NORTH AUCKLAND RAILWAY.
<To the Editor.) Slr > —lour leading article in to-day , ? issue is well timed, and should open the eyes of the Auckland public to the manner in which the Hon. R. McKenzie is arranging the route of the Main Trunk North Auckland railway. According to the evidence given before the Petitions Committee, he extracted from the engineer the statement that there was no engineering and surveying data to determine whether the western route was inferior or superior to the central route; yet in spite of this, after a twelve days' trip through the North, guided by the western people, he came to the conclusion that the west was the better route. Before the same Petitions Committee he admitted that he made his first report to the Cabinet after a trial survey had been made, and that his chief engineer was absolutely opposed to the western deviation. The public should demand that weighty reasons should be given for the setting aside of the mature judgment of the chief engineer and the Hon. Hall-Jones.—l am, etc., FAIRPLAY. January 27.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 24, 28 January 1910, Page 2
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