MIDDLE ISLAND RAILWAYS.

Kumara Times, Issue 890, 7 August 1879, Page 2

MIDDLE ISLAND RAILWAYS.

The Engineer-in-Chief for the Middle Island has made an elaborate report on the proposed railways in the northern districts bF the Middle Island of all the routes tor the East and West Coast line. He most approves of that by the Arthur's Pass, but he sums Up his report as follows i In conclusion, I, beg to make the following recommendations : 1. That beyond the completion of the Greymouth-Hokitika Railway, and a section frbin Brnimef toil to Nelson Creek, no railway works be 1 lindeitaken on the West Coast for *,he present; 1 That the idea of the East and West Coast Railway be abandoned in favor of the Grey mouth harbour ; the said harbour tb be made available for small vessels with the least possible delay, and afterwards adapted for large colliers as required. 3. That beyond completing the line through the Weka Pass to the Waikari Valley, no part of the main trunk line be undertaken for the present. 4. That in lieu of railways, the main trunk roads be mucin or completed from Blenheim to Amberley, Tophouse to the Hanmer Plains, Hampden to Ahaura, via Amuri Plains, and along such leading valleys in Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland, as may be necessary for opening-up the country. 5; That surveys be made of the main, trunk line from Amberley to and that the survey now in hand of the line from Nelson to the Boiler be finished.