Riihvay Development of the Hinterland of B.G. 101 



As Georgetown should be the objective, I proposed to halve the 

 base of the triangle and make Huntley, some 35 miles east of Georgetown, 

 the junction for the commencement of the new construction to the 

 Hinterland, utilizing the existing line from Georgetown to Huntley. The 

 estimated distance from Huntley to the Ireng River is 331 miles or 9 

 miles less than the Ireng River to Georgetown by Mr. Bland's route with 

 the consequent saving of an equal amount of new construction. Apart 

 from the foregoing many important considerations point to Huntley 

 being the best point from which to branch off to the Hinterland. 



The junction would be approximately equidistant from Rosignol and 

 Georgetown so that passengers would receive equal treatment when 

 going to either east or west, and also the route from Huntley would 

 traverse the water parting between the Mahaicony and Abary creeks for 

 some 50 miles. This country is reported as fine rolling savannah and the 

 finest cattle country in the Colony. 



The line would gradually trend to the south and west until it 

 joined the intersection point of Mr. Bland's alternative routes in the 

 Potaro a little to the north of the Mariwa River. 



The line would cross the Demerara River at Mallali by a steel span 

 bridge of 350' in length. Mallali would become an important station 

 because some 15 miles below it, the Government is establishing an import- 

 ant quarry, and some 15 miles further down again is Akyma, where the 

 bauxite mines are located and being worked. A branch line could be run 

 from a point about 20 miles above Mallali to Akyma. 



From the junction with Mr. Bland's line or route, that line would be 

 followed to the termination upon the Ireng River. 



In utilizing the existing railway from Georgetown to Rosignol, it is 

 proposed to lay down a third rail forming the metre gauge so that the 

 trains from the Hinterland could come both to Rosignol and Georgetown 

 without the passengers and freight having to be changed. In this connec- 

 tion I also proposed to bridge the Berbice River, landing the bridge on the 

 north bank of the Canje Creek, so that any further extension along the East 

 and Corentyne Coasts would not necessitate a costly bridge over the creek. 

 By the foregoing means passengers could be landed in Georgetown and 

 New Amsterdam from anywhere in the interior on the Hinterland Rail- 

 way, four hours and six hours respectively earlier than if Mr. Bland's line 

 was adopted only to Wismar, and, as has been already shown and pointed 

 out by Mr. Bland himself, great difficulties as to cost and competition 

 would be experienced by extending his line from Wismar. 



Since writing my official report in 1917, the matter of the 

 Berbice River bridge has been further considered and altered with 



