OPENING OF THE "NELSON

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 28, 31 January 1876, Page 2

OPENING OF THE "NELSON

;.. AND FOSHtLL :KAtXW"AY." r-<- That; portion of the Nelson and Eqx-;.= hill: railway commencing- at the Toi-Toi Valley mudflat aail r terminating at Wakefield',/a'distajilce; of abput'twenty miles, was 'formally' opened .by/ ; his t EConor the Superintendent s ori Saturday.' ' • v The're was no public deiiionsfcriatioii of any) kind whatever,, and very kittle cere- : inbqy.' ' At a. little after eleven . the jtrain-, consisting of two engines, four carriages, and. two. goods trucks, 5 drew; up alongside' the !pia^fdr in, 'the engines ; •being Tgaiiy < decorated , with s flags, and flayers. ' : To the first of thein>was atv by ibluV- and ; white 2 l'ibb'ons aL '' bottle, of champagne, which. .was:.tranJ^d. by Mr:>Eossmdre, .the superintending . engineer of constructed; railways^ to ■ l^lrs Suteri who dashed '; it against' the \ engine^ 'at - t ,t|js,,; ?aaie time' natiiing it '" The.vTrput,'' ,when ; three-: cheers. were, sgivens.!ifor. the : -little fish, .and ,■ : many sincere wishes were . expressed that 'not 'manyl^ears' tnigh't ielapse.befoWit wbul.d ' be callec^upon to/do- duty" in .'.' aV wider \ ■:sphere*thau that^atipreqent opened ,tqit." i -The v in vited'guests were !theu-called-upo'n 4 tp .take, tbeir r seats ia the carriages-; tpro!videil 'for tb'ern,^ the^inVitatibns^that werjei issuedn; by, .s*&. , \Superintend,ent ; having, b6en purely official^ and 1 ; ad? d_rebs*ed ip , ' Bish'op ; ' of f Nelson', the District" Judge the' Sheriff, 'th v e Crown' ; tnembers -df u l;he G-eueral : Jisslemblyy'the Provincial Executive,' the; and/; ; members of the r 'Pro'- ; ! ;vini3iarobuncil, .the ;Jsq.jpy : .and :J .memdf^fch^ ojty- Council, and the repre- ;- ii'^enjbati'fes of the ' prpss. Another vcirri^g6 : c6n,tained ; c a •number of -ladies, ; : an4 Rentl^inen^gujßsts "". we " undeHta.rid, .'. of jMrPasstnore,,;;:;; Everything, being, readyj'the'train- started, ,'and.-' proceeded liiitilit had ' surmounted the: in| fit, Jeiikin%!! Hill, when it.'tr^y.elled . at; a .yer^''JFai^jrai;o^ofVßpe'ed,"^estijnated '. during» a- <portion of. the time at 26 miles "ail ihour.'"' A^ter stopping 'at^several station^ on, the. road, it arrived at the; WakefieldVteririinus. ajb a 'quarterjjp one. Th6 passengers ;, i&en alighted, ' an'd a ribbon having been stretched across the lin6, it was severed by the, engine in passing, ; and ; the Superintendent:, de- - „elated, elated the line open -for trance. .Three cheers having been ; given . for ■theirail'wajr, thb qotnpany separated -in search "df iluncheon, some , going ,to !Poxhill, ;soine|±o,tbe,EQrest Inn,. land others, to , ?i ( ;p|cnic J in f .the ; bus|] i. ,'■■ At 3*30 the tfaiii , ista^ted for .town I ,.';' where" it'arriyed at 4*4s,' 'jf&ty^KiQ'g, for sj6We|Hrde]:jit the varjdus stations "."■ The carriages 'ran , thus bearing testimpny ; the accuracy, with r which the line has been laid, n and : for the niannep in v ,w^|cb^,^he, wjiole^ workh'as ;been carried 6ut| top iffiujqh ppaise canndji : b'e ac J e6rded ! to I^/Lf -• Scott, "the contractor, and w;e, fwe^e^lease^ to- hear the ! Superitjtend-?; ing Engineer remark that ! he' regarded fche'sibest; the It only 'remains, for uiitiow.Jto jjexytak the hope that the extensions to

the port at one encpand IToxhill at the other wi|Ll be^ rapidly proceeded with,, i&ud thaf ? : fcljQ^day is^npt v far.fdistanfc wh^n;'; jib^e liti'^l willj traverse the; }whole prq- i fy|nce, fr^mfßlindfißay a|. tone | end to :^ Stne Wep; Oolst at|tfie other. '$■> ■,