A BIG ORDER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 20 August 1910, Page 6

A BIG ORDER.

JIAILAYAY DEYELOE'MENT. LINES AUTHORISED AND' PROJECTED. (By Telegraph.) (From Cur Parliamen/tary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, This Day. An important feature of the speech made .by the. Prime Minister last evening, in moving tire second -reading .of the I'li'blic Debt Extinct ion. Bill, was the reference he made ,to the.'question of completing the numerous raihvavs, both authorised and projected. Sir Joseph. Ward explained thiat in framing an automatic syisteni of repaying the public debt jt 'was to estimate the. provable expenditure of the future. f.Vhilst it was not possible to gauge tire : posit ion accurately, he estimated that £20.000.000, entendimg over 15 years, should construct tlu> probable Railways, road's, and bridged that would be found necessary. UNDER CONSTRUCTION. . The estimated cost of completing the raJilways authorised and under construe"! ion as from April Ist, .1010. whs as follows: Kaihu to Waituui,: £15.000. Kawakawa to Grahamstoiwn: £500,000. Kawakawa to Tyaikohe: .£l-10,000. Ilelensville to Mauugatoro: -£170,000. Tauranga to Te Puke: £IOO.OOO. Gisiborne to Motn: £215,000. Mt. Jsgniont-Wui'puku. to Waingongoro: £31.000. Stratford to Whangamomona: £J'iO.oCro. Picton to Marzn: £40,000. Waipara to Parnassus: £BO,OOO. Nelson to Hone an.l Buller Junction: £IOO,OOO. Rcoffon to Tnangahua Junction. £60,000. Otira to Broken R.iver: £700,000. •Westport to Twelve Mile: £IOO,OOO. Xgahere to Bi'wak'ball: £15.000. Orevmonth to State Coalmine's: £72,000. Lawrence to Beaumont. £<o.ooo. Catliii*. River to Tahako Pa: £130.000. "Waimali-a-ka to Takonni: £50,000. Total: £2.343,000. SUGGESTED LTNE.S. The prohalole cost of projected railways is as follows: — Waiina to liokianga, 35 miles: £500,000. Ivaikohe to liokianga, "0 miles: £20,000. \V-aipu to Marsden Point. light railway. 11 >/, miles: £40,000. Maungaturoto to Mangonui, 100 miles: £1,000.000. Co roan an del to Kuatono, 20 mi'-es. £200,000. Pa pa k lira to C'levedon and Mnngatawhiri. 40 miles, £350.000. Paeroa to Pakenn, 40 miles: £2SO,000; or Paeroa to C'levedon. GO miles. £420.(100. Waihi to Tauranga, 54 mile's. £400.000. Te Puke to Ono'tiki, 46 mile's: £414.000. Te Tuke to Alanukau, 34 miles: £200,000. Opotiki to Motn. 50 miles: £750.000 Opotiki to RotortKi. 50 miles: £450, 000. Pukeknlie to Waiuku, 12'4 miles: £OO.OOO. Ngaruawahia to Raglan. 25 miles: £250,000. Kara to Kawhia. 2S mi'ie*: £280,000. Te Awamutu to Kihiki'ni (3 miles): £20.000. Oliakune to- Raetih-i (7'.'. 'miles). £50.0011. Ohakntic to W'.inganui, GO miles: £720,000. TTfikn to "Mo a whan go a. 10 miles: £70.000. Napier Jo Gisborno. 110 miles: £1,100,000. AVaiptiikiirau In Ongaonga, 10 miles: £50.000. Dannevirke to East. Coast, 3S mile- : £378,000. Masterton. Weber, and Dannevirke. SO miles: £."i30.000; or Masterton to Sastlerpoint. OS miles: £SSO.OOn Grcytown Mart i.-, borough, miles: £BO.OOO. Fenthorstou to Mart i nborough. 12 m.ilos. £03.000. ■Wh'n ng'amomona to near Otorolmnga, 100 miles: £725,000. Stratford to Opunake. 20'.'. miles: £222.000.: ,„• Wtha'm to Opunake. 23 miles: £173,000. Te Roti to Opunake. 22 miles: £153.000; or Hawera to Opunake. 20 miles: £183.000. Feilding towards Aniti, 20 miles£llS,ooo. A r hurst (o Pohan.giiia. S""j. mile«£OO.OOO. Foxton to Ocean Beaen. 3 miles£lo,ooo. l.eviin to Greatford, 40 mile--£400,000. llutt. Day's Bav. Collin's Ynllev. Martii:.boron<rh, to Carterton, 70 miles: £500,000. Te Aro to Is'land Bav, 3 ':". mru"--£70.000. Richmond to Motuoka, °" mile*- £ ISO,OOO. Hop e u.ii.ri Bidler Junction- to Inangahna, 53 miles: £IOO.OOO. Twelve Miie to Inangahua, 14 miles: £280,000. Cape Eou'iwind to Charleston, 12 miles: £120.000. Ross to Waitaha, 10 mile*- £llO- - M,irza to Parnassus. 7S miles£oso,ooo. Culverden to Ilanmer, IS mj'le*1150.000. - "" Cnlverden Jo Wniau, 11 niile>- ; - £50.000. Cnlverdeiy to Coa'wav, 30 miles£4so.ooo. Parfield to Groendaie, 15V, miles£so.ooo. Mount Somers, SV, miles: £32.225. Little River Jo Akaroa. "3 mi'esEl 15,000. Ashhurli.ll fo Mavfield. 0 mile--£30.00.0. •Or an fo Goraldine, 4 1 {. milesEl 7.000. Temuka to Kakahu. 13 V. mi'lc--£04.800. Plea: ant Po.int Jo RainelifTe. 10 miles: £51.200. Tairlie to Puk-aki. SO miles: £640000. Fairlie to Burke's Pass, 12 iiiilc£so.ooo. Burke's Pass In Tekapo. 17 miles£loo.ooo. 'Norma nlbv j<i Pareora. 1(1 mile*-' £1 1.000. Waihao Down.s to Waihorunga. miles: £50.000. Diinlroon In Na-eby, 311 miles: £3 1 5.01.10. To.karhi to Livn: g. ton. 3», £25.000. Otairo Beads Railwav. 12 1 .'. mile's: £125,000. Kaikorai. 3 mile-: £20.0(10. 'Cyde tu Ilawca, 50 mik'a: £.jUU.ijmm

Brooklyn to Taieri, miles: £SU.OOO. Lovell's Fiat to Kaitangata, SV't miles: £4O,.()UU. Balclutha to Eoxiburgh, (i2 miles: £500,000. 'Tnhakopa to Tokonui, 32 miles: £320.000. Clintoiv to Clydevale, 1G miles: £11.2.000. .(iore to Kelso, 2 t mi'ies: £1 / (1,000. Wyndham to Mokorita, 20 miles: £200.000. Wright's Bush to Heddon''; Bush, I.S"/, miles: £IIIO.OOO. AVinf on to Ileddon Bush, 12 miles: £OO,OOO. Kaic.ola to Orowai. 13!4 miles: £.00.1100. North Island. £13.107.000. South Island, £5,557.200.