STEEL SLEEPERS.
j It would appear that there is still a prospect- of steel sleepers entering into competition with the much-dis-l cussed karri in connection with the i construction of the trans-Australian i railway (says the Melbourne Age). | The Minister for Home Affairs, asked ! whether this class of sleeper was to • be v regarded as completely out of the running, stated, in reply, that he recently obtainedi fresh quotations, and : found the prices altogether too liigh. ! He -was, however, making inquiries regarding the use of steel sleepers on some of the South African railways, and in view of the prices asked be would await (ho result, of these inquiries before placing any orders. Contracts had been let for a good supply of wooden sleepers. Tn his last budget of South African news, the commercial agent for the Commonwealth at Capetown stated that in pursuance of its policy to provid'e :'ts own supply of sleoncTs, tb!e South African railwav administration had now unwards of SSOO acres ; of land planted with suitable timber. Hie trees consisted of cedars, eucalyptus, gums and cypress. The total
area of land .now reserved for this purpose \vn« 1*2,737 acres distributed throughout tli« Union.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 14 January 1913, Page 4
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197STEEL SLEEPERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 14 January 1913, Page 4
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