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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 72, 19 June 1878, Page 2

We regret to. hear that the tender oc Julian Audreason has been accepted for the temporary extension to the Foxton Wharf. We Were m hopes that befo.e tbe Department was committed lo tbe scheme by the acceptation of any tender,, sufficient pressure would have been brought to bear upou tbe Government to wi'hd-'aw that one-horse plan, and substitute one for a permanent wharf. The absolute necessity of sucli a work has been freely admit ted on alt quarters, the 0p.1.v reason alleged being a waut of fuDds. Now, however, no sucb excuse exists, Rod m the face of the rapidly-increasing trade of the pot'f, the carrying out of tbe original inadequate plan is a piece of absurd fol'v, andalosslto the public revenue. We know it will he-asserted tbat the p 'ese;it is a portion. of the proposed future and permanent plan, but we maintain that the present wharfage requirements will admit of no delay whatever, and tbat when the temporary extension is completed, it will be found then equally as inadequate to 'the export trade, as ihe present one. is; now. Just now there are hundreds' pf thousands of feet of limber lying by the side of the railway line, which cannot be conveyed lo Foxton for want of trucks, but when that difficulty has been overcome by a. large supply of waggons andincreased rolling stock" it will be found that the timber will have been only removed lo Fox lon to share a siinilaVfale for want of wharfage accom modal ion. We have been informed that there is just a chance that Mr -A'ud reason will fail to carry out the tender ■which has been accepted, aud under tKe.'circutns'ahces we can only earnestly hope. tha b such will be the case. Should such be the fact, wo trust '.that not only will the Foxton people, but the residents of tho • Manawa! u gencrally,aw*akcn from theirapalhy, and obtain a pledge from the Government that tbe obnoxious plans will be withdrawn, instead of accepting the next lowest tender. . •