Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MARCH 20. 1894. Sunday Trains.

Manawatu Herald, 20 March 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MARCH 20. 1894. Sunday Trains.

, The Pahnei'ston papers are suggesting that the Hail way Commissioners ba usktid to run a train on iSandays to Foxton. Wp are of the opinion ; that it would be a very profitable . venture, at any rate very soon after the inauguration of the excursions. To those engaged all fche week ! inland a trip to the river and sea is bound to be enjoyable and very invigorating, and if reasonable fares wt'i-ii charged, wt-ll worth tlie outlay. i'h-i railw.iy mif •riuuately, doe.-« not " run to the sea and the CoiumidaioUcrs in framing their fares wouid have to take into coosidt-ration that excursionists would be placed at the further outlay of a fare by coach, that is to say, for those who are | not good pedestrians, as the distance j from the nearest poino on the railway : to the beach is fully three miles, j A3 it would be the desire of visitors lo miuh t,he beach quickly it may be* taken fov granted that most would ride if th.-y got the chance. We have in our town one livery stable keeper who has a first class plant ; most suitable for this work, aud if, the trains were run would probably be prepared to run the coaches needed either, at his own risk, or >in combination with the railway. Should this thing come to pass, which is just sufficiently doubtful" to make it interesting, knowing, as we do, how hard it is to get any novelty or enterprise shown by our public caterers, it will be necessary that excursionists for the beach be permitted to disembark at the Lady's Mile, without compelling them to go down to the station and walking back. As there is no platform, no doubt ..the officials will view- this proposal with dismay, but a platform would not be costly to ereej it, after two or three trials, the innovation proved a success. We are thoroughly in accord with the proposal, and have but little doubt, if properly managpd, the excursions would be much enjoyed and prove a source of much extra re van ue'Td the" railway. In contemplation of such a proposal being carried out it. behoves -the-Btrrough -ContTcil' to "show a little more interest and energy about improving- the road to the beach. As it is, we know, a very short portion of the way now used as a road run 3 through the Borough, but that is all the more reason that what there is should be put in good condition. The season -of the year is quickly approaching when the I formation might be madeat a.:,yer.y; low cost, but it will not be by employing two men with" longhandled shovels, but by letting it by tender wh«n ploughs and horsesco^p will be used. j ThtVro are 1 other things more needed to >>c done evun- thap , the • formation of thVrourl, and' tlfalj.jsjL. to get possession of it The Borough . at present haft no right to the soil, j \t is private property, but we -thinfe, could be easily obtained -if ae6 about, the -right way. The Borough cannot act entirely by itself, as the County is interested in the. Lcontinuation of the road beyond the limits of the Borough' bntindary. and. if land has i to be exchanged it had better, be

done as a whole than in two parts. It: may nofe be generally known that there is a public road shown upon the maps, bnt novpv ivorl farther to the north ; U- .vas one laid out by that band of surveyors who have immortalised themselves in this clistricfc by surveying road lines ...in.. useleF3 and expensive places. This road lias not been nsed o" needed for the last twenty years, and if the right of way through the Herrington estate was secured, would never be n 'erl.V?. be'"n£ oilt-of th»-\v:iy, im passable, aud very costly to make. This being so there appears a chance Hi flaking a very suitable exchange, which should be kept m view by the representatives in Bexmtgh and Council. ■ AYe urge that the Borough Councillors move promptly in the matter aud enter into communications with both the Manawatu County C iuncil and the owners of the estate. To further the progress of the conmmnity is their duty, and the popularising of the sea-beach must have that effect.