NEW RAILWAY SCHEME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15824, 22 January 1915, Page 6

NEW RAILWAY SCHEME.

PARNELL WATERFRONT. AGREEMENT CONFIRMED

BENEFITS TO THE ClTyl

The tentative agreement -rnreicd into v. the Mayor, Mr. C. J. I'arr. r )»£{; 8 the chairman of the Harbour Board XT J. H. Gunson and the Gen, Manalsl Railway*. M n E. H. ""' ia the Railway Department .;, »-... n:hem. the improvement of thr Parnell «s5? the improvement c; tut I'arnell »,, front, received the emp! at, c "ndorscawii of the City Council at ;„<, n "*m". _ V — ul s mteL ing.

A letter was receiver; '. ;TJ Mr j~.. referring to the taking of » portion 1* the Kilbryde property. <■ returning the ♦ '" tative agreement arrived at between fkj City Council, Harbour Board, -ir.d Raj] Department, and stating >" a at the Ceec! : sary proclamation plan? are beic» '*»»; pared, and that the proclamation taki, the land for railway purposes as define in the agreement will be issued as earl* as possible : that the Harbour Board lis been notified of the wininrness of the IV. partment to purchase the land referred ta in clause 9, and asking the council to ad in unison with the Depar . cent, and don chase the land referred to m use lb. '■'

Clauses 9 and 10 rc-.-.d a= follows-il' Clause 9: Railway Department to acqajy, from Harbour Board for £-000 the b»dt marked Don plan .855 i being part .-< Kilbryde Estate), comprising about t*a acres, and to arrange for vesting same is council. Clause 10: Conn. ! to parchasj the balance of Kilbryde Kstate marked £ on plan 21,855. south of the nu}*» ■ boundary, including the hou*e, for tfc« gsi of £5250, payment to be due on Jannuy 1, 1915. ' { -u-_. Mayor Explains Proposals. «w"v The Mayor explained the matter to tit council at great length. The RailwayS ■ Department proposed to locate tie nor Auckland railway station opposite Eda4 Street and to erect a new Line along tin eastern waterfront to West-field. Ap. parently there was no alternative, and th* plan had received Parliamentary sanction. The council's interests were affected, asA a tentative agreement had been arrived at*,;. Upon the whole, he thought, the connol had made an excellent bargain. Bach Road had to be improved and the Department had agreed to give the necessary additional land, besides widening Breakwater Road at the expense of the Got-i eminent. Breakwater Road would jaaV: : tically run through Beach Road to 'tis/..' entrance of Jernryn Street, the Department having given 70ft to allow a mf. sweep to be made. Instead of taking fear acres at Campbell's Point, the Depart% ment was now only taking two. Xl» Government would road Quay Street to Campbell's Point, and an esplanade KOft wide wculd be formed, thus bringing Lower Parnell within a few minutes of the cij. ! Securing Area For Park. > ■*'-... After much discussion, the Railway Department agreed to vest the 15 acres of Judge's Bay. between the railway and the shore, in. the city and this conH be used as a saltwater lake or reclaimed and converted into green sward, Them were left of Kilbryde two acres act th* ; house. It seemed to him to be a mistake '-.- to allow the Harbour Board to dispose of | that land for factory purposes- To secure!; % that land was worth a sacrifice. J.' H. Gunson met him in a very reasonable spirit and offered the property for £5250, •| half to be paid in sis month* and the bal? ence a year after that. The STayoi strongly recommended the acceptance;flfcS* the proposal as the pec pie would 'eccra, a tpace of garden and lawn of 33 screws He moved accordingly. ;".".'",*■

Mr. J. A. Warnock seconded fK Mayor's motion. Thero should, be*ij*nVsp be no difficulty about the money. If I'afr salt-water lake was not satisfactory, fc» subsequent reclamation would be higflif valuable. .' " Of immense .value," agreed the Mayor. Mr. H. N. Bagnall complimented flan Mayor in connection with the way ho tad carried out such arduous duties. |*|||

The motion was carried unanimously. 'f^

One Hundred Foot Bo&dway. /- : The city engineer reported that th* district railway engineer - had asked whether the council would be willing to carry out the construction of the lGOft wide road proposed between Alpha Road and King's Drive for the Department, ia terms of the agreement entered into between the Harbour Board, the couecu* and Railway Department. He had for-. warded to the Department his estimata of the cost of the work, £3900, &nd strongly recommended the council to cooperate with the Railway Department in the matter. Further he had suggested tti , the district engineer that in view of ths altered nature of the traffic which &• toad would have to carry it would be sflV ■■■_• visabla to lay out a 20ft strip in th* centre of this road as a plantation.',is l?! grass and trees. Ji ; v The matter was referred to the Work* Committee. ■ '