Wellington Chamber of Commerce.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 47, 27 January 1885, Page 3

Wellington Chamber of Commerce.

'■'• '■' Thfe^follp^vi^ iare^e^trajqts ,fi|om the ' rfepdrt^hich ?vas .to mm Jjeesn .presented to.'Qie inemlbers 'pjf .the Chamber of Com- ;!! i&jfrce^nfceiannual' meeting,: but which l^te^for.'want^pf'agMorjm;,— i {/ NORTH ISLAND BAJIiWAY. ~-y . ? : i First m prominence among the events si -of the yea* ate the stepVthat ;'have\been taken toward' the* prosecutioii' bt jraUsvay ,'u works i in ihis. : island! '•■/Fdr'inany.^jwarsi it has been felt that the bfcthe : North i Island' wak retarded 5 through* the - lpagi delay m the construction iof those i^ainMines! of railway wbichKhad always v been recdetnfeed' afe a necessary part of „ the colbrifal Public ; Works policy. A number of the > residents of this city and 7 district had, 'with commendable! energy a»d foresight,' ieridea*6ure& to mitigate ; ; jthis eviil)by theiestablishment : of a comN J c;j(snj/ < ifQr..'tho>iconstruißtioto of what is known* las> the • Wellingtoh'-Manawatu Railway. This line, admittedly* of the highest importance, is, however, but a pajrt pf-whatwaß needed, and.it is therefore -With considerable satisfaction ffiaT your, councir.corigratulates the cpamber on- the -fact that the Legislature, at its • ;recjßnt [session^ decided) /uponl tho imme- '\ dia^ of a line from Mar ton tip To Alwamutu, which,. when completed will bring Wellington inter direct'railway communication with ,thc City and Disi 1 4rict 'df ; Audklahd ! and all the ' interme- ; fliate country; ; That this line is to be ; carried ,-by the! central; route caiinot but [ he Ratifying to this chamber, wh^ch has ' ' always been the consistent , advocate of '■'the' Monition 'of that ."routo , as the one ' ' nid'st cdndubivfe' to^ the best invests of ■•: the' colony 7 , 'opehtiig as it docs thq largest i amount ot gdddc(pwntry -to botli theprin- ' ! ;., t! . ; ,.^ipthevilinet< theieonsteuction of which .Btrong|y..§upported, iii the last; annual "'orepprfci -is one through, j^he j^aiiawatu T 'Gbrge ts' connect ".Pahnerstqn North to li(? Wi»oaviHef This has also' received the tfee'L'egtsMttire; .and xs to be tt pifeiniharid'forthwitbli' It ife lih^erstood ; , , tbaJ^eveMysiefforfe' will W '«anide ito have this line comple^te'd.;: within Atl^e next jßkhteen-nipnthSj.bvvwhich 1 tiiuje it is. : estimated tKat t]|ie "\velUiigton-]W[aiHawatn '•ElailWa^wiir'also tt> finished." OEJy the ! tafiaaiS r bf IBto Wellington' mayj thcreiiTfote^'tieiMtpected to'rbe in 'direct railway ) coiblntimcatipn'Wth'New Plymouth on ,j.^he,;'Wesfe Coast,; with- Napier ;on the ■ E^st^Cfpas.t, tand al^o .with, works; m prol^gresa'^v|iic^ w^l,at,»ot: di.stan<ifdite con- ' "Sect at with Auckldnd ,and all the; central -W^^^th'eNortTi'lsl.ana'.; :: j Weliington-Manaw^tti— The constraci >&ns'-line "is" still ' being energetical- , Ly prosecuted*, nnd, out ' of thej entire 1>n 'jength 0f,93i miles,, 63! miles ard tinder "■ contract, while tenders' for, the remaining 20 miles are ,tp be . invited shortly. The 1 '][fern\ahont-way is completed from Wol- : ; fingf.pn to 'Jphnspnyille,. and it, i^ anticiv'^pated thatby'ttie iiibrith ■"o'f 'Apiul next the line will be finished anfl : opined to rPairramattft; "a distance of 'sixteen miles j jfipm.^elliugton. . : FurtherTcOntracts aro m J(iajid fpr/nation _ of the rhino -a^ far as ..Paucakar^ka,;. the.