THE HAMILTON RAILWAY BRIDGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6565, 1 December 1882, Page 3

THE HAMILTON RAILWAY BRIDGE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l see that your Waikato correspondent lias again called attention to the present state ot' progress of the erection of the Hamilton railway bridge, and has referred to its possible insecurity, arising from the great height that the cylinders are above the bed of the river and the yielding nature of the material through which the cylinders are sunk, a verylight pumice sand. In the public interest and safety, the matter of the erection of this bridge cmnot bo brought too prominently forward, ami before beiJi" proceeded with any further a thorough investigation of the pl.'-.ns, locality, and general conditions under which the V ridge is being erected, should be made by a commission of competent Civil Kis»ineers,say, Mr. lVuickctt, Mr. Blair, Mr. •J. Stewart, and Mr. Errington, upon whose judgment of its safety or otherwise the public could safely rely, and it would be the means of allaying thy very strong public feeling that nowexists of its insecurity. The work is now at a standstill, and no more opportune time could be chosen than the present. —I am, &c., Mechanic.