RAILWAY TO AND FROM PARNELL WITHOUT COST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5634, 6 December 1879, Page 6

RAILWAY TO AND FROM PARNELL WITHOUT COST.

TO THE EDITOR. Sin, —That is without extra cost. When our railway was tirst opened there was a lame attempt to include Darnell, but of such a futile nature that nobody lamented its end. It could hardly be expected that such small

traffic could pay, and the jioor, far-between, uncertain accommodation was never likely to create one. The only way to create a traffic is, unfailing accommodation, and very fre quent—say, every half-hour and every way. The nearest that we at Parnell could have to this would be the possibility of going by every train that passes. If this could done, it would pay, and I think it might be in the following manner : Say a suitable carriage is taken by first train from Auckland, contains tho people, &c., from Parnell with its conductor ; he detaches this carriage at the right time and runs it iutj tho siding, as it used to be at Parnell, near the engine house, which would be a useful shelter. There, of course, the people would get out, and others waiting to go to Auckland would get in, and the conductor would immediately run it in to Auckland ; thus tho line would never be obstructed. Before this took place, the carriage containing those from Newmarket woi.ld have pushed out by its conductor out of this same tiding on to tho main line, ready for the train from Auckland, and would be passed on by it to Newmarket. The next train from takes back this carriage with its freight for Parnell, where: the conductor disconnects and runs it into tho same s : ding, ready for the next loai to .Newmarket, as before. Two light small carriai.cs would be ths most convenient, but some on hand could be made to do. .No doubt some will be ready t > say, if not costly it would be dangerous. No person of experience would say that, for there is not ono thing I hive mentioued that is not done daily all the year rouud by some railways. The only part that has some semblance of danger is where the carriage for Newmatket is standing on the main lino at Parnell, waiting the concussion of the out-train ; but the engineer would know it w«s always there and would slow sufficient, and this, bo it observed, would cause no delay for they are obliged as it is, to get up the hill, even sometimes to coino to a standstill. Therefore, I say, there is no deliy, no danger, and no real cost —but Parnell would have a boon. —I am, &c., eciianic.