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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
352 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 18
IT appears to be very difficult to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion with regard to the means by which the next generation of Australians are likely to be able to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I perceive by your report of Monday's proceedings in the Legislative Assembly that the sum of £7000 has been voted for a low level bridge at Windsor, though no plans or estimates have been prepared of its form or cost, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN inquest was he[?]d at Melbourne on Monday, the 19th, by Mr. Candler, the district coroner, on the body of a man named Thomas M'Gann, who was accidentally killed on the Victorian railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN inquest was held at Melbourne on Monday, the 19th, by Mr. Candler, the district coroner, on the body of a man named Thomas M'Gann, who was accidentally killed on the Victorian railway line near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I notice a letter signed "Observer" in your issue of the 17th instant in reference to the above subject, trenching upon the question as to whether a low-level bridge could be built over the Hawkesbury River here for the sum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I see by the late proceedings in the Legislative Assembly that the sum of £7000 has been voted for the construction of a "low level bridge" over the Hawkesbury at Windsor, and, as I suppose, near the present ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Some misconception appears to have arison with regard to the estimated cost of the proposed extensions of the Southern and Western Railways to Yass and Orange. An impression appears to prevail that the cost will not be less…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following is a report from the Engineer-in-chief to the Commissioner for railways:— Department of Public Works Hallway Branch. Engineer's Office, Sydney, 8th Fibruary, 1$71…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SLEEPING car has recently been constructed by Messrs. Kimball and Co., of San Francisco, for the Central Pacific Railroad Company, which is said to surpass, in comfort and elegance, die Pullman palaces, which have attracted so…
Continued on Trove, page 601 →SOME misconception appears to have arisen with regard to the estimated cost of the proposed extensions of the Southern and Western Railway to Yass and Orange. An impression appears to prevail that the cost will not be less…
Continued on Trove, page 594 →THE following, is a report from the Engineer-in-chief to the Commissioner for railways:— Department of Public Works Railway Branch. Engineers's Office, Sydney, 8th February, 1871…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALTHOUGH the era of railroad construction was inaugurated at a comparatively early day in California, the Sacramento Valley, the first road built, having commenced operations…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE following is a report from the Engineer-in-chief to the Commissioner for railways:—Department of Public Works Railway Branch, Engineer's Office, Sydney, 8th February, 1871…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON the 14th of June the Government carried a resolution in Committee of the Whole of the Legislative Assembly, by seventeen votes to four, affirming the desirability of borrowing one million sterling for the extension of existing lines to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN several cities of the United States, Messrs. Arcling and Porter's steam road rollers are now in we. In speaking of their utility and economy, the Scientific American says:—"If we examine mechanically the state of a rolled and an…
Continued on Trove, page 634 →IN several cities of the United States, Messrs. Areling and Porter's steam road rollers are now in use. In speaking of their utility and economy, the Scientific American says:— "If we examine mechanically the state of a rolled and an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MY pet is out at nurse—baby-farmed, in fact, by an elderly-trunk-line of much and sore experience. The venerable beldam is supposed to be sedulously training it in the way in which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I believe that you are always ready to devote your attention to the consideration of the means by which the resources of the colony can be utilised. You are an advocate for railway extension, and I have therefore taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Government of Victoria proposes to call for tenders for the various works of the third and last section of the North-eastern Railway, which will be sixty-five miles long, or thereabouts, on 2nd October next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A NEW table of rates for the carriage of merobandise and live stock on the Great Southern, Westorn, and Richmond Railways, to come into operation on the 1st of August, has just been issued by the Hon, J. Byrnes,…
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