The Through Railways Line.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 48, 10 June 1875, Page 6

The Through Railways Line.

Now that the Chain Hills -tunnel has been pierced through, very little time will elapse before trains will barunning the whole distance from Dunedin to the Clutha. The tunnel will have been completed and rails laid through it within sixteen months of the:real com* mencemen.t of the work, though six months were occupied at the start in removing landslips at the entrance. Its length is 571 yards, and its lining consists of 14in— and in places even thicker —brickwork. There remains only four chains of the bottom heading to be taken out . and the bricking, of this portion to'be finished, and-.if. a steady supply of bricks is kept up, little time will be occupied by this work, and/then the rails can be laid in a couple of days. We may safely state that the whole line will be completed, including station buildings and sidings, within seven or eight, weeks at the outside. Of course on the Dunedin side of the tunnel the line is. already in working order, and on the other side •■ it is ballasted, with the* exception of about two miles on the Taieri plain, and the rails are laid, except for half-a-mile between Waihola and the Taieri railway bridge,, which is completed. The first station through, the tunnel : is- at Mosgiel (9^miles from Dunedin),. where them is a|passenger's station, master's house, goods shed, sidings, and watering place for the engines. These are all nearly finished. There will be a small stopping place a little further on,; where there will be a platform for the convenience of passengers, -and- the next station is at Greytown (14 J? miles.) Here the different accommodations necessary is incourse7 of erection and nearly completed. Beyond Greytown there are three stopping places, all with platforms, and then we come to Waihola (25| miles), where sidings are. laid ;down,> and the build-. t ings for the station finished. - At the Gorge toll-bar there-will be a stopping place, and at the Gorge— the commencement of the Tokomairiro plainwill be another station, with sidings. At Milton (35J miles) the- station buildings — -including good passenger accommodation, engine-shed, and goods*shed are practically finished. There will also be a station at the junction (37* miles) of the Tuapeka line, and another stopping place between it arid Lovell's Flat. The next station is at the eros--sing of the Kaitangata road (50 miles), and instead of stopping here, as originally intended, it is proposed to carry the line to' near the Clutha bridge — erecting a temporary platform there in the meantime.— -Star.'