MEETING AT TERRACE END.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 91, 24 August 1878, Page 2

MEETING AT TERRACE END.

A meeting; convened by his "Worship the Mayor was held on Wednesday^evening, Jto? consider the ■ necessity ;df further petitioning the Government to erect a station and platform at Fitzrpy.-stredt crossing.■•.-.. ■'•.-. After ; the Chau-man had.rejid the advertisement, he said that the matter''"vrhlchthojrhad^ssembled. together to discuss, Was one whfeh had come -before the public iii many. ways, ;• and on several occasions ; -by- requisitibASi" by representations, endorsed by resolutions from the Borough Council. For hiSjpart he could not conqeiye why the request had' been' refused, for: certainly the. site chosenby the Public Works Department was utterly useless to the townspeople, and of very.: little advantage to Iho residents of Stoney Creek. The only possible reason whicl); could be urged on ita behalf, was that it might! be the first step towards a'tram- ; way m that -direction ; but even supposing that were the object— and lit was more than* questionable— it behoved the people; living m town to look: at librae first, and ask for what was absoltitely necessary,; ratlier than look for what might be •want etf m years to; come. Without >vishing 16 criticise tho proposed site dfrbra; an engineering .aspect,, he need only say that , from a common-sense point of view it was an absurdity, and apiece with. every:>rbtlier; work m the district issuing from tho .saaie department. The apology ~ for- a "shunt at Nees's Mill was absplutely good for nothing, being useless for cattlp, useless for timber, and utterly useless for passengers. Howftvor, as there were a 1 number of speakers to : address them, he would got occupy more, of itheir time, but call npou Mr Lintoh :->feb move tho > first resolution. ; il " ; ;^ . . Mr LiNTpif. said tliat there had; been ;io. many meetings held; and;;-tHe^-iiaatter-Sb4,d'-been so often -;and so thoroughly>Yehtilated '. before, that he did" hot think it" would be necesjai'y for iluni- to add much ; to the matter. The Q-pvernmont had recognised , the : necessity fp^a p;latfbrniy but : with a spirit of contradiction and absurdity which was unaccountable, they seemed determined to place it m :a position where its -boriefita^ would not be ;o£ the slightest advantage.; If it were placed -at .the proposed' sit6 f: m .order to study tlie ofthe'Storiey/ Creek' settlers,; it was.nbt.only agrbsaih-; justice to the] residents of : . Terrace i End, ';-■ but must evpntually prove a loss to the?l)er partmont, as there would not bo bnepasv songor fpir every hundred that would be booked if the station were at Fitzroy-.street. : Under those oircutustances it sooaied as if there was some hidden reason for the pro- ; . posed step, otherwise wiiy should the interests and convenience of the hundred be studiously ignored for the one. Ho did not know whether the present meethig would,, have more effect than its predecessors, but nevertheless they should not ;relax their efforts or close their mouths when such an 'apparent > v job; '" was being . perpotratedi He would therefore move the folio wing resolution :— ' .-■'■'' ■::.:"':■■' : ■ : : .y :-' " ■• : "" J V That the inhabitants ;pf..Terraee End consider the GoverniTieht have acted m a very arbitrary- manner m refusing tho erec- ; tion. of a passehgoi*;; platform at. the, site recommended: liy ; the^ Borougli CounciL" ; ■ 'Mr Maesii perfeofcly agreed with. the i^iharks of . the mover of tho rosoiutipii,/'anudid ;ndt: think iany, new facts or; stronger arguments could be brpught- ftp bejarT iipori ,tho .'ina'f^eri.tlian had r beeri alreadyfuYnislrted. . He had much pleasure m seconding the resolution just road. •"' Mi ■ MacjClb asked if the Chairman had the:reply which Had been received from the Public. Works ■Department: with regard to • the matter. ! 1 -The Mayor said' that he had not the document i with; him, it being m the bfiicu .pf'rthq.-Borbugh: Council. He said he did not think it<"~ necessary, • as."itßi cpiitenta, hiiidi been published; m the MA^AwATUr'Tl^iss," and ho presumed the subject wqii9.;cPn3equently known to every one. ■ ..■,i*±'[ Mr DKAitD said that at the last meeting a number of * resolutions had been passed^, and ; forwarded ; tb'Mr Snolson for presentation -tp the^Minister: of Public Works, he would like the chairman to give the meeting some.; : information as to what tooj; place at the iutorview. ■..';. ;.- \} : ?\}' : ': i f*- l y-' i Vyi : *~'r The CnAiEMAir, m reply ,tp ,tHo. request, said that he had not receiTed tho resolutions m question until (the morning of thevdayupon which Parliament to, opened. o Hb,-; however, lost no; . time li»'^waiting upori;Mr .Mai'andrew. and he need not Bay:that-he j (the .Chairman) used whatever eloquence he was ppssessod pjf >m favour of the matter. Ho was aiked'^tb; reduce" jbis request towriting^hieh';"'lie;' did, using the. strongest arguments possible. Ho might say :that thore were others also moving m the mat-tbr—-Mr McGoll, for instaiioo. . > .Mr D.baiid wished. to %npw ifMr'Macdhdrew had asked tlio extent of {population, or tho number of residents at' the Terrace End. . ' ■!■: - :.- i - ;:"ATf; : -; CHAmaiAK Baid : ikhat -he had already informed the meeting that tha.^day upoa_ which the interview ha^&ken place was d' particularly, busy.; one with inombeirs of the Government; beside, the usual course adopted on Buch ! occasions, was to refer to tho engineer of the district, or other officer, for the information, . Mr Dbabd Baid that Bcemingly_past agitation had been ipeffectual,"but he Kppod they would be more, successful m their present effort. It was one \milo and a quar^ ter from the station m "the Square to their, end of the towni consequently they had some thirty -five further tb tratol than those at the jWest end, and ho thought it was a gross injustice that, with a;pppulatioh of between 'three hundred a»id : fifty and foiir huudredj eighty or ninety houses, two Bteam sawmilU and one~ fl,otirmiU, jb&-, ;Bido .-other^industries, they should be* tliiis 'ignored and tlieir wants unattpnded;to. He.l had made it liis business'to riot ice the' number, of persons. whi3got.;pffj and on the train af : VtJte'piN}3l ; nt platform, and -he could safely'" assert 1 that there .were ihoro passen-: gers from TeWacofEud than at any station between Foiiding and excepting of courso, the Sqliare. Pretty well all of the Pitlmerston people; who trarelledup-codntry got off jind on at Terrace End, and there was scarcely a train passed withbut taking up a number of persona. He would ;m'ove—- ". Th^il; the^ . ttoveraoiout be again re-

