THE EAST COAST RAILWAY.
* Sir,ln your valuable paper I notice a letter signed A. J. Whiteside, •re the Pae- , roa-Wacrenga route. -Mr., Whiteside states tho Paeroa-Drury route is out of the question, on account Of costly tunnelling through the Pvazorback hills. ' Evidently 'Mr. Whitesido is not acquainted , with this route, -as it does riot touch the Razorback hills, but comes along the flat at the foot of the range from Drury, thence through, a valley at Bombay to Maungatawhiri, and does not require any tunnelling. This proposed route ■is, 1 consider, of great importance,-- ancl passes through first-class land all the-way, and avoids undrainable swamps /and -waste lands. Another great advantage would be that at a small expense the Main Trunk line could be connected, straightened, and shortened by at least 10 miles. There are : also good prospects of gold, iron ore, manganese, and building stone in vast quantities j on this Paeroa-Drury route. • Bombay, j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13305, 11 October 1906, Page 7
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156THE EAST COAST RAILWAY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13305, 11 October 1906, Page 7
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