THE THAMES VALLEY RAILWAY

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 274, 12 February 1874, Page 2

THE THAMES VALLEY RAILWAY-

It may be a political dodge ; it may be a kind pf heralding the Premier* rUit to the Tdamei, but most cerUinlj th« out-spoken hope* of thoie who ought to know warrant the Ix-lief that the Waikato railway project is uot auoh ■ myth at many euppoie. Mr William Rowe, in bu ■ eech on T mraday night, at a diuner* at the Pacific, gare utterance to words that from him n.ean something more than was prob< bly understood The whole tenure of his speeoh tended to show that llr Vogol only wants a full expreuion of opinion fr>m the peoplr of the Thame* as to its railway requirements, and demonstrated proof that a railway from the Waikato to t)<e Thames would be actually not only beneficial but erentuaby reproductive, to u« bn influence and nave the new uttry arrangements commenced, and the work carried out at o) cc for its for nation. An on dit of last night, coming from p otty good authority, ha* it, that Mr Vogel it willing that a *ailway be constructed from the Waikato to Ohmemuri. b it at preaent the line shall not be constructed nearer to the T tames, there being in his opinion a water highway that would be sufficient for our present requirement*. Thi* may not possibly satisfy all partita, but even tuch a small mercy would be a great boon. It mar possibly be the Premier's id*-* that a railway from the Waikato to Ohmemuri would bf only part of a main line from thence to Tauranga and Nivpicr, and thus connect, the two cities by mean* of an iron road. The vast increase in the value of land on cacti •ide of a railway repay* the first cost, and it would, most assuredly, open up a large tract of magnificent country, very little of which present* mlwaj engineering difficulties. Th« wuter transit from Ohinamun haa it* objections, aa transhipmint of such produce as the hoped-for line would for some time carry would be inconvenient. At any rale such a hnt | must increase the importance and business of the port of the Thames, and it would be the first time if it failed that tl» horse did not run down soragedom Our Maori friend* can stand a world of preaching, but stfam is just a cut above and would soon be over them, fc'o far as can be gathered, it will be at lea«t remiss on the part of the Thames public if when Mr Vogel visits us, they do not make a long atrong-and-all-to;ether pull for a part of the large loan* being railed and •pent, to which they can prove they bare aa great a right aa any down-south prorin- " iv the colony of New Zealand.— TJiames Star.