DEPUTATION TO MR. VOGEL.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 279, 24 February 1874, Page 2

DEPUTATION TO MR. VOGEL.

A im>t'TATiON consisting of .everal members of the Auckland ( hamber of Commerce waited upon the lion Air Voeelon Saturday last for the purpose' of bringing sfeveral important matter, connected with the progress of the province under his notice. We condenae the following report ot the proceedings from Hip columns of our contemporaries #AIKATO JllltvfAf. The Hod Mr Vogel : In calling for contracts for all thoie railway worfts, the' G-OTerrimenfc werfc obliged' to give tt> contractors a margin of time. If the fcontractora wore required to construct the" works- to a given day, they would 7 iwk an immense price Jo perform. .them? Some; margin *t« therciort'reqdirtd in order to.tirptectJihTm^m the effects of stnko* or other" contingent drt ;s.-> Ijyle?d? contractor wou d not tender tobave the irartf "completed at the earliest poB.,blr day He (Mr Yog&) did not say tb,t this p." ticular work Ould not be, very rauc h under contract time. The Hop Mr Richard™ belief $£& X,!* Tf^ ed in fc V fl P^suntj-uar. There «ere no difficultly. Bub the contrnctoi-rhad a margin of time which tuey uiawiod on, so wto enable them to tuke aJvantajM of the labour of the market, by which they would be able to push the wort ori> quickly, or constrained to proceed moro stowly w lfc h the work. " The Government Recognises the rtes.rab.hty of completing this work as soon ns possible! I here wa« no work ,u the country they were more anxious o *, pushed through. With a viL to stimulate con' B A Ubl '° Tr"' lb " H ° n had agreed o pay £500 a n <n h for every month .that they would save • X A*' . fT P - et w lu}lPiri^nt.Vaot1 u }lPi r i^nt.Vaot before the stipulated time No doubt, ituHgbfc be calculated what would be « fair oft'er With respect to the oxtenston of the hno through south Z" 1 «J c .?7 n "' Cnt ««>gni 3e d the uocwaity of that work, and the Government «■<>«■ mv organising a body of good worsen, w6o, wltgh the Ministry .houid bo satisfied J,J tW ;" nas l n '> w P«M»«mg Kon to Newcastle, aS the deputation Wnre probably «*««,. I{« d «i not think rren Si'JFff ££££■■"* w - the ««- «i 3 fln£ 5 .5 e ;^ SOn . a3ked « fi^hor it could not be arranged to ; finish Hie lwe pwoenieal» so tbafratutioiw might bo opened say at dtalmau and a. soon as possible. ' ' Una rJS"» ! J t - WOUld n °,' L* 6atiBfjctor J to take over the hne until iC was approved by the Government Engineer Di-ury might, perhup,, be made a standpoint, but upon Jino «nt»l the Government m, BatuilaJ that the work their work at the earhest possiblo time. , e t in «uch a way i^SSS the engineer, that the Hon Air RichurUoitJfn wW induee °" }nt mantioned. It might be a poS £i S^ ° Uhuhu WOUM ' D ° beT^J MrVoliderHeyda: It i, evident tbe contractor, would hrte louse the hue for umloriol, aud it .hould be their objcot to rotftylete flit line to a given point for ti-uffic. If B °'lV , C V?L Mi T? °» c i lcd ;'"- pwwngor traffic and freight. in^h,^Sl ! It -r i V' l '*««"«M3«<o<ta*iri»h contractor, in Oiia w*y. lhe Government were bound to take the railway over when the york wa» properly approved. A railway might be completed to a certain Joint, thTwork badly done and : ih.n Would fctfaw publicagitatiou Toe Government n&ujd not t.k« over th^Ohehttuga line, and the wl K-h he thought the; Government bad no desire to go on Mr McMillan : Snppoae the Ooternment Btigiiwor passed theao Jhjm,- w^uld the Cfuvarmueiii Whinr them k, oo opened ? MrTogbl- Wnen they n® tfpprored no al-uout tuoin al once und p»y the money. Mr-Stoveujion : If the inducement ottered to ooropleto the Imn before Mie eotHraat time wore even more than £500 n m.M.th, it would probably paj. • "Mr i Vogel : The rate offered han been cHloulated— £soo n moritli would be *GOOO a year-; thkE would tuuvmml u oapilalol £180,800, - The- question i, M-heSier you would give more. It can be no objecit of the province ot Auoklanu Sl7« m !iV f b " n « n«*«««7. .'i> lev Jon pay the lo^ I tJiorrt Will be to pay for interetii. • , «. j federal other ntatters were diimhsed, but they uere uol i ot immediate inutv M \, to the Whikrfio tJottk-rs. ' h^.W lJ f. JJ - vJfc : ril »^ as nfc«rd*i lOtt d fc through the Stl ; Wea 'i B rf ,¥ r °P roln «f "P comuiunication Witu tlie l-embtort part, o f the pioviuce towards the Ea*t