^Palnierstpn end o^ntractsAre iet^coyering the, ;lirio from J « PaMerstbta ib 'half a mile south of Otaki. i The'coritractiirsiat that end have been /. retarded to^ exceptionally ' bad 'weather, • y butiit is .! hoped they may^y©^ ' complete ■j t^fiiy wotks vs byi the contract ; date, 1 It is ;. anticipate^iihat t}\e; entire Iwill be , ' , v fioifnedj Wite within the,, time, originally 1 'fitite'cl/ ' The comparw^has^proqured a portiph-'of tble roiluig stock required for traffic at the WeUington end, andj expect •«^qi jwceiye^ t>y. the Xenirvjo'rth, idue, m •^rebnisiry/'+he'^ssenger carriages necessary for the equipment of the entire line. jJTJje cofflpanyis afliertising for! pubu'c 3 >»]fefi»D'oVit 2#tioo- acres^of agriqultural and pastoral land, including the townc fhip v pf v Lintdh «nd' | suburban sections. "■'^Ma'rfutahi to Sawefa.— The |gap of about teu'mlles^ which exists at this part j^i^tFM^-^eW'-Piymouth Une| woulil. have been erenow but for the failure' bf. one o'^the contractors w]ho had } '/iiitdeitakon Hihe work, and ■ the intervens •.tioiijpf^ gjteat deal of unfavorable wea- * now j expected to be : ready for traffic 'about 1 the end or February. "^l^ij&jriWoodHUe.^— This»iine is now 1 oi>en, aays y far as . : and iurther tenders ate 1 aboiit to be im^ted for the •^|i|ab^Cbf>lhe W/arkl - ' - ' \ " WeJUnjgt^n; Y|oodyiUe.rrTlie work M the^fprm^tjon contract. for eighfi miles beyonaiOpaki, wHicb^was 'let at tne date of the last annual report, has been de- } j I^e4 c oito»lgh bad weather. ■<'<& further '^pp^rftcfcp^ja h'itfeiOVer Binileßhas since , l^en! let a^fl .^b^.iwfi cpntr^aots are now " D^toceeaing < togetner. This, section is making but slow progress, and as the line betweWMastertjon and Wopdville iyiU pass 'through some e&ceedingly valu .able country, your council, is impressed of the work, j . . STATISTICS OF- TRADE. |.. v. inffhe year 1884' ; Has not' been a veiy \pi:pn^kble:bnte.for those engaged in| pommerce m tl^is colony. The prices . obtained for bur.m^m staple, wool r has not • ' beeh v satistactory to producers, and the > s j result i of 'i£e*; : iaißt', wheat ■harvest hab been J'^a, yjery pne.for .agriculthrikts. \ The, London market for frozen meat ha» also been , generally depressed, and but v ;ie\!i^ a^ictes!- 'of .colonial export have return... Importers, ■•'" KaV'e^ also "hi^ , ijp cpntenii with ja,' low raii^e' of 1 pnces.^hroughQiit .the ! year, • lea^g small margin^ of profit. ■ This "colony has been, however, by no meari6 ■VsihjgiUar m -unsatisfactory ejsperi-' 5 entje's, ' which * have been v common ,j to. i oilier" communities at Hou^e . and , ,the ".'•fiolony.' I ' Signs, of greater activity .are, v 'ttdpeoVer/ndw noticeable, giving indication of an improved condition of affairs 1 j m the year'that has just begun. Bail;" i icwiy irii H hiirb'br; Works 1 have beenjinaui- , gflrateid i jn ; vaVidug >! fi i arts tii 1 the 'cdlony, j ,. jW^ich, jmay ;b'©. le'ipected ${o result m the ' pTOnjotipnpftSettlement- and general ex? p'ansion of irjide. i ... . | /; . „„;). YtAND -i: i i % , ( t " r ;It)i8 s ,'iimportantii 'however, that the '. *■ construction^oJt. railroads should be ac,-; "conipanied by.immigrationioif.a desirable <J^«ltt«B, sb'tnat a^ lpitul becomes availaWe, it may be^bTonght* into profitable occujt jjPfttion^and^prodttbts - faisefl *fcherefrom* which shall-^well the value ofourcolo-