Manawatu County.
» The Manawatu Herald publishes the following list of works applied for under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, up to 30th June : — BOT7THEBN SIDINGS. £. Sandon-Carnarvon Tramway ... 22,900 Extension to Rangitikei River... 9,471 Manawatu-Horowhenua tramway 12,507 Manawatu Bridge 15,000 Sanson- Halcombe Road 3,560 Awahuri-Carnarvon „ 6,885 Awalmri Bridge 387 Foxton Road 1,857 Foxton-Motoua Road "4,326 £76,899 NOETHEEN HIDINGS. £. Kimbolton Road 1,699 Mackay's Road, first part ... 2,814 Mackay's iio&d, second part ... 300 Cheltenham Cross Road ... 1,345 Halcombe-Sanson „ 581 Stoney Creek „ 2,146 Halcombe-Kakariki „ 4,302 Bunnythorpe-Palinerston ... 1,440 Fifzherbert „ 5,121 Bunnythorpe-Kairanga 1,820 Karere No. 1 „ 2,159 KarereNo. 2 „ 1,543 Fitzherbert West „ ... ... 1,937 Pohangina „ ... ... 1,275 Bunny thorpe-Ashurst 3,286 £31,799 In addition to the above, an application in connection with the bridge at the Lower Gorge has also been made, but the exact amount we are unable to state, probably about £3000. This would bring the total amount applied for by the Manawatu County up to the respectable total of about £111,000. Since the above was in type, we have learned that the estimated cost of erection of the L. G. Bridge is £3,529 8s 9d, exclusive of the £2,000 already granted by Government.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 10, 3 July 1883, Page 2
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188Manawatu County. Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 10, 3 July 1883, Page 2
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