NEW RiyER DISTRICT.!

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1268, 22 August 1872, Page 2

NEW RIVER DISTRICT.

(FKOM OUR Q^[ CORRESPONDENT..).. .;. : ; ■■'•''-. A ugusi ; 21 . ,;. ..The announcement that ..the.,: General Government had agreed to' subsidise the New ■. River and,, Hibernian Watsr-race Companies has been the chief topic, of the week, Both parties are extremely anxious to hasten on these works, and are now waiting to hear definitely how the (money is; t6i;be.advanced,ras extra labpr will have to be engaged. They have bjeen so fully convincedr of the. absolute necessity of pushingsonvfcheae races that they, have been letting some portions of -their work by contract. The New River Company have let several thousand feet ..of j timber for fluming, and the Hibernian Company have let some six hundred, feet, of jtunnelling also ; by contract, and as they [will be soon in a position financially to enter intoother contacts, there is^ no doujbt that they, will lose no time in doing so. , There is some talk 6t the shareholders ; working Bpmo ground shortly^ but however deshs aßie it iinay be to ge^sDme'gbld,"tiie first consideration at' the -present time; is the completion of the race. The labor that has already been performed, jcoupled with that which the shareholders will do whilst the subsidies are being, expended, will complete the works , in, abput nine; months. The, l^ew River water-race is estimated to cost 1 LIO,OOO, , and the Hibernian race, L6OOO, the. Government subsidising' , to the amount of one-third. , Whilst the ,New River race , will have , a great deal of . fluming, it is oDly .near, the Limestone, ,ihat: aipr great height will, exist. The Hibernian will np.tb,ave any .very,, great quantity of it, and ■ that .only in , short iatretpheSjifronii spur to spur; but they have any, amount of tunnelling through these, which makes it very hard and difficult, being in reef. The New River has not been altogether without its share pf tunnelling, one of which has been upwards of 2000 ft in „ length through hard reef,: besides small • ones ;, and they, have biie in prospective, where the race terminates, of about 1600 ft. Where formidable works like , these exist, no doubt they will/be now anticipated by being at once taken in hand, as it would be a pity to see any time lost before these useful and necessary races can be utilised. ] Of course^the cost of making races like these militate seriously against experiments being used as to which is the most economical, wood or pipes, where water has to be .conveyed from one high position toMother opposite. " ■■■"!'