TUBE PROJECT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 1 May 1922, Page 5

TUBE PROJECT.

DEMONSTRATION WITH MODEL.

BY CABL7>-PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBrGHT I' 1 LONDON, April 29. ]< Chalmers Kearney, an Australian en- ' gineer, gave a demonstration of a high | speed railway designed to communicate between Circular Quay and Milson's Point, Sydney, by tube under the har- ! bour. The model railway was installed ■ on the monorail system, with over- , liead guiding rail following the gradi-1 ents necessary in communicating under the harbour. The model cars worked without a hitch. The inventor claims that the cars could convey 20,000 passengers hourly, transit occupying 65 seconds. The estimated cost is £750,-! 000, as against £10,000,000 for Brad-! field's bridge. The tube could be Teadily duplicated to carry twice the number. The principle of gravity is utilised for developing high speed. I