SOUTH TRUNK RAILWAY
COMPLETION WILL GOST £2,000,000 COASTAL ROUTE PREFERRED [Per United Press Association,] , AUCKLAND, June i. Dealing with railway construction tonight, the Prime Minister said the completion ot the trunk lines was in the .economic interests ol’ the country, in Regard to the South Island Main Trunk, trial surveys had been mado of several routes, and it would appear that the coastal route was the best, not only from the point of view of cost, but also as to distance and grades and alignment. It would be a faster running line, a point to be considered in view of the ultimate linking up of the North and South Island systems.
The coastal route was estimated to cost approximately .t 2,000,000 against ,t:3,7BO;000 for the best possible inland route. Permanent surveys were now being made, and the stall" was being augmented by the transfer of two additional officers. A contract had been let for the erection of the first instalment of houses to accommodate sixty men who were being started on the line. Permanent works bad not been started at the south end of the lino as the surveys had not been completed.
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Evening Star, Issue 20193, 5 June 1929, Page 9
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193SOUTH TRUNK RAILWAY Evening Star, Issue 20193, 5 June 1929, Page 9
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