MOLESWORTH STREET EXTENSION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 17 August 1907, Page 5

MOLESWORTH STREET EXTENSION.

| At the Harbor Board meeting yest.-r diy the chairman reported having waiti ed upon the General Manager for Railways concerning the Molesworth street extension, and pointed out the urgency of hurrying the matter on. Mr Romiyne suggested to him lha*- the Mayor should write and ask the Government 1o put a price on the land. That wa> done bi't lih reply had been received by tlie ]>o- j 11*''ULfli < %iim. il. Mr CoM.eit nm l-.' a U-.'or.;! 1-ip t<> WelU'Ut'ju, tu'l .. v ] | Koynayne ajrain, when he learned t'.iat jtlie I:.' to the cxU'ii.-ioii, aii.l red

o : ;i'. Jr-"fC' t- tension. ilr Coruicdt pointed out that the Mok-worth s'.reet I Matter had been set'.'"d between uie Minister and the local bodies iute»«"Aea. He referred to the early falling in of trie Bo;ud'> *ea>es of the receives and pointed out that delay would seriously iVect the ]»o«irion of '.he liarW Ihuird. >T. Konnyiii' interviewed iin> Pr-iniei, a:id a result llie ;u r.\Tlgem; nts entered into f».r I Molesworth «treet exten ~i<«?i -.wre r-*n Ii iifed. In a third interview Mr llniMyne had there wu.* no nerd f<-i" liur.y. as nothing could Ihi done until th' rail- «»n ihe present ronto v/ere taken »•> Mr Coimeti. in reply, pointed < 111 lliai ;> gi'eat d< ;u eould f»e | done. '1 lie eilgiiu'ev.i cmu!u lif-t fpJi tlie ground and hiy off the work. prep:uvitory to the taking of a poll Of ratepayers on the projH)?:il to rai?H! a loan tor tir* pitr-rh:-e of the kind. ?'.'.'\w.dl moved, .u; ! Mr l'nV<> -«>- thit I lie R«,rough Couneii ne arti ; Sll.irly re:;ue4ed to pti'di oil 1 lie •u-Uer. and to hive (lie mw ••.-■v- made at Thi> was carried.