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COST OF TUBE RAILWAYS.
v .Widely Divergent Estimates.
SYDNEY, Thursday.— Mr. 13. W. Ke'ar-
" " -ry, tho i-aihvuy inventor, who staled
yesterday that lie would build the eastern
suburbs underground railway for
iil.OOO.OOO a mile, replied to-day. to ' Dr.
'Bradfiold, who said it could be. done for
,41600,000 a- mile.
«,h,ihv.v earn i|ib Jigures; lllCUlUUll
stations and rolling slock. When the line
Was out of the tube it would cost only
£50,000 per mile, and the total for five
imlcH would.be about £1.137,500.
Dr. Bradficld quoted £600,000 per mile,
or a total of £3,000,000 for the five miles.
Mr. Kearney avers that the present tube
.. railway in Sydney cost £1,000,000 per
mile.
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