HARBOUR BRIDGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 40, 17 February 1931, Page 19

HARBOUR BRIDGE.

QUESTION OF CHARTER.

GOOD PROGRESS REPORTED.'

A decision to notify the Government,, that .the Auckland Harbour Bridge Association strongly supported the granting of a charter to the Auckland Harbour Bridge Company was reached at & meeting of the association last everting 1 . Making a progress report,?-Mr. Pow, chairman of directors of the company, said fcfiat as soon as they had gained the approval of the local bodies they would returil to Wellington get thevfcharter. They--were Confidentcould'pull the job through,,., ihe the.' bridge had been a^rovedFby--tl}« Government:, and the Attokland" Harbour jfbard waSf satisfied.

The PrimsJMipjsterj ; { continued Mr. Powy : had -virtually.' assured . the company; that if the consent of the inter- ? authorrbies-^-were obtained, the company would be granted a charter. Already '.th@-,-Biri-enhead ; .and ..North-, cote Borough." 'Councils had approved the granting of the charter. The Takapuna Borough. Council had • deferred its • decision but Mr. 'Pow said that -at its meeting to-morrow evening it would probably give its consent. The City Council had referred: the < matter to a committee, whichJwoiild...report, to. the council on February 29.

The chairman of the association, Mr. 6. O'Halloran, congratulated' the company:; on the progress made and • i said that * the Waitemata County Council would consider the question vof ~a charter on Friday. He did not think the company would meet trouble there. The was .expressed by. Mr. Martin that■:dlfficiilty : 'might be experienced in DevdnportV Mr. 's-A. Harris, M.P., r said there could be no objection to the project... Taking £he worst view, the public would'-have to_,pay no more in tolls than it now paid in fares.