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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 939, 21 April 1879, Page 2

Wk weru wtii the gwd& tract# that, a few evenings w?"> whussad front Waiarefea junction to Oaruactt at a paee that reminded; hj* of an espws» ttain «f the Old Connie? amt» »a we we to Waneing «nras W»t w«? ¥«wW* awaiting any omergenuy thivfc mwxht arise-, «>r f butter still,, Shu happy moment when we- sdi"ui;d ouuw (now foist sotid gr»»nd. the aparfca that the fektiow £tp«» the whtvfi*, that fewacotmtl us tike "sparks frtunthcanvif," s»?t tw thinfein£. W« wotufocwd whether of not we shoittd e«r again wis with thegiddy 'wortd, and whether- our or not .frtetul* wordd ib® aihfe CO l identity tts, if we ItJiti so. We weve brought to a contemplation «f sotwl realities by a sadden «hange lent the greasy smoothness of the sensation w« had jjmt experienced, to one lit 6ht>- wCniost aTKiwathnsss. A3 thcttgh shot HUC t thij? *<f a c:vtttK r »rt, ' we and oiic asso«vate^ r ssftftat in number, changed e-ar fioaitwß* for tlw meat erratic iones postttricvj Wiojf o-VBv'j. we- pToewtied tf> afv investigation of 'tihe cisiTsts- of t-fi*? no*«»t swiwatton whkh w«i had Just «f.Spefietiß®di. atv*f ff-tivd tFnati we : had busn treated tf» a cottisioft. spsakimf, something will have t*i hj« done- with the I in 50 gradietit beItween Watareka Janctinn and Oaniani. It » eniy at the greatest amcntnt of risk to &b«k«i life that a heavy train i travels down th» decline, which has the 1 tfowbte disadvantage of long carves, espesially in frosty t>r Weather. In 6h»? ■ f trains tlic is Bjurtt A train consisting of i"V,:ti ,» ° v'-f chtrge when it arrives; ~ .i, sr>»'«* «>* ifjimeerinj ! ssfci;l„ tii,;* 1 1 »s «>t«itacte to its gliding—- !„«■ Om w. at W.dl j at hard down —. & «xtr«iaety dangarotw. More powerful | viHtld onßcnie this difficulty, | bat they woaM only create «noiher ja«t| u gretU, far the Kat it 100 fogfi toaUnd j

the additional weight. The next best thing is to divide grain trains at the and only bring in as many tracks at a time m the light engines in ass can c«tttr»L l)ut f as such a course cmitd not s>« adopted permanently in the lace of the increasing traffic, even if it coatei DO adopted temporarily, steps will ha»» tu be immediately taken to render ic unnecessary to travel over so dangerous a gradient at all. The tunnel through the hill idea will yet have to be adapted—that is curtain—but, seeing that every heavy grain train that passes over this ptecc of fine into Oamaru, rushes in at ptflE-int-El speed, something should be done promptly. Last night a special !2<->ods train whirled down this gradient sml rrnnd tlie curve at such a speed that the bipetita rendered it impossible to r.'n-p tint it it had jf«t a l»ng distance past the ata'ion »>n th« l'»rt liue.