THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1875.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 333, 23 July 1875, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1875.

A kain" feature"in the recent session ofthe Cduneil was the introduction \'Bp prop'osals'for'the construction of IpubJ, lie and private railways. ■'-■ W& 1 dp .iotL care to, consider at present the highly bombastic proposals of the,. Government in themselves, prjua. connection with the ridiculous:policy uporil whieti' they were' based. Independently, ,of certain railways were projected by companies; r;and the'Cpuncil was ; asked to play the role of foster-father, ,-pat the prompters, on- the; head, ipass ; their little'.schemes on'to the Assembly- : with, due paternal. blessing, and a strpng recommendation for ; favorable "cbtisideratipn. ■" Two of these projected railways merits!" One at. all. All" ultimately ; passed f through the' CouncilJ?.ut.urider?di&clilties.i

v, a pfj thethree .the, ;Grejtown-6uifcram line had the hardest fight, as the weight of the Government was brought to ibear ; intefferiiigcwithi. an j ecutive proposal to construct a branch: iiire J frOrn MosgieT to I The friends of the-Outrain-Grey town We ;were|thereforei ! fepugh\ otpljtpwaste the public revenue in JWing tor! thej construction of aline from'Mosgiil to ;.Outram, knowing that:in so doing! the Government > opposition f i their iown measure had,teijeived ; would'suddenly; be stayed/ : The result justified the 'expectation, and.-.the Council's assent to the Outram-Greytqwn line was pur-' chased judicious - opposition! for about £30,000 of public money! Mos-* giel and; Grey town, are two stauions on 'the' Southern Trunk line ofrailway, in the lower Taieri Plain. Outram forms the apex? of'the" triangle in the. district of North Taiqrj. Tlie sanctioned pull-' to Qutramf—to; avoid the grosslabuse of runnihgjtwo T lines ; o,&railway and! the !?main;. about parallel :to oneT.anothdr^-, : is ; jerked ! lip at/right angles-tb the main line; and then ; taken;on a higher parallel to Outram, sb as to give every farmer a railway at his back door.: v .The Grey-town-Outram line would not in all cases.provide this;;-but still; if that line were constructed, the utmost dis- ; tance farmers - would have to-travel with produce would be five or six miles. The promoters of the. .Greytown line asked ndthiyg from the Council. They asked for nojree. gifts of land. They did not-even ask to;b© allowed to take Jand compulsprily on valuation, but simply to. be allowed to construct a short line of,railway, subject to Government inspection and Government regulation of fares. On such terms, if x private companies choose to construct : railways to- Outram or the Peninsula, we do not see why they should be interfered with any more than coach proprietors, or why itshould be thought.ne.cdssary to buy back such lines'"when they begin to pay. ' The pronroiers-ha/! arranged privately for the land at £ls an acre, and there was ■lib'reason whiiU-ver 'for opposition to their line except that a few influential

