RIMUTAKA DEVIATION
PROGHESS OF. SCRVETfii
. .In reply to requisrt* by'fce Wsir&rtpa , ■ members of the Houee ol Bepresenta- / tives, tie Minister, of Pabbc Works (th« Hon. J. G. Coates) yerterdby made a % ' brief gtatement of the progress of th« > Rimutaka deviation surveys. The teach . . road had been'surreyed, and the Tauherenikan route: had been surveyed. Tlie surveyors were now. on : the Wainuiromata route.'' The two routes 'had'been ;\ submitted to the Railway Degartment "•, for an opinion of haulage cost* <»nd - srt forth. The Railway Dapartment hid; r also been asked to work oat the cost of electrification of;the : present .line. _ and "' its practicability. He did' not think he . was called. upon to make N any comment, further than to say that if .they,wanted; » more level route and tme which would out; less for haulage, judpinfr by appearances, he . would cay that '■ indications. ;. pointed to the Tauherenikan route a* probably the more favourable of those . that had already been investigated. Of: course experts, and experts only, could : determine the! position in relttion t» banlage costs. '..; '; ■""'■':■''"'■"■'''-'.'{''['il'S-.*'■;'■; :S
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1922, Page 7
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173RIMUTAKA DEVIATION Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1922, Page 7
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