MERGER TRAIN SERVICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14912, 10 February 1912, Page 5

MERGER TRAIN SERVICE.

''• ;,', I,; -i,.^.m;•,;■■; ;, ,- . _ . .*,:■■; - ITS : EFFECT ON- SETTLEMENT. ■• \ < < a- . " - > Hill (from our OWN COBaKSPOKDESW.] . , , Sa£e3 of farming land. dheT other property ■:'•■'. in all districts on the Aucldand-Mercor '■'•'.; ; flection.of,the-. railway have been general '■fhi for some time past, and in many'dbections '. : considerable ■ changes) : 'have tak*n place. Ground adjacent to, or within; easy access ./'/":U of ,vaH6ua of the ntaUbne baa .been in i,' "■' great demand, \mA building been, pro-* ■ ; .•Deeding (it'.an ; unprecedented of pro* '•' - ; : gross.;, "\ 1 ". ■ ■/?.""• ' l ""' •:.:.' " ' "' This in a measure is due to Yhc decision! ' of the • Railway -Department -to permanently maintain >$*, passenger train to : !! Mercer,-thetrain leaving - Auckland at 1 5.40 p.m.,; but evidence is not wanting : ',• j that further changes of a far-reaching - \ ' order would rapidly fensiio; with a furth««< improved passenger service to and from I " the city. Prospective .buyers .of building 0;:-i sections and small parcels of land continue* to-be, much L ,in evidence. > - % ; ■ ~ '*' . J _ From tJie immediate suburbs onward* ««; -'. Wi a-good demand is reported tor . land . :' suitable j for cuttingiup: into sections for* . ; - : workers '~ homes.. :At Pnkekoh©,. where tba ■! building trade. baa been booming for some ' • ': time past, residents! sites are feeing , ■ eagerly sought after ; while at Backhand : and; other districts .adjacent; five to 10-. .''■'•;■", j* 6 ™ •' parcels :of ground are in j demand. • I While numbers of sales are eventuating,: it : - ■ is, however,'stated that the lack of a more frequent and speedy passenger aervioo" is ■ causing -tomtf- £' tha wouldl^ *rw^u«sem.-«a« to turn iMide," while nianywTio tSmTSai o : quired.sections are dubious of '• bhUdhS ■ ' i under existing conditions of transit.- Who '•'"■ quired..sections aro dubious of buiidina under existing conditions Of iranslti The opinion ia expressed that workers'. trains ' such as ply on the Henderson lino, should v bo run < morning .and evening , between Drnjy and Auckland; the speed of the passenger train arriving' in Auckland at, nine a.m. from Mercer, and the return. ' ■ 4.15 p.ni to Mercer, should be acceler- \ ated sufficiently to cover th 0.30 miles bo-, v tween Pufcekohe and Auckland in: on© and ~';'. ," a-quarter hours, while an additional light x • i but fast passenger, train,. from L.Mercer,; i;;.,; should be put on to arrive in ■ Auckland att . : ,'■':' about 11-.a.m.i' and reach -Mercw agaia -:• " about four p.m. ' ' h ■■- Apart:from the; convenience which the).'" v ' running of; this additiftnal train -would ' j prove-, -to - those ■ i living 1 ? near .: wayside :tfs : stations,, its inception would be • much. ap- : • : ■;j preciated by . settler* -.living v in districts "' ,'' "> situated at considerably, distance [from I the .' ' * line. "In the; 'Waluku and adjacent di*-; '"•; tricts, for * instance, :tho;'settlers; find • the -■•'■'■•■ : ;n present time-table most ' inconvenient, it . v■'ibeing next to impossible to reseh Puke-. ,\ kohe:in'' tame ;to' catch ': the ''mowing' train, ; - *^hicJi;;h6'wul^yea:, , for '.at 7,20j :.;"..; while fomurn;byth©tett^iUea^tig Auck« il land at 4.15 p.m. ior 5.40 p-»n? J isjtoo!lat3 ■■';... , and therefore-equally inconvenient. • ■ _ . .-■■ «: . ■..'. „. , ~ ; : . ')i _ —-;;■"•;;■; ,| y