WE NAPIER RAILWAY

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 4 December 1878, Page 2

WE NAPIER RAILWAY

TO IDI^Oa Sn,— >Xq a late issue of you* paper you state tha* the residents of Woodville intend* I to explore fojr a supposed low saddle m thjs> Ruahine ftange, through- w-hich they »HJak; it may be, possible to mate a line of fafct. way. learn from persons acquainted with, the locality that it is unlikely that there isv such a saddle^ It is improbable, owing to, S the very great, eipenie, tb^t » $ne of ?*% way will be eonstrnctea through the. Mian*; watu Gorge for many* yeaji. % beKere* however, that a. practicable route could b% found ncrosa the Tonr^^&ng^.neatiy. .opposite tQ ?ftlmewtan. Then* baa been,, lor many jseara, • bxidfe-traclf fere** thi jjrange opposite Earere, and therV»ano>h,er r ■a short distance south, of the .Grange i b.ufc between they tracts I believe tfiMgltgeaae^ite unexplored. In Bqm.e plMM^ibV " range is of. aa great height, and th#n&L wrery appearance of there being )o.«r sadd^fil at the sources, of some, of the- streams whvJK ; run into, the Mana.watu* It would he aTew- '■ easy master, and would remure : very Ufttl* | time ox expense to aacertain whp>Ko* the**, ; ii any. saddle law eflaagl* for. a.^ntilisay jine. either, by exploring the main range b4wc?eiv - : the tracks I hare mentioned, or by follow* ing the course of the din^rent sji^m* to> : their source |f a. nraxjtjcabfc route. ac*o»s\ | the Tjararua can be. found, then there & n.o> dpiabt that jt woiujd he *??» be«t Ki^^ ,; (Jorge Une from, its expßna^ beinft considered oufc. of the. quest&n fora ragvKny/ i to connect the Welling) on- Napier with : tlieV Wellington. Wftn©w,di Kne t and I thfok- : there would be. no. dttferen'tt o{ opinion m, Brimerston aa to, th> benefit wh^h|, \bjv * ; place woMld: d^r^reL %vn> it* con«tcve%n>. ; Them is anpthv njattw -wliich 'fe ot import i tanc^to,tH*wh^bitanJ*.of Pahnerston, t;*.^ the question, of a, future water- sujjplp.:' A«t tb» conntpy i» so, lereV <wa, the l^merttotv side of the ManawAtu, ft w«ttld> b* upceai . sary, m order to, attain, th*. required! ele»a«tion, ta obiain. the supply., f rojn. a <li^ta.nc*r of njany mijo* up.-coun^ry,,, Bpojba>sy bejpridj; the Manoliestei ■ Blod*. S?o.w, oivtbe sastfjrflt side, of tb*3|^tv\wcatu any required; elettktfoiip could he. o*vta?nod; within, three, ojr. four- , miles, and that k top Jon (au)& which sVifli bet. longs to, Goternmepi. I iindeptfauxt that, it is propoae'd to sell this land shortly on., the deferred payments system! "W-ould ifc; not be advisable for the. Palmerston, Corpo*. : ration to acquire enough, land £pr- tbj^ y»u.r^ pose from €koT©n»men* ettbjiv hy. gift otsi pnrelv^e. a* the. upse* pnoe ** tjie latter- , case it woujd nut**? b»pfi*»a>|l> to. borrowi the money on thp tectti^ty of th« land, and it would; andcmbtedly^ be- bette^to. pay inter* est tbati.bav» ettntually to, pay, a, fancy price when the land became prirate- yjroji. peHyit besides which, the laiifl cowjd b» improred and, leased in* the: same mariner as] I the Corporation does with its reserves, so> | as really to cost little or nothjnff U% (h% ra.tepajer>. r -X am, v Falmenton Worth, Dee. 2, 1878.