THE RAILWAY STATION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5529, 16 December 1878, Page 2

THE RAILWAY STATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sir, —Although a public meeting-.is to be held to discuss and take steps to induce the Government to alter the site of the railway station to a more central position, I am afraid that by insisting on sites such as Te Aro, Queen’s Wharf, or even alongside of the Lion Foundry, we shall only strengthen the determination of the Government to keep it where it is. There would of course be no objection to pointing out these positions as good ones, and likely to give the greatest amount of satisfaction to the public, yet in the event of the Government not seeing its way to set aside the necessary quantity of land which would be required for either of them, would it not be as well to suggest a site which the Government could have no posable objection to, and thus secure at least a'portion of what is desired ? I see by the plan which has just been prepared that the whole of the land on the south side of the Government Buildings (with the exception of the Freemasons’ grant and the Supreme Court reserve) is laid out in sections and colored, indicating, as I take it, that they are to be sold. There is, however, a large reserve at the rear of the buildings, the land on the north side would also be available, and I think that a very good site for the terminus would be found immediately opposite the shop of Mr. Robert Burrett, at the corner of Charlotte-street and Lambton-quay. The distance from the wharf to this place when the streets are formed is very short, and I am not so sm:e but that the site would bo found to be a convenient one for the majority of the travelling public ; at all events it would be nearer the centre by at least half a mile, and would also bring it within the ordinary rates charged for carriage of goods, &o.; and, again, it would obviate the necessity for having more than one station, as the tram cars could run to it from both ends of the town. The position, moreover, is a very commanding one, and if chosen would do much to increase the value of the adjoining sections, and would be exceedingly convenient to the proposed railway wharf. Trusting, therefore, that the meeting will sink all petty jealousies and endeavor to obtain what they are most likely to get, X am, &c., Citizen. Deoembor 14.