OUR RAILWAYS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9263, 17 January 1889, Page 3

OUR RAILWAYS.

TO THE EDITOR. ' Sir, —That there is much room for im» provement in the way our Railway Departments and freights are worked, is the very general opinion of most persons who use the railway. Facts: A contract has jusb been taken to enlarge the Puni school, by a builder in Onchunga. Material to be used, kauri, had to be sent from Onehunga, and anyone would have expected that it would have been forwarded by rail to Pukekohe, and then carted to Puni, which is in the Pukekohe Road district. But no, the contractor finds he can send it by boat to the Mauku Bridge and cart it to Puni, a distunes of nine miles, and not a good road, and thereby save some £4 10s, so of course the railway loses the job, and when such, and very many other things of the same kind occur, how can it be expected thab our railways will pay, for they are nob worked to draw trade, but to drive it away, and we, the people, are taxed to mako ib up. 1 cannot go altogether with Mr. Vaile in his tariff, but I am convinced he has very much on his side, and we must all commend him for his determination on the railway reform matter, and I trust he may yet see some good result from all the energy and loss of time he has thrown into the question, for the love of his country.—l am, &c, H. Crisp, Mau^u.