THE WELLINGTON FARMERS' FREEZING WORKS SITE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9574, 21 August 1909, Page 5

THE WELLINGTON FARMERS' FREEZING WORKS SITE.

(To the Editor). Sir,—As the sites for the above works are now confined to the Wairarapa, and there are three under offer, I will make a few remarks on each, so that if it comes to a vote the voters, 1 hope, will not study their own self interest, but look to the benefit of the whole district, and not take a narrow minded view of it, as the leading article iu the "Wairarapa Standard" in look-. ir,g to the building up of any particu-1 lar township. Taking the Waingawa site, that would be an excellent site for Masterton, and the farmers north, but it would not suit the farmers south of Masterton for this reason: they would have to send their stock further away from a seaport, then rail them back over the same country, making the charges higher. So if the works are, erected there the farmers south of Masterton will naturally send their stock to Wellington, although they might have shares in the above company, for it will be cheaper to send to Wellington than to Masterton and then back to Wellington. So, if the works are erected there it will be disastrous tq the company, seeing that most'of the stock is south of Masterton. With regard to the Woodsids site, that is drifting a little nearer a seaport, but it is not suitable for the works on these grounds; it is situatedjon the southwesterly side Df Greytown, and that site having no proper drainage will naturally in time, by running the waste from the works over the ground, will become a nuisance. Then we will hear from the residents of Greytown so that won't suit. Then again, you are railing away from the seaport, and driving stock also, that means more expensn to the farmers south. Now, the third site, just open your eyes and take a broad view of it, so that you can practically see the stock from north and.south winding their way on hoof and by rail to the site at Pigeon Bush—the end and practically the centre, of a district that sent away last year 190,000 sheep and lambs, besides cattle and pigs. If the shareholders want it to be a success they must accept the Pigeon Bush site, where there is good drainage, plenty of water, and an easy and cheap railway siding, also a splendid stand for buildings, and last but not least, with it being situated at the foot of a hill where stock can be I yarded on the top of the hill, which means they can be killed on top of the building, and everything will travel through its own department for manufacturing purposes, having a down grade to the finishing roorr at the foot of the 7 building ready for railing for transit. We, also, have every opportunity to utilise ,' the water for electricity, and do th< j work with that power. With th< i 190,000 sheep sent from the Fea ' t hers ton station last year there i ' enough material to establish i j freezing works, including railway t siding and buildings with a capacit; 1 for freezing 2,000 sheep daily. Th cost of these works would b< I £40,000. Hoping that the farmer 9 will consider these points when vot g. ing for the site which is an' ides t place for the works, I am, etc., * A RESIDENT. v Featherston, August 19th, 1909.