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In However in 1926 the following is recorded "Messers. Parry and Company’s light Railway runs from [[Tiruchendur]] to [[Tissianvilai]] touching the port of [[Kulasekarapatnam]], which has shipping connection with Colombo and Tuticorin."<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=SzWvq8EYBwUC&pg=PA133&hl=fr&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false "llustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway – 1926"; page 133]; Retrieved 14 19 Dec 20152017</ref>. It must be assumed that the railway was completed by '[[Parry and Company]]' as a private line
Parry and Co were a long established trading company with diverse business interests including shipping. <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=8WNEcgMr11kC&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq=Messrs+Parry+and+Company&source=bl&ots=0kZ5weXQL1&sig=laVy5QXRoYB4rRFnumdt4PuuTOA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5pber5snJAhUCzxoKHb41AuoQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=Messrs%20Parry%20and%20Company&f=false "Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources" by Arnold Wright page 166]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>''No further information has been found''
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<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n160/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 152]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref>
There is no evidence that this MG line was constructedby the SIR.
Note: '[[Parry and Company]]'No further information has been foundwere a long established trading company with diverse business interests including shipping and insurance as well as in the sugar and fertilizer industries . It was one of India's largest [[Managing_Agencies|Managing Agents]] and had offices in 16 towns in the [[Madras Presidency]] as well as [[Calcutta]], [[Bombay]] and [[Rangoon]]. [[Parry and Company|' 'See separate page for more infomation'']]
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