The Tapanui Branch Railway.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 90, 30 March 1876, Page 5

The Tapanui Branch Railway.

PerhapH nothing ould be bf more importance i « to the future interests of T;ipumi than the con- <'-"": struction of the proposed branch of railway • connecting the district with th<j main line. Ta. * panni township is well situated as a commercial i centre, having, a fine scope of agricultural Jand round ifc— viz., the JTeriofc deferred payments on -'•> the north-east; the Upper Pomohaka lands to] N 1 the north, and the Waikaka deferred payment -j i settlers to the we«t, together witb those who* -M will doubtless settle on that fine block of : l<mdj M (17,000 acr3s)now being survived from one of the H most choice portions of Mr Logan's run, near fchej -M Waikaka diggings. Tapanui has also extensive 1 Wm brown coal deposits, both up and doivn the Poma-f -9 haka, with valuable fine clay beds overlying the] IB coal. Timber, more or less," will be cut from the* H Tapanui b-.ish for t««th to come, as there ar^H some almost untouched patehes of fine timber!! IM yet to be had in this bush. Iron ore has been? H discovered in the neighborhood, not far from the '19 proposed line of railway, wliich, if proved to hi Jfl -of commercial value, will add considerably to thi 19 wealth ofthe district. 'Indications of bituminous JS coal also exist. Taking the district as a whole, i WL\ would be difficult to find another so far inlam , 19 having such an advantageous position, and hold J9 ng in its, grasp the clear prospect of so good s 9 revenue from all sources. $M The Government have had the line surveyed ffH aß *i t o«n)? ve rl! ai S noMr beins? taken > th « "bote U!■ cost £600. The line will follow the course of thi S Waipahi river, starting from the Clinton Gorl H Imp, near the. Waipabi. Hotel, and following th Wm\ Waipahidown to its confluence with thepomd 9 haka. It then skirts the western bank 'of th? 19 fomahaka for some; distance, after which 11H9 crosses the river below Mainholm, and traoifl !■ its course along the low banks of the rif er v fintf l9 its way £> Tapanui fcownship-the whole dirifcand Wt being. 12A miles. The prbbable:cost of, cbnafcrul » tion of this line, together with the rolling* stoc IH required, will not exceed £4000. It Will not be Imm\ surprising event should'Covernment be unablel IH ?* - — ™ oDey brauch, s that the peop WmW °™panui, many of whoiri*,are.posseHsed of cc! ™ siderable -property \ arid :weatth, ; woulu'etideav IH to get up a private f^ilwayy'cotnpanyy «TKerel IB no doubt th a t thefJCompany^woUld ibelilel HH *°W flo^di'aa pur'Dit^din^pitßlifl^a^Jful^M 61 M tW 6 * :advanta£egTacci:ttirig tWM'mm mW rail way};hnes;which &p latere "arid' w*Mtfcpr3al lng.distncts. .. '. y.XA ' ySSS'S' : - ; '-' ; '-y l !^4 |^|