Wellington Manawatu Railway.
We extract the following f rom the annual report" of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce :—Soon.after■the last annual meeting of this chamber, the contract between the Government and the Wellington and Manawatu Railway : Company was definitely settled and executed, and the Company has since prosecuting the construction? of the line with commendable vigor. The most difficult and important parts of the work have already been let, including several tunnels at Kaiwarra, the reclamation, m • Wellington Harbor, and" the bi'idge over the Manawatu River; m addition to which . : a> considerable extent of line has been surveyed and located, for which tenders willshortly be called. ■As a large proportion of the unlet part of V the line runs through country presenting little or no engineering difficulties, it is - conr fidently anticipated that the* whole will be completed well within the time stiptilated m the contract with the G;overnTneut. Your committee congratulates the chamber upon the progress of . this most, impor tan fc work. -.':■
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Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 224, 31 March 1883, Page 2
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164Wellington Manawatu Railway. Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 224, 31 March 1883, Page 2
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