THE COUNTY RAILWAY
PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE. AN INCREASED UTILITY. One of the very few privately-owned railway lines in New Zealand, certainly the longest, is the light line connecting Foxlon with the Rangitikei district. This length of railway, erroneously known as a, "tramway," is owned by the Manawatu County Council. When, the rails were laid forethought was exercised in one very important aespect — they wore laid on the same gauge as the State lines, the only difference being the weight of the metals. Thus the County Council, though owning a considerable quantity of 1 mining stock,, are able to utilise the GoYGViimont tvudss f<?v coal anH produce ' jnu'pessg ia 'cages where wngismoewte fti'f)
In the early times in the Manawatu (1871) transport of flour to Palmerston from Foxton was £20 per ton. A hundrcdweiglU vl Hqw? m those days cpjt 35« v
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 147, 23 June 1915, Page 12
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143THE COUNTY RAILWAY Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 147, 23 June 1915, Page 12
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