THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.
(TER BRJ33S ASSOCIATION.) Cprp ST.cp p ß.cn, January 7. Very gep.eral satisfaction is expressed here pypr tfie letting of .the first contract on the r&flw&y to the West. Coast. It is proposed to hold a demonstration on the turning of the first sod. The line to be constructed extends from Springfield to Kowai Bu?h, a « istance of five miles a> d o half. Iwo bridges are required-one over the big Kowai River, 373 feet in length, and one ~ *->efc long over the Little Kowai. 1 hese „ ‘■•ueted on iron cylinders. There Smjsns* £ s torvrsWo* ‘° b,! d °° B “ bs,vy throughout.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 932, 10 January 1890, Page 15
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102THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. New Zealand Mail, Issue 932, 10 January 1890, Page 15
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