ITS FIRST RAILWAY
BERMUDA TO BUILD SENTIMENT AGAINST BUSES The insular government o£ Bermuda. caught in the rush of progress, has authorised the construction of a twenty-nine-mile railroad, the first on the islands. The cost will exceed 1,000.000 dollars and all of the capital is British. The directors of the British Traction Company are the Marquis of Winchester, Lord Daryington, Arthur F. Hadley, Ernest T. Thorton Smith, Sir George Levenson Gower and G. C. Hans Hamilton. All are officials of British railroad companies. Ten miles will be corn pleted this year and the system will be electrified from the start. The question of better transportation in Bermuda has been a topic of partisan discussion for many years. The proposal to establish motor bus lines instead of a railroad was finally rejected because of the old public sentiment against the presence of automobiles on the islands. It is expected that the interest on the investment will be taken care of chiefly by tourists from the United States and Canada.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 477, 5 October 1928, Page 7
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168ITS FIRST RAILWAY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 477, 5 October 1928, Page 7
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