THE HAMILTON RAILWAY STATION.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 733, 27 February 1877, Page 3

THE HAMILTON RAILWAY STATION.

speokingof the above subject I accidentally.trod dn "Snap's" tail, and like all animals of, his claps, bo is very cross and, disagreeable- He says T know nothing of what j \yri!o nbouVandhnd, in fact, no ngh't whatpvpr to interfere in* tbe matter. I.think I can show clearly that niy flr«t impresari is correct one. In lbe fIY-rt place, why was the ; railway put up the centre of the Delta'? Advocate* of : the roufe say, to accommodate cottiers 'on Ihe Waipa as well as the Waika o. If .vhy was the' only place 'fit for' a station eassprl OVeP —that would tfivo access to ,'he rail way 1 " from the Jvaipa" between Nganiawahia and Ohaupo ? Tbe spot I allude to is lot No. 7, known as (he rin>.rangr. reserve. .It .is.. public property, and o this spotthe roads jdrietioh leading to the west,and south-weak ■ It is twenty chain farther from Hamilton, but. ninety (90) chains nearer to the set lers from the west. If once passing ihis spot, and ignoring the claims of th'e Waipasetilers,. the railway should have come right into Hamilton; and ibis would not only have saved as much nionev as would build abnHge'' J 6ver : ' : "the' : - but mufee theextra piece of-railwfey. iWvth regard to the'expensed of the site oh Mr JoJey s farin, I will leave'everyoneitomako their jm calculatioiii \ ! b»t Aviil state ' a , fe *

items of needless expense : 1. Then * "con^ ,r Sn"flp'fr" of road on the east of the railwuy. Ho says, to make the road will cost only'£2o, arid quotes the Cemetery Road as a guide (and like the l emetery Road, a man will only want to K (t it cnce). : This has to be fenced on each su.o 'CB chains. Then there is ihe cxj.en.-o if tbo bridge ovrr Jolly a <li ch, anil not the main outlet to the lake, which is the bounhry ditch between Cox!s ani Jolley's, and the filing up if the ttation approaches, at least ; three feet. As for "Snap's" fifteen vinches of 'good soil, it would he converted lothreo feet of impassable mad. If the piles of the) bridge aie not driven fifteen feor, the man that told me so was a perverier of the truth. With regard to the other bridge 1 menioned (I sod two, but this, I admit, was a mistake), it will inko one twice' aih.rge as I previously thought to cross the railway ditch to the west, unlets it ii the intention of some Jack-in office to try and shut put any possible truffle fiom that quarter, ttot only n biidge.but aroudis required some chains through Mr Jolly's property. This bud he will give on condition that it is securely fenced, the cost of which I leave others to calculate. There is the cost of. draining and forming, aud metaling or graveling, all of which expense?, deluding tvren y acr.s - for radway purposes.''! Now, 'notwithstanding "Snaps assertion to the contrary, all this cost would ke avoided if tho station was on Lot 7, rifle ruige reserve. In addition "to tins expense, the sum of 4s per lon would be saved in cartage on every (on of goods brought to Hamilton if the line was continued to tho township j and there would be a saving of 6d a head in tia.e in conveyance for cveiy passenger passing over tLis line. As for') Snaps N»jing the approaches to the r-ilway are "to be imvle by the rubhc Works Department; I ! think circumstances do no 1 jublily him impromi-ing even £2O for that purpose. .But the people ot Hamilton are fav.ured, and for the many bl.spings thowered on ibern by tho above department, the Lord make us thankful! Finally, Sir, this is-tho time to hold a commission on tho matter, and not when tho railway has Droved an utter faruro through being iifacceseible to the public. The people to inquire about it are the miideut ratepayers, who will have to be responsible lor the proper repair and uiaintenanco of the roads leading to the rnilwavs. Sir, I era afraid lam in'tiuding, but the cause of the public must be my excuse.--I nm, &c, Economy. PS. Ask Constable Haddock to keep an eye on "Snap." I am afraid he is illegally at large, and without a collar..