THE Newfoundland Railway although now owned and operated as a Government facility, was originally built as a private undertaking, or a series of private undertakings, in the period 1893-1897. The lines were taken over by the Government in 1923 from the Reid Newfoundland Company and have been merged into one system consisting of a main line from Portaux-Basques to St. John's and certain branch lines of varying importance and chequered history, only a few of which are actually in operation. P.L. Pratley
MARCH MEETINGS THURSDAY, 27th MARCH, 1941. An Ordinary Meeting of the Institution of Structural Engineers will be held at 11, Upper Belgrave Street, London, S.W.1, on Thursday, 27th March, 1941, at 1 p.m., when a paper entitled “Inspection of Main Line Bridges, Newfoundland Railway,” by Dr. P. L. Pratley, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Struct.E., M.E.I.C., M.Am.Soc.C.E., of Montreal, will be read on behalf of the Author. Light refreshments will be served at 12.45 p.m.
MAY I first draw attention to three misprints in Mr. Mason’s paper, of which only the first leads to any serious misunderstanding. J.L. Matheson