TE AROHA TRAMWAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2024, 27 June 1885, Page 3

TE AROHA TRAMWAY.

Ai tin 1 mei-ting of tin 1 Mi, iko Count} Conn cil on Thin-d.i\ l.i-t, tin follow in;,' inoiitlih 11-pOl t W .!■> I IUI <'H tllC t tllll "To 111 l f'||\|l.M\N WH Ml Ml I H-> 111 III) li \Ko ('<ii \n C'oi N( ii. (iISII I Ml N, I .1111 'Oil \ ,l n ',llll to |l,l\f toii>]ioit.i wiy pooi inontli, out foin weeks h tilling li'-iiltm^ in .i">7 tiucks only I in iy ~t.it'' tli.it I .mi doing my best to m.iki' the ti.tinw.iy | >.i v it- <*<>v, lint it i- stmph .1 m.ittei of impossibility nudei the piesent cii<uni-<t.ince-. Tin if .in only two mine ni.ui.igfi- on tin- lii'ld, \t/ Mi \dmis.iml Mi McLi\ti. Tlifsf g< ntli-iiicii would like to -ec tin- ti.miw.i> wmkmg 1 1. til v, lint they -i mi to fniget tli.it to nit i t our d.nl\ i xpen dituio mi 1 n''|Tiii" .it le.i«t '27 tiiuks of (ju.iit/. Tin- wt* do nut g< I, .nul we hawd"iie mu h a thing as woik a whole ih\ foi ]( I would like tin- (onncil ti> ;,'ive me ili Innte ni-tiui tioiis n the :il>o\i! m.ittei. With ii feienee to yoni iiiititu tion- iv s.ind boxes, I (.inifd .i couplf to lie in.idf, .mil tiifd Mh-iii with diy tailing*, hut could not get them to work us w till . is [ would like. I tin n plact'd ,i little loose m.iih! on the top of tli<; tmck, and l»y throwing ,i li.mdfiill occasionally on tin* wht-i-I-i, I h.id mj-tlim-cnlty \\lMtt'\ti in eiMiijf thcii '•prt'd. Tins I find to .ict bottoi thtin the h.iihl bo\ )>io|,i:i, .uid is tmt ncaily so compile. itfd. I li.im tliLicfoic oidfted .i couple of h<,'lit iioit.dilf wooden lm\cs to bo tinulo, •tnd I iiopo to li,i\o them in Use in a d.iy or two. Ilefenink' to ii;\ision of ch.iij{ps foi canyin^ qii.u t/ ftom \ .mints po-itions of the line, I bttf to -t.ito th.it .i leduction of one shilling pur truck mi^'lit be madu foi .m\ quiiiU (.lined below llutlei - Spin. I may -Uti 1 tli.it, the w liolo of the (;ii.ut/. wo .iihj now is coming ft out the f.utht-st end of the line. Oui ch.n^es foi c ury ing poods up the line is .is follows . - Foi eveiy 10011 m of Is ; foi eveiy 100 fi et timbei, 2s ; ..tin r Uiiii^h :i.i |>ci .i^ieeinent. The Hicwood tiolliijH f liopo to h.ive, ready in .vbout a week s Linic* I li.ne, \.c. J'lumi M» Coowjn, Tuitlic M.ina^ei. Thtcliik s.ud the committee would see th.it thi-ie w.is .i diflt low o of KI7 between the ii'ii imcand cxpenditiin on the month's woikin^ The ( li. in iii.iu s.nd the only way he could see out of the dith( ulty whs to let the minus send down then own qu.ut/ nndei the su|)er\isioii of the m.m.igi i and paying ft eel tain royalty fm the use of the ti ihiw.iy.-~oi Kiitli s.ud he bclii-wd next month would tell <i difleient stoi\. lie bebe\ed the the Colonist was now at wink and it would no doubt mi le.ise the tiiiflic. The Colonist would likely li.txe ten he.id of stiimpcis w oi kniff next month, ,md would then-fin e, 1)0 likely to Hend down IV) to 200 ti ucks. The New Kind was keeping 20 head of st.unpeis going. Me did tint see liow they could follow Ci Willi.ims' .wlvtce. The council would li.im: to maintain ooutiol undei .my ciiciimst.mees. — Ci Wilii.ims : We could keep out manager on ;is usual, the woik to be tamed out under Ins siipei vision,- -Ci. I' nth. Wo hIkvII see what the next month does. The New J'md is now ciushmg about 100 tons ,i week and the colonist fiom 10 to .V) tons. Some new dulls would soon bo at work on the held, and the u«e of thcs« would be the means of starting some of the other mines and making them pay. Our best plan in to wait and ace what the Colo niMt h going to do next month. A com niunication xnould be nont to the managers telling them to infojm their boards thnt unless the tr.unw.iy is made to co\oi woiknig expenses, .i highei tato would have to btTchaigod uu tliu u;inu>.un,u of tp;uiit<;.

The only w \y tint tlio tiamuay could bo m icli t«> pay is by the companies M'tidnitf diiun niciic qu.u t/. The companies, then foie, li.no the leniedv in then own hands. Ci. WllW 1 1 1 I. mis lcm.uKcd tliat .it the Thames on Mii.illnr lines nf ti.unw.iy tli.m thcus, .i cli.uj, r i >f "■< '!<! .i ti tick was ln.ulc. '^u.u t/ was corniced on tin 1 Violii ti.imw ly chcapui than any otlici tiamwaj m tin 1 countrj*. — Ci. Maclean thou^lit it was bi-ttiM to --top the ti.imw ii\ alto^ethci, than to allow it to iii(.ip.i>(> then cli'bt inoiitli aftei month. It w.t- ,i n 'ind that th" tnattfi stand ow i foi a month to '-co what change will t ilu- plan 1 in tin- mi antiine.