RAILWAY OBSTACLES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 705, 10 August 1859, Page 4

RAILWAY OBSTACLES.

: TotleEdUproftleLytplton^imes. „: Sir,—That after &■. year so memorable in Can'"iarhiiry annals as. ;tfoit: of' 1858, ;Up tpihe\present crisis ; in/that" pfJßs^h' ere/'sljquld.'tappenrto'live arid reside; ampngstrjis a being so incomprallensible as;"' Pdftunatus Agricola' is to me no less a wpnder %*ft.a,•Subject-pf % HoweveiVsmce such' a'factjsiands Jbt^irie, Iti; tl^e'name' of H s fcPse' &Uqw : %•&>$ V bid ;Kim' all:liaijt with.many happy returns'of :tfre;seasoh?. .Alfr c'anj sav;is. that he stands lbyHimßel'f,anfdin : {He'usiihl!c^^e pfseven days wondei-s ias;fairlyjdjJs'jb'dgeU-'Maf.of the, Mobrhouse Railway with 5 the redmfed'lbans 'of £l^£ob;T.;Qhiy^^^ rist'Tand you have the': Writer. v : bn arterial"rajlwa^s %; : Canterbu^^'s m;;you^;issue of:the''3rd hist.tsfpre^jyou: -..And. /what/ ftienflj t Why' 'only riimf tiwtjprovided;^ j^e:;^ni^on"pr^i^''4cHOTdin^;to"' .Walker i|' summed,lip'in'.th^;warning'.pf'','' I)bn't:expecf to'^e —jpitfioM Mo^jfor it— the. application of wHat yau le^arn "is'th'a^lprOTia^'rsaylhe ckh b'iit'prpve t : !iat:he has. made farming'pay wiith' oats.at^3s. 6d. per;'bushel; minjislld,' for'discputit^-with .no'saiq fb'r ; "pptatpes, ahd;.wi'th i'price for/wJwat^JhaFoii tjie crp'p .is considerably under : the'growing '^o, v^fiy then he has only to do';so^ a^d-iie'-wiil'prp^hun-self to be the'greatiest jnan iri'thejproYinc^'and iindoubtedly,rank as.eucli ,,[ besides1 being, liefc tor^o'an.rextent greater ihari,anyj : :prie;.: i8rrrikely; tQ T3e;in our time,.'in;aping mbre'te^Js/deyeWlHng' the futufe-th'an;an;the railvviy' sefeemes #e';s|iaii'iii J allprobability;everjlive^to see,organised.';'" To"see; lieaj-^and .converse, with'such amaji^th^re is fibt'an . individual, with an acretp his.hameltjSt:wG,ind iiol like to have^tlie...chance; "The. gdpd'Unat^ucih^ man could,ab in the way'of giving'''Qrj'reaiin'^lectiires, f or yet.;in. any other:^Ky^promiilc^lriii Ins,,science.is. not^^b^calculited^npn/bi^by •"%ures,..which may be made to prove "'anything;" M^^i|;iP^pfa.;am-afr^d";%^||^e^ii W^f^fP^^?- ?,9PbJ.stvy, i*fe'/p I si/9."TOi knowledg^f^w^s^s^yi^S;^^ W 'If tun^u^l^ilijla;" go.es^pr^:pt,what. I |articular orderUt'may'lJe^n^eant J3»4^ wi?KMi! 4mM %m snpji^'^v|? fJgte-tifk .^fer^ise.;,|han( pif"fmMlj^foyms mtji ypud's^pnd ? e.%ay : pF;^Kuts ..^; : crack.?i i '''' i .irheli'stibjejct. taken "up 'b; y .hirii is.^piie; ihat j fori'th:e may be .said".to, t lkvC^n;'^its,:^u^ v anaT.may^ said to be,worn'tjjVeadbarei.ilevery cbncefvaiife;ivay^ ■ and pen&ng' taeirep^ should be.suffe'red/tg-iay^p^m^ are tp be. giii^d j (somni^:sense/':'^pmTits^*ij , .prandial espapeAat ( .th"e,;jna^g!pra)iipn '■§]£ Fax;-. .mer.'s Club dmvn, 'tp,ypur "timely -ci^c : ulatipn .(if'tlie fiaime/JipmJieditjpn ieeh3rs-,,del^a|;ely. put fix th' in'; |fie"Bha;pa.pff";iQcM | intelligence," feelingiii wardsar^'lopkiugp'utr*a{ds, '. jike soldiers wheeling; up,on a neVdirebtipn^down"to ■ theidessert ;ip';tif|:Bh'ape^of "|fiil 46 crack:,i' tjhe.gcjme of railways;;|ias. been liept'.up .and the ball lulling. '.. ri ' )■' i, ■•' ;.^Ta p finisli'ug,with,the\qubiiafcibn of fVPdrtiVnatus'" -all I can..say'-i?,,">.e\aw'sfZZ;^re^';as to t-Ke li'nmgj|se beqefif; „ib be .derived, ftbm."railwaj^s once ■ -Completed, , v Wrhat'then.-do any idiffer-aboutF"~ sjii'His 'own Tivordsr-^" Ili'is lip'w^tp '/h'nd : rthe ' oiijEiaris.-r-thelTnbney "'.so as tp.mak^jt^pay:. ' :). ;i ; ' , o :Wiifc^.a .opining" budget of most .'likely £60,000 , •^thereabouts, fpc estimates for .the ensuiria- fini,n- ' ;cial'^.ear,, and.mtli;. pressing; ; requjremjent^ in .the : sha^'e of public woiks for wen a mlick' greater sum, •

