TE AROHA TRAMWAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2012, 30 May 1885, Page 3

TE AROHA TRAMWAY.

Tin follow mt,' aic tin- mana^ci's lcports laid ou the tablo of the L'l.iko County Council at its meeting on Wednesday night .—. — Waioiongomui, Maj 1 tli . ]N S ~>. (JhMLhMhV, — 1 have the lionoui to le pent th.it for the last four weeks wo have woiked the line fifteen and a h.vlf d.i>s fot a leturn 527tiucka ; tins is little 111010 th.>n h.df tune, and the men .ire naturally gi iimt>hng, especially when they h.ivc to wait 10 lon},' for their wages. Now that the winter is <'ii us the line lequires .1 little 11101 o nttcutu in in the matter of ballasting, if I nui now allowed to repair it, when we are not tunning quart*, it will soon get into a bad state, and the longer it is left out of repair, the more it will co.st when it it actually becomes a work of necessity. A -.light accident occui led on the hue the otlnu day to one of the hands. He had st.uted away fiom the foot of Outlet's Spin with Uo tiuck>, the morning being what wo call "gieas\ " (that is when a hti\ydiMV has fallen the nwht pievious.) The nils were wet, and although the tiuck-, ho was biakoing would pm bably lie locked, thej would slide along the top, and they would ti i\el almost as fast as if the wheels weie 1 evolving, hence the prio.iU.wt caie 1-. lequiit'd at st utni',', fui if once the tnicks get speed on it is \eiy dilhuilt to contiul them on such a morning as 1 have above deseiibed. The cause of the ilui dent wah too much .speed atst.uting. l!\.ui, the pel «oii who was biakeing at the time, was not seveiely lnjuied, the contussion tliiowing him well clear of the wieek, and beyond a sciatch on the fa'-e, and a biuised leg, he is all light. He was working again a couple of days after. One of the tiucki will lequhe a new fi.itne and floor, the othei can be lepaiied in an hour. We expect to be in full .swing again to-moiiow. riinco the 1 eduction in tlie cost of ciushiug, one 01 two mines h.ne staited woik, but beyond a little piospecting theio is ab-o-lutely no quart/, being got that will matenally mcicaso the revenue of the -traniuaj. — 1 have, &c, Edmund Cock^on, Tramway Manager. Waiorongomai, May 25, 18K~>. (tLNTLKMKn, — Since my last lepmt we have not been veiy bu»y running qu.ut/, eleven days \\ ol king the line pioduting 387 ti ucks. I* found that the line lcquned some attention, and 1 planed the whole of the staff for seven days' ballasting and lepaumg, and the line now is m a veiy fan woiking oulei. Oiu tune is occupied ]>iiihipally with the New Find, the othoi cl.uinb contnbutmg veij little quail/. — 1 hove, &c, Edmi nd Coolv^on. Tiamway Manager.