WANGANUI JOTTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1591, 7 November 1912, Page 9

WANGANUI JOTTINGS.

DUBLIN 'STREET BRIDGE AGAIN.. (By Telegraph.—Special. Correspondent.) .. • Wanganuij November' 6. The completion of the Qenvilte-Oastle-cliff Tramway Board's line right through to the sea. beach wns .expected to have, aft immediate effect on, the returns, add that anticipation lias been fully' realised. Formerly tho line jiist -paid operating expenses, leaving interest and sinking fund to be provided' for. For the month of October, howevcT> the board has a,profit of .£34 over operating cost, and if this keeps up,.as there is every reason to expect, only a very small rate indeed will bo required to be levied to meet interest charges. As a matter of fact, future returns will probably be much greater, for ah unfortunate e.iplosion in the powerhouse a few days ago has- hitherto necessitated only a -limited service beinir ran, and it has been impossible to handle all the traffic offering. Repairs to the power plant are expected to bo completed in about a week or. tort days, when the full servico will be run. , Just when all difficulties in connection with the' Dublin Street bridge seemed over, and when the contractor had actually signed a hew contract, another deadlock has arisen, and .according to. the board's solicitor, matters are now practically where they were a few weeks ago. The difficulty now Ires in the attitude of tho Government engineer-in-chief, who refuses to agree to any increase in cost, and while offering ho objections.to some of tho methods proposed by the contractor, declines to sanction othei's. Recently tho contractor has been.placing somo of the ironwork of .the bridge,ji) position on piers already driven, but lias done this at his own risk, and should the deadlock continue, all Work will probably-be again stopped, for an indefinite'-period.