TE ARO STATION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 953, 21 October 1910, Page 9

TE ARO STATION.

: IS IT WANTED? :■' City cduNCffi. says! V ■ : :: Councillor Shirtoliffemoved, .at:.last night's meeting of. the .City Councili'7:..-' ■ : That before" 'the final: plans for the ■ • new. railway station and . 'yards .- are ' adopted, the Government be urged-to ■ consider the advisability'' of taking. - up the Lambton-To-Aro'section.'■; of ; . Tailway, and that'other!local''bodies; the Chamber'of Commerce, and the •■ members .'.for the .district' be asked;to- : . co-operate-.with thecouncil in'making, • the necessary representations','. ;";'; ■ Tlio mbvlsrV said tho doing away :,with the line would .facilitate the, planning; of the new station, and the .time was there-, fore opportune for the ; suggestion. Jervois Quay was a- !fine '"street :i that should not be marred by the railway,.and the funning, of the trains.-there was a ' danger to life: The Te Aro station .occupied valuable land that could !be put tb: better use,. and it' was well known that that section of lino:'.was run. at a.-loss. He did not think any of those present would live to see such 'Utopian ideasicarried out as the extension of the railway, to Miramar or Island Bay.i Miramar had possibilities -of, water-carriage. ■Aβ j to the suggestion that there should; ;be a goods- station , at.: ..Tβ ; .Aro, there was; no. space for it, and goods trains' 'never ought to be run along Jervois Quay.■•■."•.■Councillor- , Fletcher seconded the motion. '■'. The Yrailway at present spoilt one of the .finest streets in the.pominion, arid it carried -practically: no passengers,;, except at,.morning arid night. •He.-.yen-.tured to say that the Tβ Aro eection'/had. never paid axle grease. .; ..' ■'•-"■,; : /; : '/■'■ ■;; M.YLuke's Vision.!;' •■■:;■ '.Counoilior 'Luke .he--ha'd ; * : {nevef' heard of any difficulty -in the-planning of ■ the new. station "•! through .the' : existenceof .the- Tβ Aro'.- line. The 'people- of ;Te'Aro : were'very 'anxious to have a goods'shedthere. They did'not expect;to have , all goods for Te Aro handled there, but.they did want produce \for consiumptiojiV ii ' ; Te 'Aro. and 'the southern' parts of-'the:.city' consigned : thither,, instead':. of 'being handled at the other.etations and 'carted through the city. \ The Tβ; Ato ; line ..was ; much used in the mox.iairigs and evenings," and' people yaliiti'd.: the*- privilege" of-' taking' :;■|;h■β■'t^ams^fro'n'jh€r■β''•to r • eastern suburbs.-insfea'd of from tiii other" end of the city, "■:' He' thought they-trould see, plenty of industries at ; Eyans : Bay'.;.in twenty :years'' time.; ' Trains .'•.'in'/ otlier' .countries ran , ,:ceritre 'I'.of.the-cities,-and .in'-Ainerica' they .ran; along the streets.' :.■■'■■-■.';:.-';r ,: J'-?' ; ; 'Councillor Shirtcliffd:' They'"'dou't'-ipind killing people'.there;■'.■'•■■'. '''■>.?. iv" ,; >;!'' . Councillor; .Liike said -the 'tramcarslivere more;' dangerous., than ■ the: 'trains ';at'.-the; ..liead. of .the ;wharf.' ■.'-.His. vision'; went','put' to a railway (;6':lfifaniM.: in" tlie future,: ■and'he-;"'believed- the' : 'Hiniste"r,'for r :"Pjibiiq' Worlcs sympathised;Vvith r the idea.: '.■;';,'■'_"' ,-A motion, 'by .Councillpf ' Hindm'arsli, l-'seconded- -.'.'by .' L ;C6uncillbrJ "That the:questibn"bo'now p'ut"~was:'de-. 'fe'ated'by 8:to-'6; ■■■ '-:V,.''■ <\ : 0 : , W..^. : X; ' Competing With.City'.Trams. : j v Councjllor Smith.isaid there.could be a' goi)ds;-sta(ioh.'at'-Te'Aro/.'and;,there; WBS;no. need to keep up th? passenger";stij-1. , tion." .''• '.L'he •■-trains .Svere merely.' , run'; because tb'e line: was there,'and ithey.':'*pompeted wijth ,the' tramciirs. "V■'-."Tlie". Img'w'as, like some; of.'tliej political ,:railwaysl;' ; that / .should- Ikj 'takeii.'up as.'sop'ji as. possible; It was iiot of real,.us&'.-io' the piibr: lie, aridj.it Lwharit.; i[.'':i'.V:.:"/.'"-I"'" ■■.■'„'.':'-s''l! : rf'' : .'~A -'.r; 1 -;, ! Y.TheV lfayflr; T said:' the■•.lihe.-^'ry^d7' ( fh&largei , piirtion'; of; the! city,.an'd.;.this'*o"ul'i' bo', mow-;'than, evejK.the ca'sbXwhe"n':.-tlie" I.new etatjonVwa? built : fur,ther.rioftK;iharj; Jlina , ; ;was •■of; iT'epjend.Qus lise,.oil,' hphdpjgVVa"}!* l, blsq/'for !carryiJS|r tha.lUggage 'of'peojle. at.' that endVqf vho ;town.''i'he street f wido wherb. the ; .trnaris and../trains. woro. so;|fow/.that the,'irii;onverii^hcQ ff f\:a§ small otimpared ' with'' tt|e • advantage -Jto, a .largo'number;.of;people.';;;.-.... x ; r-f.';','•'-, V; CpUnoitor; JP.°M n ■ ;a!s'. ; a ratrograde one.''-., Hβ* Joppbse'd i;-.it strpnglyi! on .; similar' grounds'.;.to,< those-, taken bjr Councillor.luke; : .i-Lv;,.'.' 1 ..;;-;' ■-! ".:• ■■' i j:";- ; ';- ; ■/•Evansvßay.--:--V...Vi:'•'• :'■" -i ■■•". Councillor .Fitzgerald said itl:wa9'"commbu tall; that the Harbour Board, meant to reclaim eome 180 aores-in'Eyane Bay. .' The;Maybr:'Nb.;r-; : l\ -.. v ,;.;>-. r -}y: :A -: : . CouncilWr;Fletcher: Never.-/; '■; .;,; Councillor-- Fitzgerald- ■'. said >: she ■ had reason t<) -.believe, that.jvhatihe had.,,men-.i tionedf .would.'beco'meripargeJndus.tr'MirentM'irrfHeiciieiv lievedr'.tlie:;iailway;!.w.q.ujl.d- bej'estendedrito: MirainnTi.iir alieTC.lj^'ars'-ttime;i j-vi i-s- ---.' i CounoiiloriiThoinpson," the motion,;:&iid";the,:;i'ailway wbuld':savej;a: certain, aniountaof -.wear. and 'tear ■•of f,.the v streote'.H' 'heavy gdods:were .earned'dtt:itr.i : .,.Councillori.Shirtcliffe,.-. inli :> Ms, .iTeply; said he'linderstqod-tho-new-.station, would; be at Whitmore" Street; which\would ; ;bo( mote;,convenient ..for;/the 'citizens than-, •'•;".'■.-.■:.■.■::■.••:'•■'.■•■•-".:•:.-;".-l;vi:x' .'. The-motioniwas!:lost. ,■.■-:■.;, , . .-. ;:';.;"■- ■■■