SOLVING THE PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2196, 8 July 1914, Page 11

SOLVING THE PROBLEM

DR. A. K. NEWMAN, M.P.. J.MTERVJEWED. TaUHERIXIKAU ROUTE' | Ci*j people as well as oounirj lcsi- \ dciiti <uc \itally interested in tho !act | tho present railftaj f:om Cioss Citok to Jlie Jjumiuit is nioutli b> ii'cmli becoming less p'ola to Oopc with tbo inci easing tr.'lLc, t> ml moie o.\(x"iiuo to work Ofic of thoio whqhaie ta»OT 'a gicjt dfja! cf interekj"ni iho (jrc&t'ioii 01 iinoi'ig a new and cotter :outo is Dr A. K. NcAnwi, Ml , . When Vj vas qnestionca on the suujcei. by c Domimos reporter the other aay bo tJi 1 thjt it >iis o.uitc possillo to get a nr\. route I>\ ,\l'.cli trni\-lj(icii trains iiuij climb cut of the Waiiarjr/a- Valley io tho ik\> Summit. A b: ct :ionsc'ise, 1-0 y,ei>t on to remark, was ta'l.ed about route. For example, it ims >.iid. "I'nero r.ro '2Qla' COO acres of :i'h land in the Wniraiapt, only twenty miles iro'ii Weliingtaii— say half an ho'ir by rail.' , 'i'e toW facts of tho C 360 -.ero tb.it Wellington i> as walled oil licm tho Wiir.uap.i bi a broad belt of hi'.U rouiun, iibing ndgo after riJgc. Of course, a tunnel liko MoiiMt Cenis o r St L. ■J'mu ,, -, ''ostirg many iml'iops, could pietce it, luii, lacmbvr* cf Parliament 'ir.J to work on a cammon-soiise bisis :r. putting ior«aid a:i;> proposals. An Impassible Prelect. "When it was first piopo-ed to build tins rai'way manj jcirs Dr No.\ma'i continued, 'the (Jo\i'iuniont si>r'ejed no loner ihaii se\en routes—rnJ chow tl>c best one—s>o far ss tln'j thei. know. Latdj f !icre has boon t.'ll "bout tho Wainu.-o-iiiat-. "-cute as feasible a':d sensible. I had thought it uas tluad and buried long ago. It etr.its fron. Ueiniont st.-tion, crosses the Hutt liner and the Hutt ''alloy tr Mount FiUhcrbort; u then begins to creep &loi l l\ up that range, cros:inr; t'ie V, ■*■.- very low flown,, "iidl-'s along acioss tho t.ipe track, bnngi.ig wate , - 10 \\Vi!iix;to.i -be'ow the tui.nt'l mouMi —then cu'cps c. further ' along tho ir.nge t<, tho h:H behind Lonn Da\. Then t'-en , is z f.'iin'l ono Milo lone;tiieit it mas through l.ilh cojntr\ post the Wanna naterworks dau, thro'j?n nio'o lull) countr.,, till it runs bang up against a hu'.i langc Hole thoio ,? a luniiOi onh three miles Ji,id CO chains in K'ligth llicn it runs don 11 a "orfj" iiitl icjches a narrow stup of tlat 1..110 "jing bon eon the V.air.T-ir-a [n) k -i u.-id :hi> bills f or sorir imlcs to Pi <col Bush station. It will bo lircCcsa"> to buiU .> : miles of -ail.*a\, 01 v.'i-'ch almost fno miles will he tiinneU, an-1 much ot tin- rest ver' <-t,±\.,* It '\>M not open am ne,<. countn. It his. been .tml re>urv mid both ajne\s s'ato a rase wh'c'a, \Mf> t'.t> piojctt. A Sat'snctory solution. "Tiero is oro my sat'.-fac'Ty solution of 'he diuVult;,. ,, Mid Dr No»inan, "thotigl. it will take timo and money. Wo wain to get »i;l ot t.lO costh" todious bit of lino from CrossC.'ciL tc The Summit—that tcrnb'o bit of h.iulage. Of co..rso, to get a thoroughly k' oot ' lir,(, ,u, ' co '"* mucn , money, but a "real deal noed rot be done for \-\irs. W!<it 1 'neaii is this. Tho I>lo | fro-iT Upper Huit to Kwtoka is bad, and 1 111 -\oarsto ccixc >ull need imprcenicnt, ' but i-.ot now. All 'he heaiy traffic is, trom tlv: v \air.-rapa to WeUingtou— shccii and tattle, wot.i, timbei, b-itter, cheese, lime, e*c 4 Tl>e return iralic is shop goods and returned e.ni-ty tiucks. If '»e can find hi' easy piethod of climbing Mp to ti.e tO[. of tho langes frurti *ho Wairarapa ihen the biul.igo is lif,bt—all down lull, and 0:1 the Hat to our haroour. 1 _'iart<, <. tlio 111 t:oHti to this one fact: Cai. we find nfa'.rly easj routo so as to a\oi'l tl>-> irciiuo from Mic to the ValloN , ' if wo do 'Ins, thru tor man\ u>ire tint is our chief want satisli"<i " .SopaVini; of ill■» rmikau-Woodiido di'.orsion, T>t New-j man saui that 'erj man> jears tigo Mr \\ ill>'itn Bcothain, tlini almo-t a boy disnnrroc 1 1 now rc"io qo\ 11 the Tau- | hi uiiil.nif Valli'v. .M , -. Boaliam, though hi- \io.\s had I foil iidicu'.od tor .eau, htill iir.-ti'ii it|)i>n tin- \.ili'o oi l.is d-5-1 town ' I wil l =bo,\ \n liov lio !<:," •said .Mi. iSowinan ' About 1.") jomg at,o Mr Dob-i.i, a (!o\eim lent engineer, eur , e> "tl fit's mite Mr Dobfon I was at. o\celbiit lei "l-iioadcd man. an<l ■ I v ill ;:i<.o iou bis -views as I d>sscc f tnom I'oni Ins to|>ort -- 1 <l) 'Ihe doMuion will l"jio tbo proRf nl railntf} about 'Jj mips Lc\o:id K?iwke "(J.) Ths disiutioa point, is v,itluc ID

