MISMANAGEMENT-OE THE KAIPARA RAILWAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4424, 18 January 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

MISMANAGEMENT-OE THE KAIPARA RAILWAY.

To the Editor of the XIKiiALD. Sib, —Two notices appeared in your issue yesterday regarding the Kaipara Railway. Would you oblige me by publishing the two enclosed letters which have been forwarded to the Minister of Works, which will shew the public that he is not left in ignorance of the unsatisfactory state in which this railway is conducted. I suppose the end will be that Quick will put his coach on, and drays foi.- goods, as in the case of the Onehunga line, and then we will be told the railway won't pay. Would any business man in the country act in this way in conducting his affairs ? —I am, &c., John Lamb. Waitemata Mills, 14th Jan., 1876. (copy.) "7 th January, 1876.

" We, the undersigned, are carriers to and from the railway wharf, Biverhead and Auckland, and beg to bring under your notice the following statement, and would respectfully request these matters to be remedied : —1. There is not sufficient wharf accommodation. 2. What is, is not properly utilised. The end of the wharf facing the river is entirely taken up by a steam-crane placed right across the end where the goods should be discharged, while it could be placed on one side. There is a platform attached to this wharf, which is 6 feet lower and about 20 feet long. The manager refuses to take delivery of goods if placed on this portion of the wharf. We want the goods taken delivery of on any portion of the wharf. 3. As it is impossible to get to the "wharf except when there is water to float the steamers. We also want goods taken delivery of when they can he discharged, even from sunrise to sunset. They refuse to take delivery of goods, except between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4p.m. This does not give the necessary accommodation that is required. 4. There is no covering or shed for goods to protect them from the weather, and we frequently have to keep goods on board so as to prevent them being damaged when they should be landed. 5. We want assistance in discharging timber trucks. 6. There is a rock near the railway wharf that is dangerous for vessels, which we want removed. 7. We do not want to discharge goods at the broadside of the wharf, as the current runs so strong that we have to bump against the wharf, and either injure the wharf or the vessel. We want to discharge goods on the end of the wharf facing the river, where we would avoid this danger. We hope you will give instructions to carry out these suggestions as far as practicable, as it is necessary to give facilities for the traffic; and we object to the charge of wharfage on goods charged. —We are your obedient servants, "J. Casey. (Signed) " John Lamb. "G-. Henderson. " The Hon. E. Kichardson, Minister of

Public "Works, Wellington."