NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK LINE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 247, 15 December 1900, Page 1

NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK LINE

Mu ' : k\ Fowr.ns M H Tl, nturwd on Friday fiou i(m K<i j; CcjtHry, baviug Inffc the MMsleriui ijarty «t V.a Mania ar-H liMcu :n:,r 10 tht l'ora ck-o tom r', i» <•.< rch ih« O'liitjary t.'.xiu for Aick'ttd Tb« Hon, W iJ»!;-Jqnf« und tha touibicider of Hit; Miaiit ri«l ) any rein* i oj to nior.i !r iaawly oxanuue IL« works ci;»r tbn tjnntJ, eml to »tt»4 a buuquet ut io AwniiiaLu in tha OTPoinj;. Au Auckland OwM ropreie lUt'vo wsiied opui Mi. Powldl to h'foridiii Utb it p v—ione of bli trip t > tbn King Oonnt.-y, " Wiists pi-ogreix is t o:m muds with ihn works of thf Suin '] Mint HnpT said or rfprcsenta'.ive Mr F<iwMt, "') h(-y me being p'owoutid," ttkl Mr, lftwld , " witli g'H»to vigour tbra t';oy Kftvc iteen far many T'trt fft'ti, «ml the 'ngiwerii on tb« worfci we op n ti, p .t on nil lbt> good men tb*y (au Joy i titsir h*i:rls ia. it c men era* ploytd en the ftiirlo uro nvemgiog tit 2J p' r ''t'y i's w: gn. Of iM>urM, giagt of rci>]ly i.00 ! n< u -u c>n i».:i. aioMth«A tbts. bom 11 f th' workft h tew wilt* frcm niDLol h&vr. tic n dirty ud ,«l<p;y during tbe vrinu r Mentha bat tie liuin (hi fion, right d»»u to tba W(sii« icui H'.v.ir, i« of a light pttaic* f rajntl.ii nod oimparvhn'y c!mw. Thornsired Iciocxuplrt-utcf w*at> employment i u t.n.. putt of any wlm ar» competent to lutrilo a pick nod ahovd"

" Wiiut nu- tluj jiioifi'ctt nf the line bii' r compli tid «s'hin h.or jriwif ' It ig (u y n tri!.t cr if u i'ule incioiiicii vigour on t!m f rr o .t rcile. Tlib l ne wilt be upmi t» Knvaka** by next September, sr.d if ine Govern a,enfc*il hurry op wlta Iho bridge woik there mso lea.ja a. ai »hy the railway eht'U d> i t bur im : i■? mil the Wsimariuo fore.t within two yean fiom tlr« date, Tbei-n f.r-C'u;", bow. ever, to incline totfoa t,b« yarn of th» Of voi'timeut to (xco co strcobioa from tlis loalbrra rati it to tb:s forcrt before rtuhlig it) frou tin tor them end, although th» di*la-:co to make tbe iins from the toaUiem ft ti is gietter than frea tbis end, If the line from Ibii end dots cot retcb tha forest firrt it will be a cerioos it juiise to Aocklind. Auckland pwp'e interested la the t'mVor trade thou id be oa the took oat to secure timber rights in tbii vainable forts j before the whole fomt U ncnted by Wellington tpeoaUkton. " Whit are ycur impresaio&t of the land alonj the Main Trunk line, fofsr m ycu hwe teen it?'

" Riund Taum»r*nni itielf there is some fairly fcosd land, though the balk of the land from a few miles btyond the tnnnal, down to Taomaranni, ia rather peer. Thit it (Aa portion thtfe Mr. I'aikis in bi«' r«po;t nf< iithti point ot tie whi 11 if vbe Main Trunk lOJte, bat to *p<at ofitaia pamice dcwrb ii sbtolalo'y tbtard. Bight along the whole way, on the she* of the road, there were triage* ot oockafool and olorer itroggting with the tea-tree and fern for en eiiHtnee." " Sspposicg die I'ne were made I through to Welling- u, how do yoi think it wonld aff .ot /. ucki&nd tiadef « " I believe Aooklatd wou'd control the trade well down beyond the Wuganni River, down to the junction at Marten V "Ton alto inipeoted tbe route of tha Stratford light lioel' " STes; we went over 30 mlar, down tho Ohoia ValWy Road." "What »ro ycur imjr;.si jins of tha land tb?re!" (<9Ktinitrd on fourth pepc.)