THE MANAWATU RAILWAY.
Smart American Contracting.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Wellington, This Day
The Manawfttu Railway Company ha? for some time been centemplating replacing the Belmont Viaduct with a more substantial structure. It is a wooden bridge spanning a deep ravine some seven miles from town, and is 160 feet iu height. The first idea was to fill the gully with earth, but it was found that the cost would be from £IOO,OOO to £150,000. heard of she smart work turned out by an American .Coy which built ft bridge oVer Atbard, in quick order, the directors sent an inscription of what they wanted; add received complete and wonderully exact drawings for a steel viaduct, calculated to a nicety with an intimation that the structure would be ready within a fortnight of receiving a cable ordering it. The cost landed in Wellington duty paid is less than £4,000, and the directors have decided to accept the offer.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 3 December 1901, Page 4
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156THE MANAWATU RAILWAY. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 3 December 1901, Page 4
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