A NORTH ISLAND CANAL.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 59, 16 October 1900, Page 4

A NORTH ISLAND CANAL.

The people of Auckland are beginning to agitate for the construction of a canal between Auckland and Manukau. They contend that the waterway would increasti the Auckland- West Coast traffic, bring vVest Coast coal to Auckland as quickly as possible, and secure for the northern port a share of the Taranaki home trade. To meet these requirements alone, the canal should be able, in the first place, to accommodate a vessel of the size of tne Takapuna at least, drawing 13 feet when loaded and must therefore Tiave a depth of not less than 16 feet at low water. Two route? have been suggested — one by the Tamaki, and the other by the Whau. The former would be thirty-one miles long, the latter sixteen miles and a half, and, ou the whole, the Whau seems to be the most feasible rouue. The cost of dredging at this place will be nearly £294,000, and it is estimated by two experts who have reported on the project to the Auckland Herald that other expenses, such as compensation, bridging and reclamation, would bring the cost up to £400,000. The Aucklander E think that because " the canal will be of colonial utility in soo'fax as it will increase trade and intercourse in the colony," it would \ good idea ] for the Government to borrow fchG sum required at 3 per cent, and to hand it over to the Harbour Board at the same rate. If this were done, , the annual charge for icterest would ;be only £12,000 and -incidental charges, such as wages, would | amount to no more than £1000. • It is estimated that if the canal , were completed in five .years' from ; the present time, there would be a | West Coast traffic to begin with of : 55,785 tons. This alone, it is said, ! would yield a revenue of £8000, , and the Westport .coal trade -would i increase the sum to £14,000, ' besides J which there would be the 'Taranaki I home trade, part " of which, beiug | diverted from Wellington, would , yield £1500,'inaking the total about j £16,400. This would pay the* i interest and provide an adequate ■ sinking-fund even if the Government. ( did not assist. A large increase j of trade with a number of small ports north and south of Manukau s might also be reckoned on, and, altogether, tho Aucklanders have made out a very plausible case for - their little undertaking.

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