The Manawatu Railway

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 82, 13 December 1883, Page 3

The Manawatu Railway

. » , The i railway bridge across the Porirua larbqtr .{a correspondent writes) is a; very h**j and attractive sight at the present 6me. The temporary woode» bridge -of scaffolding which* has been «reeted, trtendi about one-third of the j distance across the harbour, with a lofty: gtntry-baihVoa it, wluch runs on rollers as th« bridge extends. There ia also a powerral«rab-whieh' placed on the top of the gantij, where two men can lift or lower a* «as» from twenty to thirty tons At a time. On Tkursday la«t the first C M t<of iron cylinders was lowered iato its place o» tbo bottom, in about fourteen feet of water, ready *o place the air lock on the top, and the engine is about ready to commence the operation <of forcing the air out of the cylinder for the me* to i work re mnder water. E*erf precaution; appear* to have been l takeh against 1 accidents wfcHe this important work is \ teiig .carried oufc'-'A' hoii- is arrays j close at hand and two Ufe-bdoys are' l«ingpii,tKe»ant«y ready in «a«e oiE a.ny! accident wluch might occur. Tfv'etj&aing up to the present time has been carried, out without* the slightest '*coideat"Or; iitek in any ; »*y;! which "reflect* great! credit on tko« who have ©h*rg« «f Ac