irilcj, as the croc fl:"e 3 , from Woodsidti idhway itatioi., when <i branch line rune tc Groytoßji. "(3) The i resent lino from Kaitok" to ' (toodsiae is ,23 m'lca. "(4) The now line mil be 7 milce HlicriiT Gre\to*ii, CVterto'n/ Mas'ei. ton, aud all tint district \iill bo 7 miles neuror t« Wcllingtai. That is a ircttfcolid fact, bc\eu miles less to brine am' «vcr' ti'ilcs less to haul goods and trams And as the grades . mil ba kugUter tho xrnns .vIU run faster. '(•j) 13y this lino Hell-loaded trains tcke ° Ut ° f th ° Wll * y io Ka " , "Abdr.t 2} mil a from itoko th co.-.atun will travel off to the left—as he trai i goes up the line. It will cross i i old , I co , ac ' l ft|, o present motor road) and «,1 boar an ay still more to tho Wt, -idling along the foils Then a tunne 1 one mile long ,wii! pierce the Ui'ej (Mi. Bwtaan's route), and sidle do.ntnat .alley to Woods.de raikay ' s a . t,cn .-,. 1 "el-eve this to be a trrump™t solution of a most u.SEcuU problem • loreovcr, I am confident it is the only sound ie.is:We businessl.ke procccdwp. [It mil mean tho making cf so»« J2 to " IS miles oi new ralhrav. Jlr. Dobsoi's '- shou another K reat tact. The - tofal rises and falls be l«ss cc thin ' * lire than lj :hn line by 1140 feet, whei, the ra'ln.n ,s regraded from Lpr-ef Hutt to Kai;oke. * Dc-taileS Su'Vßy Necttsd. "Tho first thing to do is to gH a thorough, complete fully detailed minutp SMnej of th's neiv route. This " .1 tare 17 or 18 isorihs :o carry out jiKides, a3 the trafuc is great, and will I ho m>4ch t,re?tcr when V\ aircrapa East is better opened up for small, settlelnch 1 , the traffic t. ill increase enomousiv, and Iα jears to come a double liaa - ..ill Ik> needed, sa>, in 25 or 30 jer.rs. and ~e mu;o :a\ out a lino that will carrj a heavy trifiic. What will It Csst" ' Mr Dobson in 1899 estimated that to tho In.e- f,-v-m Upper Huts to Kaitoko ?nd bu'ld the raihaj to Voodsido would cost £3_'0,000 A vcrv co.isiderahh amount of th,s would bo needed *o re-graue Lppcr Hutt to Kaito. l. 15iit ls I have, said, tl:a heavy tra(Gc is all dow nh'l!' from Kaitcke, ana onlj the l.ght traflie up tho 1 111, mo need r>ot lather about this for many je-irs to come The new line «ill cost -CI'OO,OJO tc £1'50,000. Xo< the interest, -Mil be £So'iO to £IC,GOG a jear. Bui against this " ill be \er\ largo" savirgs. 'Weil-loaded t-a'ns, aiII be laukd up to tha new Sui.im't by ord'raiy enpines The costl} establishment .it Cross Creek mil be done a.uj wit!', and. tne breaking 'ip of tnins w-,!l be stopped. The ruinous of Fell ergin<-s and tho present lino " ill be blotted out. Tho Imo wil! be sewn mile: shorter, and tte Laukge costs •ml bo eiiormoi'slj reduced Tbo sa , . ings on the cestl\ route /u!l pay interest o<: the new !me. As a puio, busin«=s + rarsaotion, it' will be \.or*li dohir,. Tlio gain w.H bo enormous stock trains, crowded with f.it bmbs, and rattle, can be brought btnight through without dph} ulien the ner- route opened. Tiio nieseut of traffic, growing worse every >cir, will bp Telie\ed. Wellnißtoii jiid >u 1 actually brought se\en itiilei nparer together. Remember that the train.-, will cl.mb the 113.1 io:ite much moio quickK.'tliereforo the act.ia' sawng in tune »- ill he \ery ' I much par.trr than the ninarn;: tho present soven miles l" n ger route/ Tins Tauherimkau routo !i.is enormous 3tt\ "intittc over any other route, so maiiy and so great that \>o need not « iste t!i)io wrangiiiij; about other loutec. Hie coi«i/letio:i of this lew route Kill lo a great gun *o this city, to the W.iira'-ffpa. and, nbpve and bejond sll, to ths Dominion."