ROSENEATH LIFT

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 56, 30 November 1923, Page 8

ROSENEATH LIFT

OPPONENTS WAIT ON COUNCIL TRAMWAY EXTENSION SUGGESTED Opposition to the Roseneath lift scheme was voiced bv a deputation of residents introduced to the City Council last n ight by Councillor A. L. Mr Cashman said that it appeared as if the lift was not going to be a paying proposition, or likely to serve die people on the higher levels and would not, therefore, give the access to Roseneath for which it .was being built. Tlie road was now wide enough to run a tram from Hataitai- People on the high levels had access now only by Palliser Road, which was badlv lit and fenced. Air. Stickney said that a tram completing the circuit with Courtenay Place would enable people to live on the higher levels, and would boa, better proposition than the lift, which would increase the rates without achieving its object. Councillor H. D. Bennett: Would not tho suggested alternative show a loss r Mr. Cashman admitted that there mio-ht be a loss also on the tram proposal, but it would serve, and its cost would be distributed amongst, a mu ch larger number of people. was' a member of the Roseneath "lectors’ Association, he said, in reply to a further question bv Councillor Bennett, but that body had held two very closely divided opinions on the matter. Tli© Mayor said that the tram service proposed would) show a far bigger loss than the lift iust now. though that tram would com© some day when the traffic justified it. The Tramway Committee would nevertheless consider the proposal. The Tramways Committee reported that it had received a deputation from the Bosenoath Municipal Electors’ Association. urging an earlv commencement with the construction of the inclined tramway to Roseneath. The matter had been referred to the Finance Committee, with the request that the interest and sinking fund on the capital outlay bo borne by the district fund. The recommendation was adopted.