i |^dOTrf•a^byPf > watfW^f>.the/ hne;;ran ' fromMdsgigl. To make matters worse a company had been in an embryo state to construct this very line from Mos•"gferto Outram,frbr*med among these very-ftiflueht'iaP'farmers. This company, however, failed. to take action, fpjrad-that-thejine.: being lengthy, and passing over wet country, could not be made to pay. . In terprise iWas. .forsaken, and resource .had to a .compliant majority Jin -the- ; 'QpnnbiFtp aai?cylout;an condemned'lscheme. If the town company proceed to construct theirlline t'Kere.lwill/?be a triangle of ) I raH'ways irunningiin the'lTorth-Taieri-T----..the Government;}branch: line competing with'the'other constructed by? private capital.:"" . ~ i ; , ...,. : '"ThffKaitangata .Gp'rnpany asked for . ph. similar ;'terms to the ■. Grey to wn and O iitram Gompanyj arid was no objection, • raised tottheirr r proposal. ~ ; ?rn '- >i; . . M - i ,Tjhß / ;Comr,. ; panyj'v^e'place ; last, although;: from the , (amount; ©f .plotting uarid intrigue: that" went on,over their prpposal; v it ishould ■ '^nSdoubtedly:standi first. ; { ; \ Thje^Ari t're- : F , .maskable; this C7 line ;; | e i > and./t&e.others .was^this —that thle/com-,. ;pan|y/asked the Ptfqvmee;to recommend ' J the % rahi^to j them ; 'for%bthing of all thej! ! Ikndjthe line''ran over;-or was'-likely ! to' run over, feoa Portobello to the 3 6 0£ they asked the freergiffcvof ari--abie '■■'<■■ 6f- ; at Battrayj-street » wnidh 0 " to"sefrvegetaDiesV thaft ;: this;, they T asked~tp"b,e, allowed to run their line*, i foT c the^ast"m ; ile''toEattraj^street, ll mainline; atid H betw.een 1 'thaflirie arid the l foreshore, 3 whibh'wiir with warehouses r.and;gppds sheds. Porcthiß • - -monopoly-and-privileges; all;; th'at>'was•^rdriised * wai the^formatioix.of, ;a line ouifw) the Ocean Beach, and--I sale.'tp, f tlier.G-overnment iafterwards at ;. tiy t e (Theft propssalliwis" one wbieh'Jemahated> froihPthose who--live - :i bjyjwhat of arbitra-tions.-—it was of course-aupporte'cl/by"' the r-laridowiiers ''on sthe< Peninsula, who ; -stoodlaT chance; of'getting; an-Sartificiak value placed''upon their properties, ? Iwhifeh'theri could- and lo'hF as suburban sectionspf ! --Others l again,' 1 ; resideht§ lV! on'' IMfl Peninsula, kwj>&. . .of,getting'bei^'prtmeans of ae- ''. tiianJ/ : is^JaiForde ! d^'i3P , jlbadftnpughi -metalled \ ;r6ad's-, and; occa- : siorial-water - 1 commufficatipfi. ; c merits?'as?cojriparfed'; with'other necessary P|o : iriri6iar. J lmesj * \ the ;I Peninsula* railway, will neverbe - constructed*--by'-' jdireftMote ofjithe "Council. rXEt was, jihojightoapnsition tmightsjbevontaineid.' which would-fprce s the Governmentiulr. timately I t'd. : redeeM i the line ,±6 the ;: Oceari a ßeach^'an!d! : the *Eft^©|lcjfche : ,C.o.uuoiliiwas , .>sadlyi miitilaited.&"'TheionlysobjeclMo&pasßing a ißill--, jyas to create a, 1 favorable /ilnp'ression. • 'iii 0ir { mußt ( be .made It-wilUthus be'--seen—^atirlan:; important difference! can be easily establishedcbetween'onßrailway''prop'os f al l andjariothef,' although 'it. is^,perfectly Lv easyW fa- , p ypye^,l^^gh:^s.^^aJblei ? schenlemas 'being.an"' arbitrary Iwith = -privata enterprise. : r is very dif?erenl;;to ! sudsidised private enterprise-^fo' priyate enterprise! eacii ■ ried on' with public seheme. : has JL NeitlSfi 1( the Colonial Government nor the | As-sembly-will have"* anything to do jwithu the ; prop6salpu%f6rwardarid supported in gross vioiation, of the public Srite^ ''restyr M i rl»->i«V.i". ft J .. .Thisjts a the e.vil of iPfiphi 'vinfialisfif! This~sbrV.bf;tMng ? is jwhat" i ;-Mfc '". ph^P|qypcj^i^v;ern.-.. ; f m'eft^ r^^&-.i0.0i 1 1^' f!o '' .fA .■■.^■>-^"w T ..^-.>r-- a TI;K-.,,.ni7f

evening (tM.23M)Lat thelEdsto. Hall, Naseby,ain/ i-aid =jpf t ilifeiA.tiiensQ'um funds. •! W|,;regret.Wles^ ( tHas7.]!ff£ r T yy„ Duncan lost' a Monday, jwben ~Naseby-with a load of | coals-" frpm_ KyeburnT By some., mischance the 1 Horse feßantf broke adeglwmle^commgdawn" ,; a sharp pinch jiearithe junction of thkrpads; .- ••:-■ A* Sfififeetmw: bf i the-'shareholders of'theI adjournment till j :Saturday ,ha<i;jtoj.be,r_acceptedj owing ;tp'the' ; npn T attenda&cejpC!.suffi.eient\ shareholders -to ... appoint.aydiEefetprys-i-iHAgreat arnouht, of■ ~iit- s; at-, ~ tend.me§^gs^yy.the r irregttlarities,df thßse i; who, without cause,, idpi.np.tj,,nTh^Jompany . mtendto,.comnT,enjQe;r9per J atiorisla.B 1 a.B ch'rectors'.are j

