The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1886. THE WELLINGTON MANAWATU RAILWAY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1669, 27 March 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1886 . THE WELLINGTON MANAWATU RAIL WA Y.

The annual meeting of directors of the Wellington Manawatir Railway Company will be held on' Wednesday next. The report to be submitted is of a most satisfactory nature. TwentVithree -miles have been already ■'; opened for traffic, and profitable returns are being yielded. From Palmerston to Otakij 36' miles, will probably be opened by the Ist of June, which it is expected' will also be worked^ remuneratively v and if no unforseen obstacle should intervene we may expect to have through ; trains : running 1 between Wellington and Palmerston by the" end of ifejct NoJivember£.,Asl.^i" .Wiellington paper remarks: — No one can deny the ability, , vigour| and determination I with ■ which vj tfie |u^d^rtaking has been' carried'ori 5 from first to last, and it must always stand as a most •creditable : monument to Wellington enterprise. r . That is ' beyond the region' ;of dispute,. Our corit'emporai;y also , refers to the feature ; of remunerative working. It says, to have*- made nearly,, i^QOO. net profit ml fiy£ months' running of sixteen miles of railway is a jiighly Satisfactory result, arid one -which w»U commend itself to the appreciation "'.of everyone! : who,.: .:understands,\v\> such ;matters wahd a^,yery;, r cheer 4 ing argury for the future. We make Uh.e:/following extracts jfrom the c^cludH^P&ttion of our > W'eU ington^n|e^po|^y's appropriate andv'sugg^v^|irtijcle. * On the whole the position ~anid| prospebts of athis g|e^u^^ta)^ng^-^the largest and'-hipstVi^orkni*%VeryeteK|tered. upon m New Zealand by private enterprise--are eminently favorable and; enpouraging. . After \five years, of haj|[Jw6rl{, much 'careful j contrivance/Jreqqentrianxiety, and no doubt occasional fits of despondency, the shareholders are about to reap fruits of their resolution and ; cour*; age m thus spiritedly taking upon themselves the onerous responsibility of constructing and ! working a line which .the Govetrnraeftt had abandoned.' When the WellingtonManawatu Railway is open to' Palmerston there will be a continuous line all -the way from Wellington to New Plymouth, a distance tif 250 .miles, passing, through a- rich agricultural and pastoral district^ and touching on its way the rising j town of Wanganui. With 3 the^ comple-; tipn of, the trunk line from Tarariaki' to Awa.mutu,and from P&lmerston to Woodville, there will be unbroken railway ; communication from Wellington to. both Auckland 'and . Napier. The : favorable progress of ( the work j is 1 therefore a matter of i congratulation to the whole Colony.) 1