ARTHUR'S PASS TUNNEL.
Per Press Association Wfllll'ngjff* ii. * >os t states tia' jii, August 2. the construction ©* .0 the contract for j between the Go- . the Otira Tunnol " ro3, tas >' and McLean J amount .een finally signed. The i flu'- .s ,€599,704. If the work is to <; j0? .shed in five years the tunnel must 1 . worked from both ends. It is ex. „ J pected that 2% miles will be bored from ■ Bealey and about three miles from " Otira. Mr Murdoch McLean will leave for Britain and the Continent in Septcmber to purchase a complete boring plant, which will probably cost about £50,000.
The following were the tenders for the Arthur Pass tunnel; Kirkwond, Kerr and Company (London), £6BB, 215; .T. Drummey, Anwton, Otago, £G28,732; John McLean tfnd Sons, Wellington, £599,794 (accepted).
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 3 August 1907, Page 2
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132ARTHUR'S PASS TUNNEL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 3 August 1907, Page 2
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