OTIRA TUNNEL.
NEARING COMPLETION. SHOULD BE READY BY MAY. Christchurch, Jan. 17. A Press representative who made a triji through the Otira tunnel on Tuesday says the official estimate is that the work would be completed in May, and providing there are no untoward circumstances, this expectation should be realised. Workmen are tightening up the viaduct at Arthur’s Pass end, and at both ends is some raillaying and ballasting to be done. Timber is being brought through by the temporary electrical system for service buildings at Arthur’s Pass end, and the installing of the permanent overhead cables is to be commenced this week. The fears expressed in the early stages of the work of the boring of the hole, to the effect that the springs would be difficult to control, are not in the slightest extent being realised. Everything connected with the work and its difficult approaches is of outstanding solidarity, nothing that could be humanly provided to ensure safety and permanency having been neglected.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1923, Page 4
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165OTIRA TUNNEL. Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1923, Page 4
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