From the Kearney Files
Sydney Herald 19th September 1922
UNDER THE HARBOUR
THE PROPOSED TUBE.
There would be no interference with navigation or dredging, as the tunnel would be 100 feet below low water mark. Mr. Kearney has devised a system which does away with the costly lifts which are used in London tubes. By his system grades up to one in seven can be negotiated with ease and safety.
His cars will come to the surface when required to take in and discharge passengers on the street level, and the fact that his cars will come to the surface by steep grades and get down again does away with costly street resumptions. His system, stated Mr. Booth, has-been approved by the highest authorities, including Mr. J. Davis, late under - secretary of Public Works, and now consulting engineer in London to the New South Wales Government. The adoption of Mr. Kearney's scheme, Mr. Booth was sure, would mean the employment of a large number of miners in providing the iron, and an army of workers in foundries, in addition to the large number of skilled and unskilled workers engaged in the construction of the tunnel. If the Government is unable to finance the scheme, Mr. Kearney is in a position to form a private Australian company to operate on commercial lines. The adoption of the Kearney top and bottom rail system cannot, says Mr. Booth, predudice the running of through main - line trains, composed of ordinary rolling stock.
Mr. Kearney has large working models of carriages, platforms, gradients, curves, etc., and he is prepared to bring them to Sydney if the Government will provide the cost. £2,000, for which he will not only bring the models, but will place himself at the Government's disposal for two months to give all details and illustrations. Even in the event of the city railway being proceeded with, Mr. Kearney, as an expert, could save thousands of pounds, said Mr. Booth. On receipt of a cable, Mr Kearney would leave London and be here in a few weeks.
The advantages of a tunnel over a bridge were outlined by Mr. Booth. By its adoption the raw material will be mined and manufactured in Australia; with the exception of a few experts all work and supervision will be done by local labour, and most important of all, the Government will have this most necessary work carried out in a year from the date of commencement at a guaranteed cost which cannot be exceeded and without the necessity of financing it, if they do desire.
Sydney Herald 19th September 1922
UNDER THE HARBOUR
THE PROPOSED TUBE.
There would be no interference with navigation or dredging, as the tunnel would be 100 feet below low water mark. Mr. Kearney has devised a system which does away with the costly lifts which are used in London tubes. By his system grades up to one in seven can be negotiated with ease and safety.
His cars will come to the surface when required to take in and discharge passengers on the street level, and the fact that his cars will come to the surface by steep grades and get down again does away with costly street resumptions. His system, stated Mr. Booth, has-been approved by the highest authorities, including Mr. J. Davis, late under - secretary of Public Works, and now consulting engineer in London to the New South Wales Government. The adoption of Mr. Kearney's scheme, Mr. Booth was sure, would mean the employment of a large number of miners in providing the iron, and an army of workers in foundries, in addition to the large number of skilled and unskilled workers engaged in the construction of the tunnel. If the Government is unable to finance the scheme, Mr. Kearney is in a position to form a private Australian company to operate on commercial lines. The adoption of the Kearney top and bottom rail system cannot, says Mr. Booth, predudice the running of through main - line trains, composed of ordinary rolling stock.
Mr. Kearney has large working models of carriages, platforms, gradients, curves, etc., and he is prepared to bring them to Sydney if the Government will provide the cost. £2,000, for which he will not only bring the models, but will place himself at the Government's disposal for two months to give all details and illustrations. Even in the event of the city railway being proceeded with, Mr. Kearney, as an expert, could save thousands of pounds, said Mr. Booth. On receipt of a cable, Mr Kearney would leave London and be here in a few weeks.
The advantages of a tunnel over a bridge were outlined by Mr. Booth. By its adoption the raw material will be mined and manufactured in Australia; with the exception of a few experts all work and supervision will be done by local labour, and most important of all, the Government will have this most necessary work carried out in a year from the date of commencement at a guaranteed cost which cannot be exceeded and without the necessity of financing it, if they do desire.
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