Railway Development of the Hinterland of B.O. 103 



This machine is capable of digging and throwing up earthworks for 

 a double line of railway estimated at three feet cut and bank at the rate 

 of 500 feet per day or some 30 miles per annum, this is in hard earth or 

 clay. Since writing my report above referred to, some 60 miles of the 

 earthworks could have been constructed at a cost of some $57,000, this 

 allows for paying interest on the dredger at 6% and 10^ depreciation. 



The present machine will cost a little more than the dredger was 

 estimated to cost, but would, I should say, do the work cheaper. 



One great factor in the construction of the line from Huntley is the 

 fact that the Mahaicony Creek is very near, and that the canal formed 

 by the machine could be utilised as a means by which all the railway 

 supplies could be brought direct by punt. Anyone who has constructed 

 a railway where water transport was not available will fully appreciate 

 this most important economy and convenience. 



Considerable publicity has been given to the writer's scheme and it 

 may be that expropriation of lands may be necessary in a far greater 

 measure than when it was first put forward. 



