Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1884. CENTRAL RAILWAY ROUTE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 100, 24 March 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY. ) Suivant la verite. MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1884. CENTRAL RAILWAY ROUTE.

iWtE&tQ glad to tee the Auckland Herald advocating a mutual comproMise^ Wetw^'eiilWellingtonand Auckland with i;eg::»rd, jto the Central Route . que?tiop. , , buna jeoiitethpoi lirf "-observes, ; xfhjbn. ; referring to a question :— % — " Let then our representathes even now declare boldly for both. The mil;lion loan- can of course be applied tcftflierl c xcclusively, of only one or othor of them ; tlia one to which it !j may not be devoted can, nevertheless 1 ,;, : 'b'e. : ' Undertaken by private enterprise. We ' ( ba.yey therefore; no Jiaaitatnn~4n. ; saying thjaPJh^pgl j^y^brLA itcki a*n\l , members; toTadopt is (subject, of course, to engineering leports) to hold them- : gel v^S; in, readiness to decidflpWAbhi ,tfoe ,; jljV'eiiiugton members h\)faVjopu£>f' th» , in,la,jnd ,I^oll te, but only on these two Imperative conditions : Fisst, that the .worjcjjc ponfnpflpiCgp u|jasd cafcried\t)n froni; ,i?otH ends of the line simultaneously; atid, secondly, that the tight to construct' the western lino, .under ., the provisions of^Mfe* ©istricr Kuil way Act be, assured to the colonists m the Aiidk* , Jan.d,rai)di ew Plymouth districts, »o long as thpy : mav ; ,^e,)iri.ftipositiDn;itaar-i jrftUge^orliindertlaking it. We see no other .way of escaping the difficulties ,and risk* with whicl. the question is beset, and! them are many reasons'CwhiiJh' 1 might be juried m its beh.alf,as the best solution, attainable. It would securo the immediate coinnu j ncetnent of the North. lsljuid Trnnk Railway, on terns . equally ..-favourably to Welliimto^i andj to Auckland, ami open up this* island for settlement. It . will . u , secure also thjß : ulir&c&^'cßm&unic'atipu by. rail of Auckland with^Sfew Plymouth and the: West Coast generally." Viewed from every standpoint we think the miperiority of the Central Route,as opposed to the Moknu, stands outiu bold relief. But that is no rea-

nttti *vfi,y tin. 1 ifilfHi 1 wjulU, if f'.WM i I'i'rtfticnblc. rlihl! iiui iif'U'r^di'jH !m. crjnstHUHdJ. in /dtit,,iniri tttltdtt.'il^t-'ii, hiv so uppareut tin {ire U'epredeiHtiU fn somb quai'tei'sj flloie;^ will be no cltlHonlly m lindiiig the requisite capital. A similar project to that which" the, Wesf, Coast Railway Company is now achieving, can be easily undertaken by a company, similarly launched and managed. But the question, as a matter of colonial policy, jiiust— be viewed in 'a different light 'ajtogetli^r.The Moknirronte may be a matter for future consideration, as a _ financial,, undertaking by a private company ;, but the. inland Central :E6ute is a-'wbVk' that "must be magu rated by % Government as a colonial undertaking, immediately, and brought to a conclu:. Ni'on with all possible expedition. The West Coast, members must . make them.solves heard and fdlt oil this point. There must bo> no cbnipivomjse^ no indefinite understanding ; but the mat-tcr roijist be distinctly 6et "fo'rttf and dete'rmiiied. un.on, without any possibility »f sirbsequent mistake or confusion. The (West Coast ' members can bring immense pressure to bear in 1 deciiliiig* the measure — though we greatly feai? th^t. on this momentous qu'fSti6n^theme/i\bQi" for Manawalu will be foHni not for us but< against us. We. . i; shall ,b& mo^t; agreeably surprised if our prediction proves incorrect. Wertruat-tttat AltHffl 1 ( other West Coast representative^,, are, Aound on that which' ls Virtually the qut-stion of the day, so far as local, Hutij general in.teues.fca arer f concerned for all the district^' from Wellijigtoiuto Wan-ii ganui inclusive.