From the Kearney Files.
NORTHBRIDGE.
The Railway League has been busy since it's inception gathering information in support of the construction of the railway through Northbridge, and has obtained a vast array of facts confirming it's claims.
The main requirements that appear to be essential for the granting of a railway are that it should have fair grades along its route, have for a passenger railway, such as this line would be, sufficient population along the line requiring transport, and also a large number of non - residents requiring carriage along the route. We have these essentials for our proposal and they should, from the start, more than pay the costs of upkeep and interest charges, etc.
In addition to having a decided superiority over other routes in these particulars, it has another and greater advantage in the crossing of Middle Harbour, for it is one of the few places that Middle Harbour can be easily crossed with a low level railway bridge.
The soundings from the Bluff to Northbridge have revealed that the solid rock here is not covered with loose silt as in other parts of Middle Harbour. This will considerably facilitate construction of the piers for the bridge.
It has been stated that the difference in cost of a bridge from Northbridge compared with other sites will be £500,000 in favour of our site.
Other factors in favour of the Northbridge route are the non competition with other services running to the city such as ferry routes, that it does not run parallel with the existing tram lines, and that it is the only route that really serves all the Northern Suburbs from Ryde, Eastwood, Epping, etc., to St Leonard's, Artarmon , Willoughby, etc., with direct communication with our ocean beaches on the north side of the harbour.
This direct access should be their inalienable right,and they must see that it is granted in the present -- not at some later date after the expenditure of money in other directions that will be useless.
From these facts it will be seen that this is essentially a national railway, as it will make it so much better for all residents of the state to get direct to the beaches or vice versa, and all residents of Northbridge should get to work to urge it's immediate construction.
Attend the meeting on ,24th July and show your interest, and then talk -- talk -- talk of its virtues to all whom you meet.
Principle of the Kearney Railway Company Arrives.
Mr. E. W. Chalmers Kearney, the Australian inventor and engineer, who had been abroad, returned by the Hobson"s Bay on Monday last. He is here to meet members of the present Government and to explain his scheme in relation to the construction of a railway from Sydney to Newport. Mr. Kearney was met on the wharf by members of various engineering interests, and his Australian representative. Mr. H. W. Booth and the Secretary of the Northbridge Railway League, Mr, J. S. Figgis.
In the course of an interview Mr. Kearney stated he would wait on the Acting - Premier, Mr. Buttenshaw, and the Treasurer, Mr. Stevens, almost immediately, with a view to getting a decision as early as possible.
Mr. Kearney has brought with him a working model of the railway, and also a film and many slides in connection with his system. The latter will be shown at a public meeting to be held in the Northbridge Picture Theatre on Thursday, July 24th at 8 p.m., when it is expected that Messer's. Buttenshaw (Acting - Premier), Stevens (Treasurer), Weaver (Mines), Dr. Arthur (Health), Sanders (Willoughby), Marks (North Sydney), and Died (Manly) will be present. In additions, invitations have been extended to the Mayor's and Aldermen of the surrounding municipalities, to Dr. Bradfield, Messer's. Clearly, Maddocks and Milne, and to the representatives of the many Progress Associations in the district.
This meeting, which will be held under the auspices of the Northbridge Progress Association and Railway League, will be first at which the public will have an opportunity of hearing Mr. Kearney.
Sydney to Newport Railway
Northbridge Railway League gets active.
At the invitation of the Northbridge Railway League and Progress Association, Mr. E. W. Chalmers Kearney msde s tour of the surrounding districts on Saturday, 12th inst., accompanied by the President of the Progress Association and other members. The cars were supplied by Messrs, S. M. Cook and R. Milroy, and a most valuable afternoon was spent, which proved of considerable benefit to Mr. Kearney in making his proposition to the Government. Mr. Kearney was most definite that the statement that had appeared in the press relative to Cabinet's attitude towards his scheme was misleading; he stated that Cabinet was still giving attention to his scheme and that the Harbour meeting was not addressed by any representative of his company. The tour of inspection included Mosman, The Spit, Manly, Northbridge and St Leonard's. Mr. Kearney was most impressed with the district, and, to use his own words, said " the Kearney system was designed for your district".
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