[if .'ayiMlaljio',; ( 'I^"'ca^'i'i^;.&eei'"'ncithoi' cau J!T bylwi'o,,, or.h<>^%' ilip*/reqiiired'.guaniHtce^coulcr'be I given, .not oiilyfWow,.t^t for many years'; to |",This' is'mergly a 'question'of tiinV'-—Granted;- artel firi'time .'one, \msikeA oi}ly ;;w'ijl i.fc'bpj seasonably accepiiiUle.';:The' nex|' session'' will *fejl,' Hli(3VtaleV;aiiU' ,'p ; er^iips 'even" 'wt(ore: ilaW i;eq:uif'ficl' j ,OOp;ObO is t-o^We^froifr^al^gjjjfr^^gu^l' I and;calculate ; i3ie -segtisl \yill.Be.'a' nilyqrity': agaijl^c. j an' immediate cdmnlencemorit foi* railways/ 'aha 'tii'e; 5 tin aiiy, wlie.re but in Canterbury ai: within her::^' j" curity.;" .Po.r.piir plied^ tbii,. I tliere neyeivwas.'so'gigantic a'selieme; cbricefve'd by' j man;.'...'I.'. -,■,','', '/',',■ ',',.'.'.•'.' '''. , ";'.*..,'^il '.'.•'.'. „";*.'■" 1 " ; As ''for' tlie'p^nsxtiire ' of' "/I^f^iiyfltjis1 :lgnpbla "' ; the;' only.>yay'lcan 5 con^lomei'ati.Qn -of his lq^iQ,,;Jand^ just of I bid,vying pit ki&%tekm,_&iib\iegtyine'tyeranclik', that; I in allowing his thoughts tb"Tun'l:iot/he all Jit once' I felt ,himsel,f inspired by, vjsions of the Georgics, or I eveh''pefliapV'By't^ j Hod erat'■&n" iffdtis < .-''hiokus"&gri: ripoiia'itiiagnu~s, i &c, &c.,,inthe s"lVap#ofa' Jkitcheii garden'; :uAtil; he : felt'wifchih: lliniself-;- 1":^e«e est, fif'amp'lius ovo" | -^-^i)\it therfflwiiy w7i;en we Tcaii !l affordv-it— ——•' i Mr. Editor, I caiV.bi.if trust t'Kat Wli'e;re ydivhWe ko i ge'rieroiisly'granted;a space so liberal''ta'ybur; "'forl tunate agriculturist "a similar feeling may induce' i you fp g'ranttne a space' wliich'T have "• endeavoured ; to reduce'to half as much; ' ;7<";i- •''; ■-'"•'■/' ' ; ' -' : •'"'■"'■'• ;; "lam^Sir, yours obediently,;-"'? / •'• _ :i ! ': ' NONEORTIJNATIJS; AGRWOLA,:" \ :Chmtchur^h t Aug.'B c i 859 . !:':';•:•'■;:; [ ;■;;,;/.. f [Our correspondent has'reclcdned on our'spirit of ; fairplay and. the patience o?.piir .readers, in sending lua thislettgr.. Perhaps he^'expects it : to (he copied, : into; the .' {Standard.' ..There may be .'al;.;chance, ,of I that; but .the next of-.the, sort Hft.h'adjjetter send, ; for all sakes, to the 'Standard? direct.] \ 7' '" :,'