TRAMWAY EXTENSIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 221, 18 September 1930, Page 8

TRAMWAY EXTENSIONS.

TRANSPORT BOARD'S FQWERf LINE. ; .■" -, - (By. 'Toltjgniijh',—ti'arliauierttary 'Kfepcifter;) . rfF WednGsday. 1 ; . A'nT.exfeiisjon' of Auckland Transport Board's; >tramway "deyelppnient loan of 1929. is"autliorisediin- the local- Legislation Bill, read' ji.-ihjsi time iu the Hpuse

to-night. f z ~f ;,.:,, . , , ' ' "'. \ Itisset oiit In* the bill that following a Ratepayers''poll 6n f May 8, 1929, the board raised'a' loan for ceritain-. tramway extensions) including-the extension , described a$ "oft Mount- Eden Roadi' , ' -/.Three Kings''■;' Roa- and Mount Eden line of roadwayy/bufc- the': tact ; 'that;'part, : 'of J i't '■Thi'ee'iKings'. is l iiot generally-, known: that 'the itrainway'"extension f-' oir < Mount Eden. Road-should also include Three Kings Road,, but as thisi 'was riot mentioned in the proceedings/ there; .is rib. statutory authority.. The Object of the clause is to enable , the .extension., to be made along Three-Kings Road, so as to cqmply ..witlr the ■ original intention of the board... ; ' ■ ; - ,'"■'.:

Since, colninencing the. works authorised by t the. loan the board has found that it" AVquld' he more economical and would give an equally efficient service i'f certain variations we're made from the 'original /programme; s Among other things,' -these" variations involve the linking up of existing. tram routes instead of forming new routes, and thus saving a.considerable amount of money. The> board . desires authority- whereby after due inquiry these variations may be .authorised if the occasion, demands. The-object ..of, a. further'clause is to empower the Local'. Crbveniment ■Loans Board to authorise sucli diversions the original programme as" may, after duo.inquiry,, be. considered advisable in $h<i interests. of the community.