HARBOUR BRIDGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 287, 24 February 1928, Page 8

HARBOUR BRIDGE

CALL FOR ACTION TO COST NEARLY A MILL** MEETINGS AT NORTH SHORE *’lt is time we made a start . organise schemes for the construe** tion the harbour br dge ‘ Mr. o. Aldridge, Mayor of oprt, at a meeting of the Auccl... Harbour, Bridge Association last evening. *' c ■ The project has been too u,nebulous”, Mr. Aldridge continued if long lias the scheme be, n in th e ’' that it has become a matter for dei" sien. Now is the time to show thst L project is sane and practical.” The building of the bridge Mr. Aldridge, would not mean the abolition of that ferry L. £e at wor?d.° ne ° £ the mOBt Practical details of the scheme « expounded by Mr. R. H. Grevill. * estimated the cost of the structure r be between £600,000 and £ 90,10,-, o contended that the bridge should st. from a point near the Western and cross the harbour to a spot iS' way between Stanley and North, Points. * o*ol* Toll charges amounting to 20 cent, of the present fern- chariT would meet the necessary tT priations for maintenance wLt' ins expenses and sinking ft LY That estimate. said Mr. rjr. ville, did not take into account tie iluc sibility of a subsidy from the liT' Highways Board or the Railwar nf partment. Mr. C. M. Browne, who preside stated that the meeting was the of a series to be conducted by th. Harbour Bridge Association. Meetings in support of the nrciw were also held at Bayswater and s' mont last evening. The meeting at Bayswater was n„ sided over by Mr. J. w. William,.' Mayor of Takapana, while Mr E Li presided over the gathering at BetaoBoth meetings were well attended »• the various speakers a.l expressed (av ourable opinions of the scheme u,' urged the residents to support it! At the conclusion of the Beliaor meeting a branch of the associatiowas formed, a large number of re«dents becoming members. The follow ing officers were elected: Cbairnu Mr. E. Lilly; secretary and treasam Mr. A. A. Creamer.