Railway Sleepers
The Minister for Public Works, in his statement last night says : — In connection with the supply of sleepers for several of our railway works, the House will per* haps be surprised to learn that it has been found advisable, and indeed necessary to obtain them from the West Coast of the Middle Island. As regards tho fitness of silver pine for sleepers, tho Governmont is advisod by tho EugincoiMu-Chief that silver-pine is hard, close grained, not hablo to warp or crack, and one of the most durable of Now Zealand timbers, especially when buried or placed in contact, with the ground, in which positions its lasting properties reuder it superior to heart of totaro, and quite equal to purin It is, therefore, probably, with the single excoption of purin, the most suitable timber in New Zealand for sleepers. The Railway Commissioners are now extonsively usiug silver pino timber for sleepers.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 72, 22 September 1893, Page 2
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152Railway Sleepers Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 72, 22 September 1893, Page 2
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