TRAMWAY EXTENSION TO KAIWARRA.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2139, 4 May 1914, Page 6

TRAMWAY EXTENSION TO KAIWARRA.

fc.ir-Eintl.ly p cr . m it m io , farts in TOimeetion with the present position of the above subject, mid n lso to reply to Mr. Anderson's mifomS and misleading statements eontamed in his address recently delivered at Kii ; tv-arra, and which, if allowed to pass uncorrected, would have a prejudW efleet upon tho possibility 0 f ing improvement in transit facilities in tliis district. Firstly, Mr. Anderson t nvidenily unaware that this matter \ns been pinned before tho Tramways Coi'umttleo of the Wellington City 'Conndl which reportod favourably upon tlrn matter. A ilcpti tit lion of Easiness lweu together with a petition signed n timorously by residents of Kaiwarra and nraSMis employed there, in asking Oial. tho I prohibitory Act he repealed or vo amended to allow of (life establishment j

ot a tramway sorviee, waited upon aiid gavo evidence before tho A to Z Petitions Committee of the House of Representatives last session. Tim committee recommended tho matter for consideration which will, w© feel sure, be favourably dealt with next session. Now, ?»■, Mr. _ Anderson stated bo was in lavoiir or reiiraviug the embargo upon tho Hutt Hoad, and yet ho wandered on (unconsciously, no doubt) and douoHiwcdthe very object, tiie-estabMi-ment of which is prohibited by the embargo he is in favour of removing. Ho cenamly cloaks himself bv stating: l; however, the ratepayers of the warti aro willing to pay for the trams be would help them all ho could." Who, I. would liko to knoiv, has ever hinted, w suggested that- the ratepayers would Have to pay for the trams, .'it is tinw enough for Mr. Andersen to throw out these suggestions after tlw Wellington City Council has had a say in that'part ot tho question. Mr. -Anderson wmvt on to say that he considered the trains would not pay, ami the Wellington yiiy Council were not Likely to expend in construction £.3200 for the sake of tile tew passengers travelling to and from kaiwarra." Will Mr. Anderson intern the people how ho has based his estimate of the few, on hearsay or guesswork, and also whether his estimate of the cost of construction is based upoii the isame principle. It was positivok proven both by members of ilio ikimtation (capable of aiid by a member of tho Petitions "Committee that the travelling public between Kai* wari'a and Wellington was somewhat considerable. "Bow can a man resident in Kimndaltah pose as an author-. ity upon a matter that only those wlie are in a position, and in possession of farts and knowledge) can speak with any certainty?" Surely Ml', Anderson's intelligence will tali him thai expeditious and. «p-to*datD transit facilities are most essential to the development of a district, and an attraction to population. I do not wish to makebelieve the Wellington City Council are ] prepared to undertake this work immediately, kit it is fairly on tlm way i to success, and I feel justified and civtitled to the right to state my ease as o»e who has gone to a. fair amount of trouble to bring this' matter to its presotit_ satisfactory stage, I do not bear 'enmity to Mr. Anderson in any way,' and l»po\he will receive my criticism and corrections! -with good grace, a.nd hoping, in conclusion, Mr, Anderson will make the admission that those facts demand of him,—l am, etc,,

CHAEI-BS BQWDBN Kaiwarra, May 4, 1914.