The North island Trunk RAILWAY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 144, 26 May 1883, Page 3

The No rth island Trunk RAILWAY.

(by tMjKgka^h;; 1 ■'■ • (^UNITBD TBKSS ASB(feiXlriON. ) . AiJCKi^^^Miay ; 23. At the Chambey,of r Commerc« to-day the Chairman," W. y Campbell, siid r is member had waited on him, and a^ked him to convene a,. meeting m reference to the Taranrfkf 1 Railway ;; but :thp7f, could not call it that. It was really the North Island Trunk Railway ; but he moved, "That; £1 0*0^)0 having been voted for the p^rpos^s; oT "defray.ing: the expenses of tile' neifessary' -' p'relMih'ary survey to ascertain' flSe. b^sfc : line for the] JNorth Tmnk Railway,' Vrid the : fcbj;row-' iner of a sum of nnllio'n haVing betn authorised towardg'^ii^ cdnstfuctio'tt of the same, this Ghain'b^b'egs.tb approach the Government witt a'recommfend'ation that a Comm.isSi6n^ be appointed -of purely disinte^eßte'd.^iriembers to; dii^ct the manner in i^riicWtV'£lo,ood ! ought to be expended^* 1 J. M. Ol4i^e; seconded tha m'ojSon, .arid said it .Was almost futile to ge^ifefo'rmatidiiiiib^fthV country having been examined from* "a scientific point ot view ; anyone'lopking at the matter from r dii k !Aiifeklaud/ ? or mi. Dartial pointof view mnstcometcTthe conclusion that tb'6 ! iinb inoli'd be con%ectpd with the WeliinKWn;^t|^anga4ui [ linG at a point a4 i: faf ildfth as pbESible .'.'; ; a s;reat deal of M^Vjentf and 1 bn the Coast would t^ius^Be bjiened up. ;'TJnless there were great engineering. difficulties m the way, the, line should be frprn/Te Awamutu via the^Wes't' feoa'sC'CJlti. naately a line- might go from Napier through the mjddie of the island. , Mr Thomas Peac cfe,' MtH. P., pointed but that a portion of the £lt»,000 vote had already been expended and if "a com-, mission were fij^pointed they "wotild jbe' cos'finedt6.*<^in'e^in^'i'diffi'cnl{|es'i :f 'aQd wouldVjs oi 'Httl<i J Ju\3e 'ufiless tliey icbm^ prise^ engineering authorities., iHo' com mision of '; 'cbin'mC r'cial' J men could say how the-mbnpyfeouTtf Be' ekpende : d'' on surveys. Mr Peacock moved as an amendment, " 1 hat a com mi tree .be appointed td' witch^bei-mterfßt'tif iH§ Provincial District of Auckland with regard to the Northern, Tronk" Rajj-, way." Mr^Tlionras-'^Mo'rHk ' J ipofee l Strongly m favour of the West Coast route, pointing out that.a , linTih .this direction would open?iip ; ' if better ponißb* of.the country. A respluti* n. w/a^, Jjead^ from the Hawera resfcdtenfe aßain ! g' ; the* Chamber of Oomrflerce,tPi«,ad^ocAte ,a line by way of j}t°9?f a W l ?? ! * I '"^> o * ae forthe discussion followed. ja Mi J. Mr Clarke pointed out That the iutenHon of the Wellington Chamber of Copsmerce m the action they were lakir^g^as: rio^so much to develop their ifade^as to damage Auckland. Tisse%fasv2no seconder to Mr Peaj^ck]^ niprion, it lapsed. The Chairman's was agreed andon. » the f - moiion oj. Mr Aickin/it i^waV 1 ordered' to "be an instruction of the Comitoifctee of ith'e Chamber to. watch .pjen .the , interest ;l of^ the North Island Trunk : 'RaiJ iwayV ' * "