idLTHEinstaHation'\ofi^dffic'ers'' J Mqunt t ' Ida Lodge, EiO/y'tpok place on St. John's" Snowing OarW-^the'officers for the, ensuing year:—W.M-.y-Bro. H. WTRobins'bn;' S:W:,?Bro. G; F,-Newm3reh'; JtWv,i?Brb. E,. E. Field:. .Treasurer;-itßrd"/ W. lnde?;- Secretary, Bro. H.Wilsgn;,.S,D/, : Bro. R. R. Hbre* J.D., Bro. j. Green; Stewards, Brss. HorsweU aid Hartman.' fPiM.V'Bro 1 : Win. Grumitt, acted as {Totalling Master Math his usual ability.- ".; « ,;: -•' " -"«;•' "<>- : »' f ■'■**■ \ a •■ •.:

...We are in "receipt ao£ the -. first >number.,of. •the"'Saturday Advertiser^ 1 just'published'in' Dunedin, and : for wlii'cli, Mr. L. W....8u56h is,,, we believe, a^ppbinted' for NaSeby. ] The paper has many brigirial features;."'*'"When the preliminary struggles ; are' .rip 'doubt-the '■'original''matterwiil.be' increased' in quantity and;'in''weights the promoters see'their r way ; tp'anhbunce that the size will be enlarged, when: r a ! serial ; 'will; be published in parts. ■ ,v.■■:■■>-■ n'u .>■:■<>:■ ■■■ \

The animal Masonic'soiree, in connection with tie Mount Idaliodge, ' E.C:, was held in'the Masonic Hall on .Friday evening last,;? For the occasion the'haU was neatly decorated; \ The : whole entp&airmeiitf %as:of a most agreeable and. social' '' 'iiature, : and the brethren and tlfeir 1 ' fri'fetids thoroughly enjoyed themselves. '. The orchestra wWs'kihdry-, assisted by -Mr;, "Vickery, Master'Collett ac" compahyihg onjfihp piano:" v 'r.' :^\ ■''} ] < In a local \ la.st, ? wget,; a report of val^^lo of. c , v opinion pas3cd by Miners' Asao jiaoioViya res'oLufciou : whi.ch t cqjitairi€td au d.?pr-jssi6i'i i^fc_lh'c, val <if the course takenby : MV. 'j'.' "F." Arm ths ministerial changes" was

"rendered less clear by an "t" bemgjfebsti--tutpd for an "n" in the last words \ TCfils accident has provoked Mr. Secretary's wrath., -who-has chosen in consequence td'wTite us a very silly letter, marked '' private!" In this lukewarm age we can assure Mr. Secretary that any expression of opinion is valuable. The concert given by the Good Templars on Monday night at the Masonic Hall, NaseJ?yj J?aß Jw .financiallly,, and-.otherwise,^ ' cessr""'The"Lo"dge"appears to haTe taken root,"" numbering now about 100 members., At the concert we observed many members who had J?.°JR§^a::lqng,;rc^^ drawback was the want of ventilation, which made the 1 Sail■■ Very' oppressive. No! one who i^tehded anythmg very artistic, and weife;'consequently to'"appreciate the good-hearted efforts of the performers to please at their real value, without being cen- r ' sorious. The spirited playing of the Misses Williams the recitation from Julius Cas<sar were hardly open to critical objection.

, An application for the-construction 1 of a water.race, out of Goal .Creek, near Hyde i;wasjheara:be'fpre the' District Board of Inquiry on Friday last. '.'.; TVlr. O'Connell, late Chairman of the.Hyde' Miners' Association, appeared to ■support two, objections. One was!riot sustained, as it was shown that'what the ."objectors desired, viz. that 1 the ; applicant should "lift further down the creek than the old source of supply to , Hyde was' wtiat was asked for. It appeared ■that the.water', whibK for some,time hasbeen 'supplying' the j lower ''township at' Hyde is liftedfrqm the Shepherd's Hut,'and that emergency/-some : two or three years ago;, water was br.ought from Coal Creek. The !JBoafd'did-not; consider that a.VaHqVobjecbion 'had ,; been' made ! outi. ! and recommended the grant'of-the' application, oh/condition that no iwater;should-"be" : lifted from the 1 Shepherd's ■ Hut Greek or; Springs 1 . '-*'- '-'- \