RAIL WAY ELECTRIFICATION.
THE'CHRISTCHURCH LINE. [BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] . Wellington, Wednesday. An adverse report from Messrs. Beattie and Coom, of the Railway Department, on the question* of the electrification of the Christ-oburch-Lyttelton railway was _ laid on the table of the House to-3ay. The report gives detailfl of lines already electrified in Europe, and shows that the electrification ,of the Lyttelton-Christchurch section would be very costly, involving an extra expense of £18,000 a year in working. ; The step is -therefore '■ not recommended. The report states that the smoke nuisance in the Lyttelton tunnel could be abated by the use of oil engines.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13845, 3 September 1908, Page 5
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100RAIL WAY ELECTRIFICATION. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13845, 3 September 1908, Page 5
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