To the Editor of the Lyttelton Times.
Sir, — Will you permit me, through the medium of your columns, to ask "Traveller" which "of the ravines or gulleys running to the hills above Lyttelton" is selected by the popular idea as the proper place, for attempting the experiment of a "monster blast;" and whether the same papular idea has ever considered where the debris of the blast would fall—what the effsct would be upon the tovvn of Lyttelton—what would be the cost of the proposed breakwater—aijd how many monster blasts would suffice to effect a sufficient breach in the hills to allow of the road to the Plains passing through it, with an easier gradient than that of the intended tunnel road through Evans's Pass. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Sept. 19. PILGRIM.
P. S. Perhaps "Traveller" is jiot aware that the summit of the Bridle-path, the lowest saddle behind Lyttelton is 1100 feet above high-water mark, and that the Evans's Pass tunnel will be at an elevation of only 400 feet.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 512, 30 September 1857, Page 4
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172To the Editor of the Lyttelton Times. Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 512, 30 September 1857, Page 4
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