A HARBOUR TUNNEL.
From time to time -Air. Stewart has wn£? letters to your paper favouring a tunnel acros the harbour to a bridge. From experience y both I can say that Mr. Stewart's proposal the right one.' With a bridge almost Mil " capital would go out of the colony for mate and contractors' profits, from which A"<*' would benefit little, even with a bridge oi' design mentioned. We have here in New land men quite capable of the work -„ k have only to look at some of the Ham iru< viaducts." As for the tunnel, we have n,, here as sood a lot of underground men as J will find anywhere and quite capable of «J ing a first-class job. The money could wi spent in our midst and the spoil woum of great value to harbour works. »>»' bridge yon would find an expensive ana ornamental structure, the cost of whicn ratepayers would have to face, while harbour would be cut in half. Inside oi W yearn all the upper reaches will he needea. With a tunnel there would be two-way with no tram-line system—they have proved u failure hi'other places ami «'V< so here. A 24ft floor would be walks and traffic. *" '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 307, 28 December 1935, Page 8
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204A HARBOUR TUNNEL. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 307, 28 December 1935, Page 8
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