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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
209 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 11
YESTERDAY the weather was more boisterous than on any of the preceding three days. Rain fell in torrents during the earlier part of the day. Between 10 and 11 o'clock it blew s perfect hurricane from the eastward,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Would you be pleased to inform me through the medium of your paper, for what purpose is the road superintendent and overseer of the above named roads, paid a stipulated salary yearly? Is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE discontinuance of the rain on Tuesday evening enabled the repairs required to render the Campbelltown line in a fit state for traffic to be proceeded with yesterday. Several gangs of men were employed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I read your article headed as above in the Herald of this morning, and it put me in mind to write down a few notes on matters which came under my observation many times in travelling on the line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE damage done to the Great Southern Railway by the recent heavy rains has been so far repaired as to allow of the traffic being resumed, and accordingly the trains will to-day commence running as usual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I am not an engineer, but one of a great number who w[?]sh for some information on the following subjects:— First—Ought an engineer to know how much[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—With reference to your very pertinent leader in this day's issue, in which you state that "you do not rightly know on whom rests the real responsibility of laying out that portion of the works that are now under repair, between Liverpool and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The extensive damage sustained by the Great Southern Railway from the heavy rains in April last has naturally created considerable anxiety as to the stability of the railway works after the scarcely less…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIr,âHaving entered a first-class carriage for a pleasure trip as far as our railway yet extends, I anticipated a most agreeable journey, there being only three ladies for my fellow-travellers. At the third station from Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A[?] the dull and brooding night A grain[?] files with demon light And breath of wreat[?] smoke; Around him [?] the whirling plain,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A HALF-YEARLY meeting of the shareholders in the Pyrmont Bridge Company was held at the Company's offices, George-street, yesterday afternoon "for the purpose of receiving the report for the half-year ended the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,[?]"Advance" is certainly not the Bridge Company's motto, "for there is the same inconvenient pay place as at first;" who, in England, ever saw a bridge opened without a turnstile with slabs to place the pence on?…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following, from the Marysville Express, shews the rate at which they carry on railway works in the infant state of California. It refers to the line between San Francisco and Marysville;—"Twenty-one miles of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Monday last the report of the arrival of the Hon. J. Robertson, the Premier, being freely circulated, several members of the Transit Association met at Mrs. Sadler's Inn about two o'clock p.m., when it was determined that a deputation from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS bridge connects the New York Central and Great Western of Canada Railways, and the immense traffic which ponred over it after its opening, on 19th March, 1855, evidenced the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—May I claim a small portion of your widely circulated journal, to lay before your readers what I deem a very great injustice to me on the part of the railway officials at Campbelltown, on a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I observe that the effect of the recent floods is drawing the attention of the public to the low level of the Southern Railway, which exposes it to the violence of their waters, causing great expense in repairs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the last number of the Mechanic's Magazine that has reached us we find an article on horse railroads, in which drawings are given of a dozen different forms of rails for such roads,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—One of the greatest services that a journal like yours can do to a community is on the one hand to expose the public servant, whoever he may be, who neglects his duty; and on the other to protect…
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