The Central Route.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 129, 30 April 1884, Page 2

The Central Route.

Mr Mitchel son's Tour. . PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckl-anDj This I ! ay. The Minister for Public Works scarfcedon Saturday., morning to make the second of his journeys of inspec lion along the proposed i-outes of the North Isfcmd Trunk! (Railway. Mr Mitchelson, v- who. by Mr Knorpp,, left W a special train, SvhHch -.cameol them to Te Awainutu,, whence they went up to -Kihikihi to join Messrs iloiiues and Boss, surveyors. They started oa. the journey with packhorfeps this morning. The two surveyors named were engaged on the survey of the western route for the rail way line, and kiunv the country well. Mr Holmes is of opinion that it would take a month to the journey by Stratford Oikura, and TongaraKaii route, and the party determined, therefore, to goby the Mok.iu route. They will strike the Mokau river about 60 miles from the sea, and ' on arriving at Mokau uriU npend a day or so m inspecting the country and deciding upon the route to '« followed. iTheif first .stopping- place will, he Te ITira, and, fucludmg all delays, will expect to rea«h Waitara m nine days. It will therefore be a fortnight before news can be gob of the party when, they reach "the telegraph station at New Plymouth. The distance i.etw«en Te Awamutu and. Stratford is about 135 miles, that being the extent of line required to be made m order to connect Wellington and -Auckland by raiL The surveyors estinuile that the line will cost £8000 poir mile to construct,which njakes a total of rather over a million.