THE OHURA RAILWAY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 510, 19 October 1912, Page 5

THE OHURA RAILWAY.

PROGRESS OF WORK. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE FOR YEAR. The following reference to the northern end of the Stratford-Main Trunk line is made in the Public Works Statement:— "With the object of giving the settlers in the fertile Ohura district the benefit of access to a railway during the years which must elapse before the line from Taranaki can recah their settlement, it was decided last year to commence the construction of this line from the eastern end, and after investigation a good route was found, leaving the Main Trunk line about one mile and a half south of Te Koura station, leading up the Okahukara Valley, negotiating the dividing range by means of 74 chain tunnel, running down the Otahu Valley to Matiere, and thence on to Ohura. This route is six miles shorter than the original one from Ongarue. The new line was authorised last year, and formation work started in November last. A service road over seven miles in length, is being formed, which will, on completion, serve as a main road from the Ohura Valley to Taumatunui. The railway route has been cleared from the junction up to the tunnel site, and cuttings opened in various places along the first two miles. Plans of the projected tunnel are beine prepared, with a view to inviting tenders for its construction. During the financial year the expenditure on the works at both ends of this line amounted to £81,806, and for the current year a Vote of £90,000 is proposed."