WEST COAST RAILWAY.
. The Post's Poiirua correspondent ; says :— The railway bridge across the ha;;bo*r w progressing very well. The -contractor has successfully completed g|Mnking of half of the cylinders. last owo cylinders were sunk to a depth of over 80 feet before they could get a rock bottom, the depth of water being about 22 feet. They have got the next two cylinders placed down m Jheir pjaces m about 27 feet of water, thTtreepesT"^arl; of the Hihanqeil/ The/ [vorkj spears to have up to the present. The only"acci3enTEßat has occurred was the breaking of the main shaft of the engine a few weeks ago. The pile driving of the temporary wooden bridge -jis- completed to within a few feet of the other side of the ljarboii^ ;"Tb.e -traffic nqar . bhs fridge •lins ' -greatly : increast^.^sin^ej Messrs Co. have started their SRClibrf onth^ bfchersia6-oflPai*^iiLtta. Things - appear very . brisk, just now. Taylor and Co. ,1 believefhave within tl»e'last;week)or jL>yo Wen on /; the.. wqi/k^.,' v bufefTera' shoj)s, and .boarding-hpiWes are* being erected near the^work'a— iu 'fac^ it .^ppears .to be forming into a regular panyas " towif. !TraVeliefs are greatly compliiinliVg ;<# ; | thY Wan'fc-' ofho^l'aucommodation'near the brMgd'. £ ' J " '^
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Manawatu Standard, Volume iv, Issue 68, 19 February 1884, Page 2
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193WEST COAST RAILWAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume iv, Issue 68, 19 February 1884, Page 2
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