THE RAILWAY ROUTES. Wellington, April 28.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 260, 2 May 1888, Page 5

THE RAILWAY ROUTES. Wellington, April 28.

Tin. " K\ci)ii)o Pies-" is plea-ed Lo find thai Mio opinion wlrch il expressed a shor(, 1 I.iinc ag;o respecting" Di. Xewnum's journey uion if ;t portion of the North island main tiuuk line, lias just been bouie out by the repoit oiMe-<-is Buch;iirm ;;nd Boctham, M.IJ R.\s who ha\e nioie iccently gone o\cr the .-ame giound. The " I'ie-s ' points out that u hen i i. Newmans glowing 1 lopoiton the loute w,\- published it e\pie-.-ed a tear that that gentium vi, being essentially a dweller in (lie city. po— lblj laboiued nuclei the disadvantage vi not knowing good land hum bad, and it i- now veiy much pleaded to Imd that .Mi Buchanan and Mr Beethani, uhoai c both piactieal tai inei of unerring 1 |iid<4incnl juhl indi^putabio knowledjiu, •^lion^l^ ia\uiii«d)lc to ccntial route last -o^-iuii, li i\ i |u-t published a icpoit bcaiinit out wh.it it th< u a^eited. viz., thai the land i- mfeiioi <md unhtted foi --(•tthjuient The '' I'o^t" alludes to a leader m the Anckl.ind S'iar oi. the subject, and ~>ays - "'[he Mienuous tsiipporb of tin; I'ential loute by Me^sih Beetham and I'>u(!i.inan w,i» cunfmed to their frivinj> unwillinu \ul(- in il -. f.iAom, a^ being prcfer.iblelollie Straftoid loute. When they weie i educed to that, they lei; it be known that they icu.uded it as a elioicc of evilb. So f.u ,i-.\\c aie anaie, their opinion^ on tin- sub|(j( t ai< uih handed, ancle\enwith tullei intoi mat ion lmaiilinji 1 it, t* I . lined by Mi liucluiii.tu thoiou^li peisnnal nisiicetiou, and bj Mi (loll^c. lieetham thiough hi- biothei lepuit, we imagine they would -till \oli {v! tin eential louto m pn leience to the Stiatfoid route. It the line uiiisl be made by one or the othci they wdl both, nodoubt, -.till oppose its ( on^tiiu tion by any loutc, so that our Auckland contempoiai^ i\ j)robribly rather [)rcniiduio in it- plaice of Me^r.- Beetham and Buchanan s (jualilication.^ as judges of thecountiy. The), afc any rate, did nobthink it worth w lule to inspect anj' of the Tai.uuiki. ioute-1 a-5 to compare them with the cenricd. For ourselves we hau alwa)- a--eited our entire disi'fceatd lor lepoit- made by amateurs or politician-, w ho-e object in making visits. o\ ip-pection i^ chiefly, although perhaps iineun-eion-)\ , to obtain e\ idence to suppoi t i ie< oneen ed opinions and conclusion-. It would be impo— ible to lind a moic dialing instance of the \\ i.-h being fat Ik t to the thought than the May the Ah'ki \mi S'i\k -ei/e- on an assumed lepoit of one -et of \i-itoi-> as being 1 entitled to ■weight .md ciedtnce and importance, while it laugh- to -com the lepoit of at lea-t emi.dh competent authoiities who icpoited ditkienth. l'ailiament, in deal\\\\i A\ith tl l- question of ionics if it is reopened, which it should not be, ha\ing bt en alnad\ derided li> a disinteieeted tnb'iticd. will, we ti u-t, be guided by the e\idenu ot le-pon-ible and impaitial wit ne— es -peaking nuclei a -ci.-c of le-pon-i-biht\.