TUHIKARAMEA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3104, 7 June 1892, Page 2

TUHIKARAMEA.

Pboposei) Nkw Road.—For some time past a general wi-di has been expressed that >ome membii's of the Road l!oar.-l or County Council should ro over the propound new line of ro.nl leading from this district, to Ohaupo. Consequently, upon last Friday morning, with that punctuality which has been eoriectly described -I believe bv Mrs Vartinatoo—a< toe thief of time, Messrs l'\ \V. hang, I.'. Vickers, and voiir correspondent mot bv appointment at Carter's corner. From this point, which, by the way, is on the emntv r ad. anil some miles to th" norlh "f Heat.Vr's Creek, a district road -trik"s off in tin' direction of Ohaup'.. Tins line is oulonn-d , t present, but eonM be used wiilnait expenditure. From Messis Williamson's feme the proposed r .ad would i a-s through the large area of level iaml r.'cently cleared and drained by them, s.lmo-t ill a straight line to Mr I'initle's bridge at the commencement of 1 miibfallen. Upon (his line—some 2i miles in length -no dillrailties whatever are. met with. At one place a small culvert and catting would be needed, but for the rest a moderate-sized ditch on one tile, with the contents spread so as to form a roadway, won Id bo all that is required, The soil of tins swamp, if it can be called a swamp, is most suitable for road making, being of a sandy pipeclay untiir-', and even now appears to be perfectly drained and sjlid. In undertaking the leclamatiun of this great ti-tree flat, the manager of the estate ha.-, shown pood judgment, almost the whole of it, amounting to many hundreds of acres, being now well grassed and carrying a heavy stock of both cattle and sheep, which appeared ro be in good condition. Fiom Mr I'mltie's bridge, the line would pass to the right avoiding the steep hills over which the present r. ad runs, and alter skirting their base for some distance, would ascend to the upper terrace by a gentle grade, and join the present road, at a spot known to the initiated as "John's Old House.'' from whence a good road, formed and graded, runs to Ohaupo. The estimated saving in distance from Tuhikaramea to Ohaupo by this deviation is about three miles, and the rnad would, of course, be iirmensely superior to the present hill tracks, This work is one in which the settler;; of the Waipa and West CoaM. aro as much interested as those in this di-trict, and now that it is known that the probable cost would be comparatively small, no aioubt practical steps will be taken to havo it opened.