WEST COAST RAILWAY.
. ■ [Post.].. , . .:•.-.■•:.. The directors of the Wellington and Manawatu .Railway certainly cannot be accused of dilatoriness m the prosecution of the/works. When the contracts are taken for which tenders are now invited the company will liave 53 miles under contract, leaving only 30 miles of the whole distance to be let. It w anticipated that within a year and a half the line wi 1 be open from Wei- > lington to Porirua at this end and from FiilmeMton to Otakiat the olher, leaving only a distance of 25 miles, l)etweenPorirua and Otaki, to be traversed by coach. ;/ A longer time will be occupied ia completing the Paikakariki section, which, is the heaviest work of all, and includes juuch tunnelling and protective precautions agajnat landslips.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 11, 11 December 1883, Page 2
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126WEST COAST RAILWAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 11, 11 December 1883, Page 2
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