Balclutha and Clinton Railway.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 14, 8 October 1874, Page 5

Balclutha and Clinton Railway.

In . teW Wrfe ■<&&$& *z report ol j the meetmf of the ael>ut%|pp with his Hon ? r the Superintendent relative 'to the proppM-d deviation pf*th¥rkif%ay from the ; origitfat route, via Waitepeka -Valley, to anothejjt t rouse via the FOur^-pdie^Greek,, |tts pprjor iias forwarded to % W. l^omson; Til.rl.R; , who introduced-the deputation/the ' foljpw4 D S.#TOS£ lafeite^ hipi to . . ' ' ' •.' '- * l X: '

r )lb«^HonssiS|il^r^eire^r^i^S^&a & — '- t-f -ht— "n-irr nr f*p^PSrmtftUU€iQ,ti RlOffiflflgaßlill, , '':■'"•>« The ColonteHSeeretary, .-••.«' J#| wi d-ffl&i^tmm&t 'tmioM ■ pM Sra,— l hayejthe honor to acquaint yoittl tnat r I have been waited upon' by : a n»riaef|| <ous andiinfluential deputation, bn^|half?pfJ settlers in the Clutha District, ramiv^wj i the line of thatiiiart'ofithe'Sobthern'Trunk * m^n^l^n^&^^*^i it; appears*- tnat by the original survey, it? : Iwas ihtended/to?takeftherrlil^ay?lbysa%iiVi proposed tbtakY i^ %f Waf of WFour^ f r mUe';Creeb^which is 4iowr being; suceeyed^ , .If-, this latter proposal is adhered to-tti^ ' Wlk^ the^fMmW SrWwll/Dl several miles furttfer'fro^ if t.he .first-^namedroute Js a adpptedi4f*; ;: '^l In the public interest, f venture to ffiyftH i *that the 1 Gbverhmeh^£wlll^cbnßuler ; 'i&m , m 2? t . cr '^ and will adhere to the 1 routtfl 'br&ballylaidWt^ * as compared witht the* other^are so^nianifearl to those who know the ;lpcalMy ;^bat it 1 would be " penny-wise and pbund-ibolishMl to adopt* the-oneWßteaa bf ! ine^tier, even^l pbunds could fee effected*-' "&>:-<* XL „. I^^^ itgcan ..mi-tosveryi little difference as regards the actual length £1 of the main liniß)%lietfi^tals'l^d-idyte-ißi^ S^^^S ( ?8 chojen w Ule to'| the original ; .survey thY railway r wilf be'^ brought considerably I*nelareFl1 *nelareFlo u '^he'%reatV^ bulkof the settlers for-whose benefit, it tf $ intended, most pf whom are extensive 1 growers of grain and other produce which^ Ji will go to feed the railway.— l have thai -^1 honor to be, etc. •-.•-. \ ,J 1 J. Macandeew, ''% Superintendent. |j