quested-to rocoasider their dceiiion respecting the erection of a passenger platform at the function of Filzroy and Main streets,, as request eth by the rat epayers at the meetjmujakLa short time sinco,' when resolutions (^^^^■jjpedt and forwarded through the Minister for Public Works." was seeorfcied by %rj?ATUSS>being put to|fc^je meefcInvited. romauktf'u^oh it,. . satd y"t,lmt ho -^had attended meeting m i^nqriiuco of what had done by the Borpugtf^Souncil profiously, and also what; it $Kas: Jrheniipro.-; . jSoscd to do: When ".ho adroeated ■ tho eree» tipji of the station at or. near-thef j unctionof Terraco and Miiin streets, he was considerably astounded to see the step: opposed by both Mr. Deard and Mr Marsh. Ho ; did not wish', to go against .legally-consti-tuted bodies, but he "thought that the Borough Council should be asked to recon* . aider its decision, and request the Govern- \ merit, to placet the platform opposite- the* : Hospital. Certainly m. his opinion that would be a far more suitablo position than j the one advocated b^ the/ni§eUng, and ; [although perhapVin 'twenty ye^rs time'ib might not bo so near the centre of pbpuia« tion, at the present it could -claim that.ad- . vantage. He' begged to move, as an amend? "That tho^ Government be requested toerect a . passenger platform opposite th© Hospital," andnear to the juuetion of: Main ..'and Terrace Btreets." , v > ' ' Af toi ; waiting, for some time, there beingi - •■.nor "seconder for ' : tjje Jamendtoent,. »iict thcresplut.ipn- havihg^been . gut, was earned { unanimously. ■ v' :: *'■*■'; '" : Mr LiNTONisaid ho could; not but; admire'the^consistency'of Mr.Maekio m the mattery ■-' At^ the first meeting he brought forward a; •resolution opposed;. to the site; which certainly found a seconder— bu,t h© ; ibeliefedl j only through" a mistake— and .now h«. brought the same thing up again at a meetr ing which had not been called tb^consider a Question of site, but . vrhy t cerbkij piing* \' had not been done. ;Tho question hacl been discussed, iiptjbnly A 1 * the i-B,orough Council,'' but over, and over again by.themtepayer«,i and if evidence wore- wanting of tl)e l uha«: : nimity of opinion on the sobjeet, it would ; bj9 fouhel in._6he*T^r.y.j:&c'|;>Qr' :: Hc-Mtto£i^r being nnable jto- find "a^secondor f w Kis; amondrnent. ;lt ..was j; just i.^uch another-; spirit o'f'bbsthiacy ai'lto /Mackie^.CMr^MACKiß';: Oli,-. nd; ripthingj; of tho sort)— which caused the present sti*;. tioii-at ; t : ficvS^^^ =was an; eye-sore and a nuisance totho town* Mr' thought^ .that a: furtheV.ste'p. was necessary;, before' -sepamt' wgy ahel m order '."-.tp; .give" 'effoct to the. .foregoing, . h«t . wbnldniove i : V ;^^- : r :^;'r^' J" That the Mayor be reqiie3ted T to*for* ward tho resbiutioh^ tK>t!^ ; |^tmi?ter: fobPublic Wurks] luid; Urge ■iiponjhisrjattien^: tion the necessity thsijtetistS for, a plat form / at the point iiamed; & $P a ■W&tmg. ! and .,:-. point out the : v.QnWnienw> if wonlcl bjl; ' to a lai-go number' brtlie rbsidenis of Pa^. mersftu Nort,hv\ .'"'■■■'.,• :,' -■ 7 " '^ -.•■■*■ ''■' '%:-■ .■' :".' ; Tho motipri, 'seconded by ifr AKi>?HSOir ? -. ,;-was. canned unairiuiibusly, • aa ;was alsoj- ay. < vote .of thanks to tholehairniaui. and the. • meeting; then setxii-ated. r ■■-■->- - -, : ■*.•'■■■■• - . '•■-■;.■■ I . - -.-: : .-^-.-- ".. i .._v ._ ;. : ■■",>. .-i-^.