WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1365, 16 February 1912, Page 2

WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY.

.Sir,—l must apologise for nijain Iroul.iling you, but the ui-eat importance of the question forces me to give a few more detail,-, therefore 1 will l;c glad of n liltlo more space for a few remarks on Ohaknne station. I'liimnlaiia. 2' miles south of Olnkiinr , , is 177 ft. higher: lloropito, I! miles on the norlli «idc i< ISSI't. liiijlini'i It is evident f> im this th-il Ol'iikiine i> in it bed hole. The approach from both sides is a enrvo which adds still more In Ihe dead lift gettiiife' otil. J don't Ihink lit!-yard is much more than .10 chains from cud in end. ami what with engine shed", turntable, and coal bins, there i-ii't ciionuli I'com (f> swing the proverbial cat. When •.hmiMni; nrr on it i u iirrrMTyv fnr one sigjialicnn to stand on lb« hill at one

end, f-o that signals from Hip'other end can bo seen. Kvcry day 150 lo 2(KI tons of (iuiboi , , etc., arc taiien down train Kungalaua into this hole, to be hauled up again pa<t liangataua, on their journey south. This little method, 1 have liciird, costs XHM per annum. It makes one Uv\ ill fo think of (he rotten methods adopted, all bceause an unnecessary .station has lo 1)0 kept going ot any cost. The strain on (lit , largo, powerful, and txjielisivo ongiuis is terrific, and already the ellect is being fell.—l am, etc., economy.