ENGINEERING.
The New correspondent- of the Sydney Morning Herald writes :—“ We are now promised something that will eclipse the Thames Tunnel absolutely. This is a tunnel under the North River, thus uniting the shores of New York and Jersy, and enabling the railroads to discharge their fi eights within the precincts of the city and of New York. A Bill authorising its construction has already passed the Legislature, and the engineering difficulties are of course easily overcome. Capitalists stand ready to furnish the necesary cash, and thus the only real obstacle to thescheme is surmounted. The Norui River is, however a.mile and a hdf wide, and when it is tunneled in bids way, we can pride ourselves upon the possession of the most costly subterranean passage in the world, as wel. as the biggest lakes and the biggest wa'erfalls, etc., etc.”
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Kumara Times, Issue 869, 14 July 1879, Page 2
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