LEVIN-GREATFORD RAILWAY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9928, 10 November 1914, Page 5

LEVIN-GREATFORD RAILWAY.

EREERENCE BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Mr J. M. Johnston drow tho attention of t.he Chamber of Commerce at its meet ing la«i evening to ;i part of the Railway Construction Bill, which has recently beci passtd by Parliament, and contains, inter alia, the following particulars of a new lino of railway to be constructed: Foxton New Plymouth : A branch lint from the authorised lino between Greaiforc' and Kakariki to gravel deposits in or ad jacent, to the Rangitikei river bed. Length four miles." "That,"' said Mr Johnston, "is nothinr more than the start of the Levin to Greatford railway. That is the position, and th< Bill passed through Parliament without i word of opposition from the member foi Palmerston. Can anybody tell me wh\ (hey want to go four miles along the Ran gitikei river bed for gravel when it is jj abundance all along the line there. Bull: is four miles from Grcatford, and that i the end of the Foxton tramway. I ais< understand thai; the Government hav. voted £25,000 for the work. I think thi matter should be well noted. We have been himplv duped." Continuing, Mr Johnstoi stated that the only possible way of stop ping the I/O.vin-Greatford project was t< liavp the Palmerston North-Shannon lin duplicated and the new station creeto< locally. Mr Johnston considered the Chan, ber had been asleep in regard to the mat ter. ' '■"* The President (Mr Nathan) pointed on that the. Levin-Great ford line would meat a great expense to the Department. Then were two big rivers, for instant:!'. (Tin would have to be bridged. He did no think there was any likelihood of the Le vin-G rent ford agitation ever liemrr realised