PALMERSTON RAILWAY DEVIATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2912, 21 July 1925, Page 2

PALMERSTON RAILWAY DEVIATION.

Speaking oil tin* Palmerston X. lailwav deviation, at Palmerston X. yesterday, the Prime Minister (Mr Coates) suited that the money for the work had been voted and the seheme was now in the hands of l lie engineers. The land required was also being- taken, and the layout of the yards was being prepared. lie said that in planning a railway yard several methods could be adopted. The lay-out that had been arranged did not quite meet with the approval of the tre Hie management. The system proposed for Palmerston North might appeal to some, but it did not appeal to the speaker, and was not the best for modern railway trailie. Any cause of delay would be from a desire to get the most economical and most up-to-date working yard that modern thought could provide. (Applause). Such a yard would cost money, but that could not be avoided although it might be difficult to arrange finances in (he next few years. A year to year view could not be taken of such matters, but one must look well ahead. The Department was also exceedingly anxious to eliminate the human element from the railway yards, as much as possible, and so endeavour io avoid those shunting accidents of which there had been so many lately.