MURCHISON RAILWAY
WORK BUSILY PROCEEDING
Whatever the ultimate intentions may be in regard to tiie bridging of the gap on tlio Nelson-West Coast railway, it is obvious that the Government intends to push on the northern extension to Murchison without delay. The present terminus is at Ivawatiri, 57 miles from Nelson and 25 from Murchison. The line has. been formed for some, miles further to Gowan Bridge, and gangs of men are working on sections about live miles ahead of that point.
At present 200 men are engaged, and another 100 are expected to arrive this week. Dotted along the route arc groups of accommodation huts and “canvas towns.” The. route to lie followed over the 20 odd miles of track from tiro end of the present formation entails a good deal ol very heavy and necessarily slow work. One helpful factor is the excellent main road which Mums alongside the route for the greater part of the journey, this advantage facilitating .the transpor of .material and equipment for the advance gangs.
Except for the first few miles past Afni'clnsoii ’ the’ ro'titey for the greater part—through the Buller Gorge—will be . particularly /difficult,hand iC'is undeiffitoqd That tlic, ques.tiou (if making the complete connexion with the sotitWii ittfijininus ;at'; Tninjgahha is not at present., excising ,s}o. fcion rof ithc The. geh.eial opinion at Murchison, which is a prosperous dairy settlement capable of expansion, is that the road pasl the Maruia Springs and over the Lewis Saddle into Canterbury will be constructed to bring the northern part of the coast and Canterbury into direct touch. Approximately not much over 100 miles would connect Murchison with the Culvcrden railway, the half of which ' distance is already roaded. The fact that road construction work js ~uow proceeding ji}en| the nterpreted as ’cYfM'rrnntmn’' of *nfk' ciccision.
However at the moment more activity is being displayed in completing tithe* rhißvay'ib WYSbfsSft’.HillhH ohBulv: of the other;<sout)lcrm railway projects. G*.a;n:-- ar imm
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1929, Page 6
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323MURCHISON RAILWAY Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1929, Page 6
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