West Coast Railway.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 159, 11 June 1883, Page 2

West Coast Railway.

i ■'„ [ Wei t ing tpn. P.aper.^j ... ' ",] , ■■ Wo learn that the a section of. the Wellington and Manawatu RaUway/; construction ( ,has been let to Mr. -Diana- i her^ of Auckland, the contract being - now signed. As to thg prices at which A ~ various tenders were, put, m. for tWs and > janoibtier section of the. railway, it is ) jconsidered not desirable jto publishinjures at present. The Porirua section is a large,, contract, comprising seven. ; miles ot formation, and one very large ■bridge, the expenditure. ranging be« jtween forty and fifty jLhous and.- pounds, land the period for completion being I twenty-twp. months; ./We ; also learn ithat the railway section formerly let to Mr P.^ Mej^rath, who did aoout nine months' work on it before his inso'veney, has been re-let to Mtssrs Trevor and Sheilds, of this city, who have now signed the,contract. ; Tbis section is to be completed m,, twelve months, the amount ranging between four 1 and five thousand pounds. The -floating of the 'Company's debentures m London, ■ an*rounced yesterday, will ensure ; the: 'prosecution of railway construction wi{h^ as much rapidity, as is. compatible; : wither economical working. ' . 5 •