WATERFRONT RALIWAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 174, 24 July 1923, Page 6

WATERFRONT RALIWAY.

SAFEGUARDS FOR TRAFFIC. The question of the waterfront railway wag the cause of a long discission at the Waitemata. Chamber of Commerce meeting held in Dwvonport last night. It wae pointed out'that it would simplify matters considerably if an assurance were given that no trains would run during rush hours and that the traffic be properly regulated by the City Council. Mr. Henderson agreed that thie was a most" reasonable request to make and lie realised that it was one [of the first things which would bi> asked of tte representatives who wculd go to Wellington to give evidence before the Local Bilb Committee. He agreed also that they would be severely C queetioned in regard to the eafeguarding lof pedestrian traffic and that it would Ibe quite a reasonable thing to have j such a clause inserted in the foilL He [referred to the fait that 94 per cent of l°r«. eX ?° came from the Product. new Zealand had to meri from countries rfituated much nearer tj thenar: to handle goods as economically ac ™>g. ,sAie. it cost £300 per- day to ran T y °i large to tte port and £700 per day when they were ;«ed up at theVharves loading or u^ passed it would be a eatiefactoryTea■»w e ? ,tu * llr a reeolution was paeeei ctLil commendation from Chamber that trains should not £ run during, rush hou«, that it £ iWrT t.ve that the City Council undXke e .T"*» of pedestrian traffic/and that the interests of the travelling buS ,»u.t be adequately eafeguarde™ 8 P ° 1