VI IT OF THE HON. MR MITCHELSON. The Te Aroha Railway Station.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 33, 19 January 1884, Page 2

VI IT OF THE HON. MR MITCHELSON. The Te Aroha Railway Station.

Tine Hnn. K. Mitchelson, Minister of Public Works, arrived here on Thmvday afternoon from Hamilton. He was accomj)iinicd l>y his private secretary nnrl Mr W. P. Hales. District Engineer. Shortly after liis iirrival lu> was waited on by Messrs Wells and WhitiUer, with refeifiiue to the 'IV Aroha liailway Station site. Pn-forc alluding fiirther to the interview, a word or two of explanation i neces^ar . As is well know 1 ), Hunt and White's rai - way cm tract terminates on the terrace h jyond t!i • sw.tmp on the western sid.j of the liver, and nearly three quartern of a mile t'nmi the township. As the bridge was in progress, however, it wa* assumed that the small gap between the terrace and the Te Aroha towuship would be provided for in a subsequent contjact, or included as an " extra " either in Hunt and White's or .Keid's contracts. ]\h« Wells, however, lisid his suspicion arouser 1 , and was determined to find out where the Te Aroha railway station was to be, hence the deputation. The two gentlemen Wf-re vi'iy nnii'h shocked on finding from Mr .Mitchelsftn that the intention of the Public Woik-> Department wtusto erect the station for the. town-hip on the terrace'at the ond of Hunt and White's contract. Tht\y showed him the great inconvenience that the ]iositio'n of the station would cause to the people of Te Aroha, and Mr Mitchelson at once admitted that a mistake had been made by the department during his predecessor's term of' office. . H« however would do his best to remedy the mistake, and there and then g.ive instructions to Mr Hales to pr - para estimates of the cost of extending the lino to the Te Aroha side of the* river, and at the wine time requ -st^d the Mining Inspector Lo reserve the r^sideru'a sites near' the town approach to the. bridge as a site for the rnilwiy Pt-ition. M -ssrs Wells and VVhitaker deserve the t!iank«? <»'' the citizens for their action ; but for \y. t