DANGEROUS BUT UNHEEDED.
ONE OF WANGANUI'S TROUBLES. (By Toleerapii.—Special. Oorrospondent.l • Wanganui, September 1. With a view to the extension .of tramways and also to provide,for the safety of the public, the Borough Counoil wants the Railway Department, to lower the level of the railway lino out of the town station and to have Suyton Street carried across the existing dangerous crossing by an overhead bridge. . •'.■■■ '- The Department has replied estimating the cost of the proposed work at about J/1500, but declining to shoulder the least portion of tho cost, and intimating that the council must ; do it at its own. expense. .-.:.'.■■■■ This reply caused considerable, indignation, it being pointed out that the Department lias encompassed the wholo tqwn with tho railway, ajul it is impossible to got out'without crossing the lino. It was also considered that, as tho Dβpnrtmont would probably be liable for compensation in th« «v«nt of an accident, it should be willing-to bear somo portion of tho cost of,thepronose<l alteration. There ,is a possibility of tho matter being ventilated at a public, meeting.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 4
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176DANGEROUS BUT UNHEEDED. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 4
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