A THREATENED RESERVE

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 953, 21 October 1910, Page 5

A THREATENED RESERVE

COUNCIL AND RAILWAY DEPABTi ' MENT.

;;/' ; The 7 Eesery.6S ■Coirimitee'.Teported: to the :A.City;.lCduncili:la'st eyenirig-'that a better. :;liaavbeen::received froni:.)lie : Eailway : De- ' .partnient -.asHng Xi he - council. to' • consent -;to -'] upon-'. the ;■'. Thorhdon':'Esplanade; Bebreatibn \ Eeservei . to. carry out work" in connection ■'■frith-'the i duplication',of 'the: Wellington; and Hutt ;rauway-.systems. ;iThe:committee.Reported. ' thafci-they .;had>yisited-:,the locality, : . and J ,ivere; of opinionVthat if; the Eaiiway. Department's/proposals Tvere : givon'' effeot. ;to,< ;,a. large., area,;,of ; :the Eecreation • Eeserve :'; would/be .'destroyed,:;; together ■ with .\the :-band4rotunda.;f;;v.v-; : - .'■'•. : -. : ■ ■;' }■■ : ~t-'

~.;■'' :The rcpmmittee' recommended -the coun-; ;oil;-tof:reply;.;tliat; consent could, riot'.',be ■,;.■. given : ;.to i ta ,e\ proposal •, until; the / Governmade;-, the provision . : to !*. ; ,c6jup'ensateTthe. r coun.cil.'for tlie. loss that ?-.- they-'; would /sustain-, if .the. : proposals ■ were Uioiight /about.,"'..•■:'.' ;■.-■?-'-.: J : -; ,-;■ '■:-:'.; -..-.;', ;:;(r.;Counciljo|; : ;iiuke;"i;ha4rman of -the .Bei. servesfC'driiniittee;;:teid that the control: :*ojf.'the/rhorntlori Reserve:.'arid--'streets-had- "::; been'i['y'ested'iri" tjie; eity! ! ,Corporation .for .the.,-use^■.and'.bpnefit'of.'.citizens. ;"Before .-thexpuricil "consented.to be dispossessed of :• ; the v area ■ nienlioried : in; the --report," - : it .-;' ;'■ should' ; insist ■•■..'ohi'.'a-'- further, area - being - the. cityt;-The: spealc;>;er;'ffilt "quite:sure':-that the council would ;. do all - .things '■ possible -to • f acilitato tho "of •/. the- 'railway '-into: iambtori ;V Station, its rights in; respect of the ..■reserye' ; 'miist,;be : preserved;'"."JHe would I, thei Leasehold and Legislation r' Comriiitteej' f together ~■.:; . with"; -t he ■-.Keserves ' Committee,rshould .be appointed :to. con-■:duct:,negotiations-pri behalf of : the city. ■;"•"•'■' The Mayor-said that the-counciL-ha'd, "of ;couysei- n'o:,'desire' : to. block the pro- ... gross of , ;the railway '.work, but T it must' .insist on fulfilment.':of : the obligations inK ...posed oriVtheGoverninentby "The Thorn- ; .don'Es'pJanfide'Act. , ' -:';,', '. ! ■■.-,',•■■:■" ■.■-■'■-.; ' ■;• Corincillor'JrPletcher asked whether some arrangemenfc'-.could'not be madeto : secure ■'■:■■ for the.city -some: of'the land lying on :':- the water-front, ;oiltside-the railway hold■.'.ing.'^--...--":; 1 --. : S' -v ■■.."■.';:--■:;■■■ ■. .-, ":;;Conncilldr;Luke ; said' -thisl ■ was" being ;::considered.by the.committee.' '. - ....:. ::..: The'- motion proposed. •;by' : Councillor : J(Uke;'was agreed:'to:-:> .--v.v-'-v/.'. '-: ;- -