MIDLAND RAILWAY.
A TENDER ACCEPTED.
ARTHUR'S PASS TUNivEL.
(By .Telegraph.—Press Association)
CHEISTCHURCH, this day.
Mr. H. Quane, chairman of the Midland Railway Committee of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, has received a telegram signed by Messrs. C. M. Gray, G. Witty and T. H. Davey, M-ILB-'s, stating that the Government has acecpted a tender for the Arthur's Pass tunnel on the Midland Railway, at a price under £ 600,000; according to the specifications the tunnel will be 17 feet high, 15 feet wide, and 5 miles 25 chains. 12 feet in length. It will be lined throughout. The Government engineer's estimate of th<? cost was £ 534,000. The conditions provided axe alternative tenders for completion in four years or in five y ears.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 169, 17 July 1907, Page 5
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