Railway Materials
S.I. MAIN TRUNK WORKS.
Per Press Association.
CIIRISTCHURCI-I, Sept. 20,
Describing tho present condition of the railway construction depot at Parnassus, a correspondent states that when tiro work of the South Island Main Trunk line was suspended the depot was a mass of sheds, rails, sleepers, pipes, and other heterogeneous material. A glimpse of the same yard today shows a great difference. The fit-ting-shop, which contained much of the latest machinery, specially bought for the works, has been completely emptied. Many concrete mixers, air compressors, and primps have been scattered far and wide over the country. Outside in the yard one sees very few rails left out of miles and miles of service rails used on the job. The rails have been bought by farmers for fence posts and by contractors for concreto reinforcing. Should the works be reopened, the correspondent states, it would be necessary to acquire anew practically everything needed for the job. Even most of the workers’ cottages have been sold.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 221, 21 September 1934, Page 8
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