TE AROHA TRAMWAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1966, 12 February 1885, Page 2

TE AROHA TRAMWAY.

THfc follow ing monthh lepoit by the in inagei of the tiiiimitU was 1 ml bctme vsteiday's meeting of the Piako County Council : Waiorongomai, Feb. tith, 1S8">. To run Chvihmw \m> Coi ncii.loks 01 I lib I'l \kO Col \L\ C<>l MM.. (fniiniiv,*-! have the honour to icjtnit tli.it since taking ovci tlic Mile management of yom ttamway 1 have caused lepau* to Ik: done on vaiioiis paila of thu hue Butler's Spur was in a very bad state, and heie 1 placed eight inon for ten days lifting, ballasting and straightening the line, ■uitl iniieM-rwe have veiy se,\eie weather indivd, it should List a, consideiable time without fuither attention. Tho othei giad-'s aic .til in fair woikmg nul >i. I have c.iu-eil a connection to b- niadi 1 to th< Waioiongomu (i.M.C. hoppei, which necessitated ,in expenditure of t'2o. A finthoi sum ot £15 \\a> aKo spent in exe.ixating a site fortlie new stible. You will ob-eive, gentlemen, by compiling the pay-sheet with the weakly returns, that our cspcndi tin e for tho List si\ weeks i-, gientlv in e\ces-. of our income. This is attubutable to the facts mentioned ahmc, the wwks, ns it weie, not being reproductive. In leferenco to the new tramway which occupies our attention, when theie is no quaiU t<> inn to the battery, I would sug ge->t th it the timber (which must uecess.viily be fallen to clear the KiaU and which is valuable for sleepers) should be cut up into suitable lengths. I m iki this suggestion simply because, o>s the tim her is !iea,\y .and requii-ea to be raadt ■•nuiller ti be convenieut to baudl^, it might as well be cut up into l«ngths that wmihi suit. — I have the honour to be, (Jeiitl'iiion, your obedient Perv a-nt, E. COOKSON, Manager. Cv. Murphy wW Uo lunl boeu dnp'ited to lay the following lesolution bjfoio tho council by a public meeting rejonth liekl at W.uoiongamu : "That the lii'M - her fm the tiding (Mr Murphy) h requested to a,sk at the next of the Piako County Council the followmg quustfoiih f— (I). >Vas the tiestlework connecting tramway with the b.vtteiy pud for by the c unity, if so, the ant mnt should be refunded by the battery cnnp.my a^ the KJiid tl'UHtlowoi-k in nuarly all on piivato proj>erty ? (2). Did the county council authorise thu making of the branch tr.uirvay to connect with Eureka hopper, if so, at what co<t?; (3) What freight did the Iwttery company pay foi eonveyiug mitenal required for the erection of wiie tiaiuway to cuinect Eureka mine with main tmmway ? Ci Firth in reply said the trestle woik was authorised and paid fm by the county. It was part of the original work.. Tbe tiainway in point of fact would have been utterly um)lg&> without it. Cr Chepwell a-sk«d, if any other batti i \ weie elected aloiujside or in the \icmit\, uould tlio council also be ic((iun*d t(» mikt another connfction «.nch as that enjoyed by the piesent l).»tt:ry? He would like t<> know to whom this tiostlc w oik U-loiigod Cr Fntii replied that it was a county woik and belonged to the county. If othei batteiies weie eiooted the council would benefit by connecting them with the tiamway inasmuch as it would cause a larger tiath'c o\ei the line and thus Greatly enhance the revenue. Ci. Chepmell could not see that it wivs tht duty of the council tn make these con tiecttons. This was for the batteiy companies to do. A discussion then ensued as to the proposal of the butteiy managei to elect n gunge on tho platform at the foot of the tiaiuway. Cr. Murphy said ho understood that no trucks would be allowed to p.is.s on to tho battery that would not go under this guage Cr. Chepniell did not understand why tho battery manager should undei take to elect this guage without first consulting the council, as it was ou county inopctty. Cr. Firth said he had not heard anything of tho mattei. Tho batteiy manager was ovidontly woikinjj m the inteiests of both the council and the batteiy proprietors. Jiy this guago being in foico the council woftld not be cairying a ton and n-h.vlf m the trucks when they weie only paid foi carrying a ton and a quai tor, and the 15attery Company would not be cuishing a ton and a-half instead of a ton and a quaiter. Or, Gould did not think it was the duty of the council to erect the tio>tlo woik connecting the tramway with the battery. The position of the council in this matter ought to be denned. What had raised this question was the fact tl at other batteiies were about to hi* erected, and naturally enough those people would want thoir connections made too. Cr. Futh tho reply to begi\en to quest ; oH No 1 was that the county paid d>r it. In leply tothe question No 2, he(Ci. Fnlh) would s.iy that tie county did authoii/o the woik, and at no co«t wlnte\er, as it was ooiistiucted by spate mateiialby the ti.imw.iy hands. In niply to the thud ({notion, Ci. Futh s,\ul tho bfttttu-y company paid iU od, all they were diked to p&y. This ended thu subject.

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