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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
(PROVINCE OF NELSON.)
Published by Authority.
All Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XVI. NELSON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1868. No. 20.
Superintendent's Office,
Nelson, 21st April, 1868.
THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the publication of the following Report for general information.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary.
RAILWAY FROM NELSON TO THE WEST COAST.
REPORT UPON THE BEST LINE FOR A RAILWAY BETWEEN NELSON AND COBDEN, WITH A BRANCH TO WESTPORT; AND UPON THE PROBABLE COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME.
To His Honour OSWALD CURTIS, Superintendent of Nelson Province.
SIR,—The extraordinary weather which prevailed in the Buller and Grey districts from September of last year, to the middle of January, of the present year, so interrupted my examination of those districts, and so debarred the progress of my party, as to lead to my being detained in the field very much longer than I anticipated.
Cause of delay in Report.
- Unfortunate as this detention has been in many ways besides that of its cost, it is, on the whole, not to be regretted, for it has enabled me to see the country under the most unfavourable circumstances, and has shown me by the most unerring of all guides, the proper levels to be adopted, viz., that of seeing the highest known floods of the district.
Highest known Floods seen.
- The heavy floods which have occurred repeatedly in the Rivers Buller and Grey, and their tributaries, during my passage through the interior of the country, will have a highly important bearing upon the general elevation which the line of the proposed railway should have over the ordinary water line of those rivers, and also upon the character of the bridge structures best calculated, to successfully resist the action of similar floods; and, consequently, these considerations will have a material effect on the gross cost of a line of railway that will be safe and secure from damage by floods under all circumstances.
High Floods regulate general level of line.
- Had I not seen these floods, I could not have credited any description of their heights and velocities, and I should have probably fallen into the error of recommending works at unsuitable levels, and so, perhaps, have been instrumental to the expenditure of a large sum of money in a fruitless effort to secure permanency to works, the evils of which no reasonable amount of after expenditure could have corrected. I am, therefore, glad that I
Floods point out true level for railway.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1868, No 20
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🏘️ Notice of publication of a report on the proposed railway from Nelson to the West Coast
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government21 April 1868
Railway, Nelson, West Coast, Cobden, Westport, Report, Infrastructure
- Oswald Curtis (His Honour), Superintendent of Nelson Province, recipient of the report
- Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary
🏗️ Report upon the best line for a railway between Nelson and Cobden, with a branch to Westport
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksRailway, Nelson, Cobden, Westport, Buller River, Grey River, Engineering, Floods