RAILWAY FARES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 28, 31 January 1876, Page 2

RAILWAY FARES.

'••;'^:-1^ To the Editor op the ' Evening Mati,.' : . -.Sir—Allo;wv, me . the . opportunity; through the medium of your valuable' 'paper to express my dissatisfaction, in common with the already; numerous writers in the";pubiic,j6urnals, with regard to the'working of _our uni(jue%ail- . .way.-.,J......„...!.. . ... Much has been said 'on the subject, ; but still not enough.' • I wish t6> poirit [byjt what to my miner ia a fept, whjch wil.l ..certainly curtail 'tliV; receipts of the' railway. '_'.' ': f $..'.' ' <-'J Assmyrsignature;denotes^ I -aia*>a-t Maori, hence you will understand with : what' fe'elibgs-of anxifety I' Vith mp.ny;: others looked forward,t<>-the"^bn'Straci, tion of that sarae^as it hWvtui'ned out;, —unprecedented piece of = engineering.; skill, .which., perhaps was. to bear the first train I had jseen, and. at the same time afford us a f quick and'-ine'xpensive mode of transit to and from town. As the work progressed it slfrnck' 'me that sit was as iIL designed? as4pps.sible s: ajad as the apprpacWd cpmpletion I noticeU with ?that at/was -as' well constructed as any line in the ■colony;r ■ Goiisequeritly we country "folk • Who' inten'ded ,tb patronise :the same .hoped that the time table and fares would be both convenient arid able.' ':2Tudge of titir'surprise, Sir, Wlieri the irfdrniug= paper of ;yfesterday' in-; formed us that meti. occupying.; the .position of Governnient": agents, seeking'' the welfare of their, cpuntry, studying, the interest of the people'at 'large, had rafter due deliberation decided to charge us 2s 6d to travel eight miles —at the ', rate .of] nearly- fourpericfe. per anile.; -. By, >■ coach now the fare.is ouly 2s. .Surely, Sir, your contemporary must have made a printer's error. . ') ■ l'-.^, No sensible;perso.n could have desired to charge passengers such an outrageous ..fee, especially as'the managing director--1 is a servant of the liberal New Zealand Government.. - Kindly, . Bir, in. the interest of the public call the attention of your contemporary to the mistake, or, if it be not a'mistake, inform the :railway;authorities; that travelling by • rail in the,future must be a luxury, and that coaching is infinitely preferable at threepence per-,mile. Trusting-the unanimous wish of the residents both in town and country,will be entertained ' with due regard, and that we shall not see the strange anomaly of coach and train travelling towards the same city —* the coach, being preferred —and also wishing our railway every success, "at., reduced fares only, : ",< ■ :' f ' ' ' I am, &c, Idle New Zealand.?:. Eichmond, January 29.