OTIRA TUNNEL
RECORD DAY'S TRAFFIC, GREYMOUTH BAR UNWORKABLE (By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening' Port.") CpKISTCUUKCH, This Day.'. When the Otira Tunnel was oprneJ up there vero many who predicted aa inglorious failure. How far thes« pro» phets of gloom wero out in their caleu* lations has been proved by the enormous amount of traffic that has passed through during the past few years, and record after record has been broken in the amount of tonnage railed from, the coast. Another was broken to-day, and it seems that this time the record maystand, for the 4250 tons that passed through the tunne. from noon on Tues* day to noon yesterday was approximately tho maximum that the tunnel can handle in twenty-four hours. The loads were conveyed by seventeen trains from Otirn to Arthur's Pass, nnd by fifteen trains from Arthur's Pass to Springfield, from where they vrerc worked to Middleton by ■a. i smaller number of trains. i From 3 p.m. to S a.m. to-day a further 3500 tons will pass through tho tunnel. The reason for the present busy timo !is the fact that tho Greymouth bar is at present unworkable, and shipping "is held up. Nine steamers which havo been in the J port for some time are awaiting an opportunity to sail..
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 17
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215OTIRA TUNNEL Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 17
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