AKAROA RAILWAY.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 293, 9 May 1879, Page 2

AKAROA RAILWAY.

To ihe JBdiiorlofi iheixAfoiroa Matt. ' : Sir,—There are; roai&y>qtbiriga: Vtifrexplicable" with reference to the Peninsula bdsides the collapse of the Governor's visit, : F'.nfllterß that bo." One very important mattfrnjbw , i; place ia the.purvey^o&jfoe^jiefrom {he. f oot df Late' I^orsytß ip; Akaroa Haiji bor. A matter or i. gener , a>'&#irn^nt;^ere 1 6n ar|» > ; -in'tendin'g<to a&ffiey' have gone i they are already some 200 fefet above the - -YaUeyraadyindar.ihe.hoteliat.Littiß Kiver. i and the gradient is to be cofitymed, so.that there wil{.,b^r, l h^L | leyel -bridges and viar ■ ducts crossing every "valley. , '* The line wilt be r hupg up ehovq oiir heaas Hke/<a cob- ■ • !: and:for carrying purposes' other than passengers, will-be utterly useless either i fpr ftiitlti W#&f ,<}f. Akaroa Harbor, and i this is being done to shorten the tunnel . by a heavy grade on both sides, which no , doubt wiU.,re.d,uce. the, chanc,e,of, ,4Jtarpa i. Harbor cotnjsetnig"V»Jtn LytteltOn; Vtri over- I \ crowded Ifactj , fish j [ pond com pared, to.a port like Liverpool of . A l k& r Hafb6r:"' l > - '* ■ It will be a great-mistake if ever the L .line is made up and dawn .such ateep,gra- \ fosr'''tjie sake : ]iif, 'shorter L -tunnil,' 1 'the : extr4' &cl, would > go a long? way i> tannelj-tdi say- ndtliing abouti the! conipen-' r cation that would hare to be paid, as it j [\yillrpass, tljrpuglj ell privato property; \ wtier'eaei the^inejs"already reserved in the \ valley below. ' Snrely, with'a population j and wealth ,100 times as ,: larjge, as it was > whdh Moorho'use's tunnel was madei we i could afford to make < one -, now, to the s finest harbor In New Zealand. ' ..'.:. i Having thus far mentioned the matter, : I hope the people will not lose i 1 sight of it before it is too late. I Yours, &c, I " AN OBSERVER.