup cinityer, yet th<t quau-- . tit/ ftn-yyard.ed. from the Feihliny Nation-, during tli<yfalsQour.Viee]3s/isC only 20 purl ceto ferelow the average, .slii»wir»g"'that 'the^ sawrnillers have" ke] it. all the liaiids , working to meet!) ore ers from xhef South Island, and shipped Of ''*?&s'"'s Foxton. <; 'i'l/is'i -sp( ak§ ,\ye)l jfy'r. ,tL.e-^tabiUty. of. .local , bu siaQj»s-.ii>-. j, - : , j,,;j . ... M t T ~ — r