OAMARU-NASEBY RAILWAY COMMITTEE.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 1887, 14 May 1878, Page 2

OAMARU-NASEBY RAILWAY COMMITTEE.

posed extension of Waiaroka railway to Livingstone may be instructed to survoy the route from Teaneraki ns well as from Windsor and Ngapara, as already agrood to, Further, to state that membors of Com* mittee resident in the distriot will be happy to afford every facility to tho surveyors, and to Ask at what date they may bo expected to commence operations. G. Sumptkr, Hon Soo. It having been resolved that a meeting of the Committee should be convened to consider and take action upon tho report of the Engineers ou completion of the survey, the Committee adjourned. Shortly afterwards a telegram wai received from Mr W. N. Blair, stating that he had " arranged for the survey of the Waiareka line to be done soon, or at any rate in time for the next session of I Assembly."

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A meeting of this Committee took place yesterday morning in the County Council Chamber. Present — Messrs Steward (chair), Reid, Menlove, Gibb«, Evans, M'Leod and Sump tor (Hon. Soc.) The minutes of lost meeting having been road and considered, the WaiarokaLivingstone Sub-Committee appointed thereat reportodos follows :~r Your Committee bog" to report that they have visited the proposed route of the Waiareka-Livingstono railway from Windsor Station, and also a possible route from Teaneraki, boing tho route laid down by the flying survoy of Messrs Thornton and Bull. They find that it will be qttito practicable to make the line by cither route, tho distanco from Windsor being approximately 1 6 miles ; and from Tcanoraki 23 miles. They have reason to believe that it will be quite practicable aho to mako the lino from Ngapara to Livingstono, a distanco of about 12 miles only, though this would probably involve somewhat heavy grades for tho first two or threo miles, or possibly a short tunnel. They do not feel able to recommend definitely aa to which of tho routes should bo adopted until a proper survey has been made, and tho Engineer's report obtained ; and referring to the promiso of the Governmont to cause a survoy to bo mado next session, recommend that the Chairman he instructed to tctograph, asking that tho surveyors employod may bo instructed to survey all threo routes and report as to the approximate cost of oaoh ; and asking when the survey will bo commenced. • Tho acreage of land opened up by the throe several routos is approximately estimated as follows, viz, t Toaneiuki-Living-stone, (50,000 acres : Windsor-Livingstone, 40,000 aero* ; Ngapara-Livingatono, 40,000 acres. The report wni adopted. The time for bringing up the report of the Bub*Coinmittce re the Kurow extension was extended until the next meeting. The name of Mr James Leo* was ndded to the Qviu-rnl Committee. It was decided to send the following telegram to the Hon. the Minister foi Public Works :— Oamaru, May 13, 1878. Minister for Public Works, Wellington. Referring to your letter of 15th April (No 1692), I a.n directed to ask tint the surveyors entrusted with tho suivey of tho pro-