RAILWAY BUILDING-POLICY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 10

RAILWAY BUILDING-POLICY.

i; t ——« r r: FORTY-SIX LlNlisi asiced'.'for.*b> ••••'• >,' ,<[-> V'-i>•;■.■*; |.. ' TWO TO BE CONCENTRATED ON. . Some .interesting remarks upon future rail- . «■" - > *»", building- polity /wore inado by. the Hon. E M'Kmzie, Minister f(jr Public Works, to ■' • a-deputation consisting o? Mr.» W. IV- Miissey, /■'iitho E.AliMhelson,. M.L.C., and in ■■ T. Barribal, wljith wilted upon him regard. ,to. thovproposecf ,• Wa»uku railway on % baturday • ! ! .pointed} out to,; tho Minister that , ral ! w ! a 3 r > v ®s, promised over 25 years agot Jho'e-ltension sought was for ll miles from i'ukeKohe Ihero wcro no engineering difficulties—not one' tunnel, 'and only one small bridge, along the rootc » If constructed, the line would easily pay threo per cent, which F W mL ld « guaranteed by, tho settlers ■/*; ; ..• Tho Minister;.in,.reply; mentioned that the [' line would cost over .£50,000 to construct He i 1 , .was sahsfied * thdlrjthero.'were reasonable * f pects of the hn6 paying,' but he did not sea any prospect of-the lme> being laid down for . many years. Only recently he had submitted r ■■■*■ ■ to, Cabinet-a- scnoduleroi' no fowor than 46 lines ■■■' m.'different portions of tho' country ! O Tho aggregate len|?th of all these lines would r;.,; be .betweon. 1100 and 1200 imiles, and the aggro. [ gite cost would'be 12 'millions Includ«d in j>. ■■; ■;;, tho.; lines. in ,question was ,tho Waiuku' -railI way. In view of tho howould sug-> •tsfc ■ -itho iWaiukuY p,?o£le;.;thhttth&Vshould , establish;; an.'Oilv motor-isemte/ton -'their own . ' account. To lav; down, a trnnntay would be i' . m ach 5 cheaperthan ,> tas build ,n> 'railway. Ho • < might mention that th'e. Government ut pre i sent was going -to tonccntratti its efforts; on 1 i " puslnng on, the North t Auokland .and > East :;Cdast;;lihc3. Jv : --*'"i '.vr'*' 1 ' I .'*-: * 1 ihi;;; - Mr. Mnssoy thought that'it was hardly fair' tbat the. people'- should ;be advised to estabi -- -i': lish a, tramwayon- their < own account, when (is,;;, tho.lino had;been promised for so low- Othor-vnse.i-ho said xthe settlers could hape done as was now. suggested years ago. .; ■ Tho Minister Well, 1 I two already put I the matter beforo Cabinet. [7 Mr. Massey: Can we tttko it that tho matter r/:.'.'.'. , i , -.,:...*jll. , Teceiyo.vfurthßr consideration in any Anf,, thonsation Bill that - will conte > down ; thiaj <;■■•./,•■■■ . "As far as I: know*, tho' Goyernraont haye Kj ■ no intention of bringing,' down ' a Railways' Authorisation Bill thi^:sesilon 4 " replied the