C >ait, it was to be legretted thai the deputation was not ! «.-oo;np«nied by Mr T U >rrm, who hud pa.sud by several routes two or throe times The ,»reat point submitted to Mr O Korke »l^» road from Cambridge to Taupo. Air Mneffarlane : To connect Cambridge with the present rmd that runs from Napier. He (Mr Macffarlane) hal relused to giye fh > n itnes what they wanted to mat.- the road Trie Government wished to muLo it at a 'rate of £150 ; the natives wanti d £300 Mr MrjMiJlan : The question wns hardly one of cost, but of Ihv desirability of a road there, and the facilities for making itJ!r Yot*c\ : When one has to doal with such statements, \ <l ao tlie Government 1 not* being willing," 'there appears cvi- j deutl% some tni«\pprehentionon the part of the gentleman muling it As far ,fts this roatl is concerned, there was not authority to carry it through. Tliore was not even to carry the telegraph through. It was 3ml to bo an easy route, but the fiint was the route was in ionic parts Tory rough. An officer had been engaged exploring for a route for so"me time. At present he considered one^of the most important questions affecting the whole Island, what route the railway should take— whether by Tarunaki or by Taupo. The Government would have no reluctance, if the work could be donj, to bear erery reasonnble expense. Thero were, however, <rreat difFi -ulties intiiewayof. connecting Cambridge with Taupo. There- was not such an easyroadas popular opinion indicated. Mr Maaffiirlaue : Mr Movrin reforred to a newer route, and in his opinion an easier oue. Mr Voirel : 'D>e Govarntnent 1 would bt> much obliged if M> Momu would communicate with thorn and make his iU2T»9i.ions. The matter was oue surrounded by considerable diffimltj. Mi- McMillan: Ava the Gwrnment taking any steps wit'i voffard to this road botwwm Uuii bridge and Taupo ? Jli- Vogel wai notable to answer the question specifically. Thf Government were in the lirat place anxious to find out whether there was a. desirable route. The whole question Hu f . was engaging thj attention of Government was the route. As far a- the telegraph was concerned, they had had to u.o a eonsiderkbla dntance round from Taupo to Tattranga W)>en there icless anxiety shewn upon a matter of the kind, it it easier to deal'with the natives. When public anxiety is manitosted iri favour of a road, they raise up barriers at. once. .Thircwere a great many public work-s in Auek'and m-nr coniplctioii' which would iv time bo of gr«at value. Tlie Goverument hoped in a couple of months to bo able to open the lar^e irou bridge over the Waikato." There were B'>m. v«ry Leavy works going on north of Auckland. There was mooe) available out of the £400,000 voted for roads m the j NoHh Island. The Government hoped to be able to make an wrangetnent with the Superintendent of Auckland to mate part of the confiscated laudu available for local roads. This -was one of the purposes for which he desired to flee His Honor if he should be so fortunate. A"} to the East Coast steum se^viee the eir,.'umst-»nce* wore these : — The Government agreed' to gite tlw carrying of the mails to the locnl company, the wrviceto be between Auckland, Poverty JBaj, and Napier, Mi^d they also urged 'that the vessels should call at Tauranga. Tmj said they were in treaty for a proper vessel, hut they*^!d'not buy her. The next the Government heard wits that the company had bought the Pretty Jane, and proposed to put her on the service. Bub that boat wps I not a very eligible vessel for the purpose. The Gjvernmont still told the company they were willing to arrange for her to perlor m the service. The Government received a telegram stating that the compeny accepted the ofler, details to be •ett led in Auckland, and the service was to commence the next day. But instead, of that the boat was let <n> on a four, or for some pnrpote rpquired'bj the Provincial Gjverument. The ide ■ of the" Government is that if the service was to be done, the boats mint bo kept at their work. He did not wislj the post office to enter upon any contract if it were to be understood that the boats might be tnl^n off 1 and pu f on thoir service. The intention was a service between 'AuckTand and Napier, every first and third Saturday in the month I from Auokland, and every second and fourth from Nipier. If the company were prepared to enter upon the service j they mu*t provide proper vessels. Mr Stevenson said two of the directors were appointed lo wait upon tbe Postmaster. Mr Vo<ri»] • They should have sent their manager to arrange details. Gentlemen who entered intn such contracts must hold themselves liable to the post-office.