LICENSING COURT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue I, 6 September 1878, Page 2

LICENSING COURT.

» FOSTON. Before R. Ward. Esq., 8.M., and E. S. Thynne and J. T, Stewart, Es^s, Justices of the Peace. MANAWATU HOTEL. A. W. Farris applied for oJran^fc of theManawatu^g^^^^fl^^^l

c crossed — by four, seym, and three j 60-ft spans respectively; they have shingle beds, with wellsdefinod banks, and carry largo quantities of timber in floods ; piles, with heavy shoes, will drive we ll , in all. There are also about a dozen smaller streams which will not entail any expensive work. With the exception of the few old clearings shown, the whole country is covered with light bush ; good totara grows . near the sites of the Otaki and Ohau Bridges. Gravel for ballast occurs between the Waikanae and Otaki, at the Werowhanga clearing, and at the Wereroa clearing, behind Horowhenua Lake. At the 23rd mile, the line branches off towards Fox.ton, and enters, at the 25th mile, the swamps of the Manawatu, whence heavy works of embankment and bridging will be required to get over the flooded country and the Manawatu Biver,for which large spans on cylinders, with a swing-bridge for navigation, will have to be continued from the wharf to the fexry. From the 23rd mile the route to Palmerston continues on the terrace, which becomes rather more broken, especially between the 26th and 38th miles, over the Koputeroa, Te Maire, and Tokomaru streams, which may be crossed by 4(Kfeet spans, until at the 42 mile it reaches the east corner of Fitzherbert clearing, and then turns through the Kairanga Native Eeserve, over the Kohuterawa stream (40»feet spans) to the Manawatu Kiver, which it crosses about 2£ miles below the road bridge, and thence to Palmerston Sation. Nowhere on the Palmerston route would the line rise higher than about 200 feet above sea level, and easy grades and curves can be obtained without much work. On the last portion the earthwork will be heavier, and the bridging lighter, than on the first 25 i miles. The crossing of the Manawatu and the flooded country on this line will be less expensive, as 80-feet spans will be suflicient, and naviga* tion will not have to be specially provided for. An approximate estimate shows [ that the railway from Waikanae to Foxton cannot be made . under £190,000, and that from Waikanae to Palmerston under £220,000, exclusive of land and stations. In connection with these lines, it may be of interest to point out that if the comparatively easy private railways; from Carnarvon to Sandon and from Saudon to Bangitawa, are made, the distance by railway be* | tween Foxton and Wanganui will be shortened by 19 miles. C. B. Ktfoapp.