WADESTOWN TRAMWAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 677, 30 November 1909, Page 3

WADESTOWN TRAMWAY.

•: LOAN PROPOSALS APPROVED. About',2oo -ratofrayere' from tho Wadoslown ' district attended 1 tho statutory meeting convencdby -Hit; Mayor of Wellington (Dr. New. ; '■ man), for tho purpose of. , considering tho proposartb borrow. tho;6um : b£,\£33,000. for tho ' ' constrnotion.ofa. tramway: to their\Eubnrb ' ' " ?-ho Mayor, presided, and' there.wore , , also pro. ' wnt on tho platform tho Town Clerk (Mr. J . j u >?*s• th ? ■Oity:Engmeori , (Mr'. W, H. . ■S?H B .ft«-» Electrical; Engineer air Stuart ■Riohardsonknna.,tho;members of tho . tramways Committee. -,■■'-■■■■: ,\- .. .. ' His?• mI".!? 6 ; ' ho^ toc ««dings:tho 7Mayor said seemi,] : \ Ud f°, by ' the ratcpajere seemed to.take a keen .interest' in' tho idler the!- Zv t!-amw «"-.,^ £ler ..l«ngthy negotiate . t c> vere measurable-; distance of \ht I P L° JCpt; •■ H ? r « f «™d' to; the failure of ' ' on«rAh,C P ff 1 ' "f 1 wid.that they ought to congratulate themselves on the fact that it did « B ni,i i C,, <he , :now "" Proposal:' the lino would traverse a better routo,' and in every 2 -p«»««d advantages over ; the old pro' po»al. . Population■■ .was.euro'to-follow the ' tramway, Tho rating,would" be on?" basis of ' ' ij in the £,: nearly. It was toally i Did. Aβ howwer, they would not; be inTrgont need pTtIM money for a while, they might even bo aWeJojet «; ; t«^. ;ill tho £. Hβ ' rii'cZH 1 M.W'' n ß ■ of ' ratepayers of -the' ' (formerly, known as ' l™^? 1 tho Borough of Onelow) approve of. the'proposal of the, Council o , o ?% C l fcf.,^ e ' t '' l S'on to borrow tho sum ot to bo expended on tho under- ' ' , mentioned undertakings:-" .- • ■ -'. ■tov.n, -including purchaso of lands therefor, and.interest and.charges: for firet l" year ..............,....,..,..■..........,.;,.......,. .ja^ooo" s .H r ;,, J ; , P - ,T J « k °. in seconding, the motion, mil tf ° - d -"i *?} takoa.gloomy viow of the financial situation, : and had great hopes I of the scheme.. Ho had always, felt that W Jes- , 10-Rii wanted-tramway, communication with the oily., ■Hβ'was. not at: full alariued at i! re pros! '£» α-fourpenny rat,e, and -ho ventured to mn'rW 1 T*"' - a of the money . market,, better conditions-evch-,.would bo , ot ■' , 13,11]PCI, ■.'._,.■ . - , ■■ , . •■-.■'. , fr^, rOply: t0 . ' tramway was,designed,to benefit tho wholo of Wadestown, not; certain portions of I hat suburb. :As_to the. complaint that'a portion of Godies Brae had been included in tlie tram.> ' I 5 area ho_ would remind .them- that tho re-i efelS^^^eni^'^ 11 ' 8 -; ' «, Ki -f o^^ 11 ' eta th.aii;.tno,poll TConld ' probably bo. taken : .<m--D«!oinbet;-B.''', i Aii official ' announcement,:Wth. thai Sou Wanpear later. '".'.. . .' .. r ■ The proceedings then terminated.