RE WAIKATO AND THAMES RAILWAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1219, 22 April 1880, Page 3

RE WAIKATO AND THAMES RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib,— l would have replied sooner to the,* remark? you .jmade_on )my letter re f"*4 T %"lr but *tirf thil wwlC'did »olr haye tho opportunity of reading them. Surely you or your prompter must ieel your own personal interest in danger as you take up thd ( subseot) So. warmly, your language being- more s forcible than polite. The name of your interested friend 1 can only guess at, and shall, as before, strive to point out what would be to the publio •interest without- any spiteful or personal remarks, although he purposely construes and grossly misquotes my words by saying some "persons" wish to make a few* pounds, &c. No such meaning was intended in my letter- I had been told the I jLme must go f to the. ArobJP tA sell that block, being the only Government land in the district; therefore, I attacked the fallacy of that scheme, which by making a f ew, jthousands now would in the future 'bJß'4:Wsjiof profit to the revenue. I beg 'to W eicSised if these words hurt a fellow settler, and at the same time to assure him I have not " presumed on the ignorance of the people of this provincial district." In, the first place, the Thames does not want the line to terminate at Omahu landing, nor river snagged thence to Paeroa, w*Jl knowng that would remove all possibility of the reit of the line being completed for some time through want of funds. I can understand some of the Upper Waikafco being alarmed because I have proposed an easier and more practical rou^e to the lake country The broken' country above Cambridge is well known, but our friend may be ignorant (or wish the publio to be so; of the Upper Thames. It is well known I bought a <fim,**g*->&*) s^fcft 1 *^ th ? lan< s bemg very good, and although out fo|f fifopf, wjfcy>£then, would be, at no distant date, in a direct line of communication between two large centres. Next, my friend wishes to set the surveyor element against my scheme. Ido not blame i them^who but carried out the orders of , f prmer masters, for I believe in the adaga, " Obey orders if to break owners," and who, when sent to survey a line on a given route, are told all the rest of the district is under water, and people would -be fools to buy land- there to live in a boat. Again, we are informed that anyone who has been on the Waitoa must be aware that it is adequate for the require, ments of the district for many years to come,: ,shis is, either ignorance or a wilful misstafemenjr; for five months in the year the river is only fit for a canoe, unless a thousand or two is spent to make it so. Then if, as we are told, the other line has the .majority of settlers, in a year or bo ii may ndt| have, for not only is this land richer, Dut of larger extent; and, as our informant's interests are as much at stake as mine, it is for the public interest to see Wjhiohyof the two selections is best. Somebody must be in the right place ; I neither deny my name nor pretend not to have any interest at heart. The line is not alongside a navigable river, nor does cross, sjaeby, And for several miles below, where it crests; the Waitoa River is now. r but 18 inches deep. You oan prove it. I' believe your prompter has never been so far in his life. Your concluding remarks fall, fwijde ,of Ahe mark, and are more ' applicable to 'the opposite side. I must rectify one error in my letter : instead of east it should be west side of Waitoa River for up line, the latter being nearest to< a lfrg^i? tract of land, and ultimately the most settlors. Not wishing to appear presumptuous in bringing this before the public, I may state many prastical men and surveyors have apoken of the practicability of. ohjp route. Let the great future interest of our, pountry, and not the present personal interest of a few, decide this - matter. — I am, &c, Feedk. Stbange. : Thames, April 17th, 1880.

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