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WARBURTON RAILWAY EXTEN
SION.
Tlie resources of the Upper -Yarra valley are just
now receiving special attention in view of the
proposed railway from Warburton eastward to a
point near the O'Shunassy River junction. In
quiries have been made by Mr. Barnes, M.L.A.,
at the Forest department as to the quantity of
timber in the territory. Tlie timber available on
the northern side of the Yarra has been greatly
reduced by the reservation of 33,001) acres of Iitmt
for the Metropolitan Hoard, but Wm burton re.i-
dents interested in the proposed railway, state
that there are very large timber supplies on tlie
Dividing KaAge mrttwand of. 'the Heirfeeiiiio-Marys-
ville read, towanls Wood's Point. 'Iliey state that
one splitter in this waterhcdi has now over
2,000,000 palings, which lie cannot dispose of ow
ing to the lack of proper transportation facilities
They also sUitc that there is n large quantity of
flue mountain ash on the belt running eastward
from tho head of M'Mohon's Greek to Mount
Horsefill, and tliat the extension of the Warbur
ton line about nine miles eastward would encour-
age saw niillere and timber cutters to establish
inilU in these new areas. It is understood that the
tvarburton Progress Association will form a denu-
tatlnn' to wait on the Ministers of Forests and
.ibuhvays at a later stage, to urge the carrying out
of the proposed railway extension.
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