West Coast Railway.
, » i.- ■ ; -o 1 f Welhb «tbif ; Pa pter. ) ' J The \Vtj)lijQ({(Qn'»Mßnawatu^ Railway^ has between 600 and 700 men at work on the Hue at thii and a .nuaibjr at th.c Longfea^fl^'iid.' Twenty ni6nlti<i hence it is expected to be~opened as far as Otaty froqjjthje PalmftEstod side.' 11 An immense' amount of heavy-work bus to be done be.- . twflen Y^bllingjpn/ and ; Poriru»i' .whic|i takd'a lon>f time (o do. All the coutrnctors Tieißni to be carry ih'or out their works very energofietliy. The company ii using steel rail^of thebastjkind., which are mu'cb' cheaper than "fonuerly, owing to tbe ; great improveiiientßin the miuiu> fact » re of stee) direct fiorn the ore— ,ithereby« saving -one ye exb^naive : 'sage — namely r the conversion; .of, tihe ; pfe fait, I into Won and th4h into aieelc. Added td ! thisj-th'e'fwltid'ihe'vameof jiron haa been aboilfc 40 per cent,, sd' ttih't durable steel raijs- cam now be landed m this colony for 1568 than half wbat the Ne,w .^ealand Government gave, for more perishable iron rails when they first began to build railway?. .../,, •■ ,i •■o '■ . '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 95, 18 March 1884, Page 3
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178West Coast Railway. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 95, 18 March 1884, Page 3
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