TE AROHA TRAMWAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2085, 17 November 1885, Page 4

TE AROHA TRAMWAY.

Thk following is the manager's repoit to the Piako County Council for the month : — Tv vm.vay Rwonr. To THK Cll\II(M\M AND MItMRI'KS OK THK Pi \m> Coi \n COl vnr. Gentlemen, — Since my last we have bern fanlv busy with the tramway, our total for tho month's hauling bein^ (i3:i trucks This leaves a •.mall margin after paymtr working expenses. Our nest month return-, will probibly be more "ativf.ictory, ,n soveial mine-* have resumed work. Occasionally when the quart/, gets low in the hoppera, I placo the whole of tho '•tatf lepaiim^ lino, so that I may safely -viy the line throughout is in pood woikmg order. Tho rope on Butler Spur— instructions nbout which 1 duly received — is weaiins: well, nnd will probably stand another two month-*. Our hor-es h.i\c been buffering a pood deal this spimg with a disease in the throat, one of them being mt bad that I vv 1^ obliged to discontinue working bun nnd hire another to t.ike his pliice. He is slowly r.<covpnnj?, but I fear Ire will not be alilc to wmk )?rf»»re Christina*. — I have the honour to be, (fentlemen, your most obedient servant, — Emti nii Cooksov, Tramway Manager. The following are the haulage returns for the month :—: — New Find, 337 trucks at 4s fid, £7") 10* fid ; Colonist, LV» tmtks at 4s (id, t'i.2 Tim »kl ; Galen 1, L"l trucks at 5s Oil, t'7 l!»s (id; Walolonpfoill.il, 0 trucks .it ts (id, JL'I 7s; upciiriagn, 18s fid ; total, 4IHK 17*; vv.i^c«, £123 7s 3d ; bil nice for month, tit !>s !»d.