BROAD AND NARROW VIEWS.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 73, 22 June 1878, Page 3

BROAD AND NARROW VIEWS.

TO THH EDITOB. Sib,— lts an old saying that you must go . awayirom home to hear news, But I did not' think that it required a man to, come from/ Qtago to tell us wlmtwe want as regards' Mulways.; WeU, S»,. .the Sana?n v pjßople want » railway, so do some other people that say nothing about it. The Sandon people don't care how they get it as long as they do get it.' That, Sir, is josfc what others do care about. Mr Linton (m your report of the meeting at Palmerston) said lie was surprised at the narrowness of the Sandon 1 people's views— why not make it a County scheme ? - That last, Sir, is just ; what they are afraid^ to i 'do;— what man is there besides those that have an interest m it, and a' few on the sandhills between the two places, 'that' 'would support it by being rated for it. Now, Sir, lam not at all surprised at the narrow views on the Sandon arid Foxton line j I should be surprised if they had any broad ones and get that line. I should indeed be surprised. Take the broad view of the case. The people of Awahuri and surrounding district have as fine a gramgrowing country and as much of it as Sandon i -what i» more, they have two large oentreß of grain-consuming populations, and markets-^-at Palmewtonand Feilding, — andi good level roads to them; Now, Sir, is it likely thai; those people will be taxed for .a Saridon-Foxton railway, which is eight macs ofP, ana a hill to climb, jtwfc to acoommodate the Sandon folks P No, Sir, ybu may be tore ttM they will not, therefore yon see, Sir, they are obliged to stiok to narrow views andpie-brust promises if they stiok to the Sandoh-Foxton line. What I should call, a broad view would be thiar From the Bangitikei to Oroua Biver, extending on each side of the , road to the bush, is all grain-growing land of the very best quality. Grain is being cultivated very, fast ; and as I see loads of flour going from Sandon to Palmerston, why not make the line go that way P Make it to the, interest of the whole community to have the line made. I /lay, Sir, make itfromPalmeratonto Sandon, thentakejitbn to Bulls, from thence tothei junction on the main liie.C i Then, i Siri : t]a'ejf would haveia xnttrket at each end for their ' i prcidooe: 'Now, Sir; what will they lose by it P y They will* lose the pain of travelling throogh a lot of barren sandhills and waterholes, and the carriage for some miles of a few bales of wool ; on the other hand; they will gain the pleasure of travelling through a fertile and flourishing country, with fields laden with grain, and loads of it wherever there is a station. lam also sore that they will not lose Mr .Campbell's support, as it wUI nearly affect hisproperty as much one way as the other way* This is a good chance to test .him. In conclusion, Sir, I will just say, let any person not biassed by property feelings travel the two roads and get his opinion of it. Apologising for taking up bo muoh of your space— l am, &0., ' "' - , AWABtfBX.