PUBLIC WORKS IN WAIKATO.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 513, 2 September 1875, Page 2

PUBLIC WORKS IN WAIKATO.

NaARTUWAHIA, August 31 . The "Rneineer Volunteer Mihtia is now a thing of the past, the force having been dniHindml vesteritiy. The m«>n are now here «niti'g ih* arrival of Mr Stewarts is-i-t'^r.t, wiMi their par It 13 satisfactory to find that this body of men vrill not be compelled to leave the district, to find employment elsewhere, Mr Stewart, on behalf ot the G ivernment, l-aiing, with eocamendubl" promotifcuJe, already let out to tho men by contraot th* unfinished portion of the lino formation, from N^aruawahia to the Ten-mile Mr Stewart has stipulated with the men tnat all are t~> be co-partners in the oontrtct, and it 8 let at tk price that will give remunerative wages to tho<e employed. Sell >fie!d uii'i party, numbering about 16, start on Thursday mo"iin», and irnita, Faulkner a»d party of about 18, in a few days Tho compl ton of the formation <»( the line as far as the Ha nilton station, will take probably from lix to eitjht weeks. It. ii to be hoped tht« Government will puili forward the line as far »•> O'»»npo, so that, in another twelve months railway communication may be establish-d between Auckland and the heart of vVmknto, which wili d'»ub len havn the effect of preut'y ■timulating tUe adraDcement of thu thriving; d<striot Thu oon»«t<Lcti.)n of the r»ilw«v bridge ii progres*iner, the fouf iron cylinders »ro m po«i- • ion, and fmre is little doubt but that MTajlor, the contractor, will ha»e it ro-npleted by contract, tiuie. When finished it will be the noblest etrjcturo tn tliw W-nik^to. Writing about bridges leads me to remark al*o upon the urgent want of • bridge a -rohs th* Horatiu, at Hamilton, With radwav com.uuni-'ation to Auckland from t Me west eid# of the river the want of conn<-cting the tradw of the east side will be more felt Now is the inne to oress the su^jwt on the notic • of the Governm-nt, and if Hamilton be true to herself this matter should not be allowed to re«fc until it become an uccompliiheJ fact. The W. 8. N. Co.'v steamer " Rtn^inri," in all but ready asjain for the river t^ade, her repairs being well nigh competed She starts down river in a day or two. Business is quiet here it bring duller than for month* pa^t. The Town B>ard, with an eye to the picturesque are planting blue gum a<>d other trees in tho main streets and having them boarded in for protection. In a few years tha township promises to be one of the preni-tt in th-3 Waik&to.— [TluvßLLljrG Correspondent ]