The Daily Times. THE OLDEST MANAWATU JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1875. SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 1884.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1336, 1 November 1884, Page 2

The Daily Times. THE OLDEST MAN AWATU JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1875. SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 1884.

Qpna.QNsjnftj jbe ilivided as to whether the proposal to place the railways under Boards of Management will result Batjsfepto.rily^ but, m thiß disiricta'tleaSt^herß^enO two opinions as to the unsatisfactory work* ing of the present system. How ■ j ever rnup.hicpjidjtioqs maj (vary, the ' Department has but one hard and fast rule as to I : 'tariff. It may bei ,slearlj^hpii||r( t\#s losj jt£ j-ejiulting I bo*.h to the Department' amd the.i public, but no alteration is possible, ; m view of agitation m the same di« ; rection m other' districts where the j conditions may be different. It is' hVgh Me T ihV#re Bent?8 ent? state ofyffajrs was altered and the railways mamsi ged on BBfi£d j ; buSneßS '^principles. No rail^WmpSn^^'iri^'the world would manage matters so badly as tqifairly afe^nglen an m- j dus try capable of contributing to its profits, and force producers to revert to the ,mogt primitive methods of transpdrting^^tenal.^ Yet^ this is dove by pur Railway Department,! and, according to the Minister forj Public WP^ks, there is.nojbelp for} it, under the existing .systini. In| reply to a series oi qiiesiidn^ put byj Mr Macarthur on •''WefdnesSay hej said — •; The Goveunineiit wjere not! aware that, any, >arrapge,menss were] Taeing made to float .logs" jjo,wn thej Wanganui Kiver. , ,^h ( e' ' timjjer waa 1 floated down the t river l fp 4 ra h distanpe of 60,iniles, and if tiien was sent on 1 WWgaiui^^.^m ce n Ml4s4 certained that some logs of a certaindescription of jjijtmberjygte at|pre«enl carried on the railway at 2t< 6d pe^ I,oooft while white pine was carried coulcL be entertained by.the Railway Be&rihit&f'ffi'jiw^ijMm had been introduced, and the only differ^ ence betoffcenn ;thq ?;priice« charged was m square and round timber. H^ could not hold put any hope of a modification of the tariff being made -at present.", $he f .tariff /at jgregenp is pro'hibitiyeVa'nd If is'a^elilKn^wfl factj .as, stated by 'M% iMa^cartbur, tha^ large contracts for tb'e supply from Manawatu and delivery of _logs m Wanganui have had to be given up, itt'cp.ns^ue'hee. adoption of j| .new^bde^fß^lsSlement by ' the Department? ; i|a>ryfxeigh;t jchairgei $?fy< m ifafst, t^e;qply| thing standing m .th© way pf a prjjfable; export trade with. Australia! Twhil^ Jdj&X irlilway .i»! .thus vaptajqgrai a cheoJkingtqad. pf an. aj4 .tp i *Jb e *W" ber iiidufltry, and while the Deparjmeiit.runsiong trftinsipf Empties" ip preforenoe -to ..lOpnyeyingi ytjmbdr ;ati, cheap. . rates, it jg jjjiUselesß <to expe.ct pur line to pro^ve.eitherprofitable, to the Department ,o? beneficialb to! ;fch» jp,ubUp*.)'.)Cp.iißideping,! 'the timber .resources o£ this disfirjet, and its poisibilities m other respeotis, iweliave no 'hesitation m saying that, not only wouldUi pay to reduce th'e tariff, Sqitithaii Jibe aneceagea.ci'eni? 1 !^ for;f c«ight/w!bu,l4 jen.a.ble ( thift : jpgpar^ ' ment'tOdCiunxa gpaciaj goo^ds train at! :a profits ..'Wfehave (n^dp&bt^hatjif -thai xafyp&J§> jajje ypjacedj , ui^der^jthe!mankgemeptp|,apjn|ieUjgent;Boara, one' of the first thing£.senjp)jjq&#jjl ih'e ithe •damaging^Mdt o|.' the; present tariff on timber. ' " [nLl'