The plan involved gaining permission to construct a section of portable track to meet the existing CSR tram - track .
Gravel could be collected from the North Johnstone River at Goondi and carted to the building site in boxed cane trams drawn along the track by horses .
The plan involved gaining permission to construct a section of portable track to meet the existing CSR tram - track so that gravel could be collected from the North Johnstone River at Goondi and carted to the building site in boxed cane trams drawn along the track by horses .