CORRESPONDENCE THE BATTLE OF THE RAILWAY ROUTES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 15 June 1925, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE

THE BATTLE OF THE RAILWAY ROUTES

(To the Editor.) Sir,—U is ! ■•. >■ - more-, years since Ny.-i.":; write to the .‘UikoUjV necessity ;.t |... . Vv c.s' T/ir.uA by r*il Government K"(’ i" - day IDM J -wn that the Dominion finances Would not run to the expem! it lire ol several millions "ii South island Luhiic V nrks. and that if the Nelson West (oast tailway was put in hand the Otira Tunnel would inevitably have to be shelved, w hat did Nelson do ( l hey ihd the graceful thing and let the Otira funnel go through first. But. mark this,, it was onlv on the distinct understanding that (lie Nelson connection with that tunnel was tliereaiicr to he pitched m eo ill p let i 1 n. Even if there had heeii no implied agreement one would haw thought that as a matter ol courtesy and lair dialing the (.anteihmy Leagues would have returned quid pro quo and refrained from placing obstacles in the way ol the building of. "the most urgent hue t i cnnimiuiieatinti in the whole of the Dominion. 1 am. etc.. LIGHT. P.S.- The Wairau Valley requires an inexpensive motor road, not a railway I fie i rain terry scheme is a I utile mad impossibiht v mr tin- reason that the inertia of rolling top hamper in heavy