PALMERSTON RAILWAY STATION.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2500, 15 June 1920, Page 6

PALMERSTON RAILWAY STATION.

PROPOSED IMiMOV M. Tt> WAV sn k Electric Telegraph—Press Association I ’a.finer'si on North, Juih' i I Ihe proposal lenioval ot the rnilway staitiiui trom the centre oj fia - merston Noaih to property purchas- ! ol 1 1 v tiie I )ep;irt nit'll t. m Boillidary Road. just, oft Rangitikei Street, about- a mile tram the centre of the town, is a burning question here at pre.-otn . A Dominion" lopresonhaUve saw a number ot business mop win* iilmo-L unanimously agreed that i ii" <lin uge would he to ihe general ndtsntage ot the town in more ways '•ban mie In the first place tt would remove the nuisance ol trains pa.-s- ---. mg along t.lie main st root and would J a Tsa do a way with several dangopius , crossings wliieli have been the cause «>t some latal ms plants and many , narrow escapes, while il won d leave | Main Sired oily of Iho finest thoroughfares m i,he Dominion. Tt was pmuied out. limit in the new positnn | ample room would ho provided for ! a still.lem yard capable' of dealing j with the prespint traffic, also with the increased traffic which must, he expec ll xl u ah the growth ot Palmers. j ton North a.s a hltsillcs.s centre Tile | distance from the centre ot the town I would be more than countoradted by the opport unit.ies given to distributing merchants and other business moil ot acquiring properties on which to erect hulk stores in the ini mediate vicinity of the station, whore it is understood. several firms who were early “in the know" have already made provision for silos. Actually (he distance from tin' business centre is very little more than at present, and merchants cont'cmid that whloivgooffs aretonce placed oiii vehicles the extra distance to be curb'd is a more bagatelle when other advantages a.re taken into account The cramped state of the present yards niml sheds causes consideirali’o delay ami loss, a.nd tins would bo obviated if the station were removed to a place uihere proper faci!l'i ties could he provided. Naturally shopkeepers and km-pors along Maiiii Street between the present railway station and the Square are adverse U> the change, as their priincipal business is done with passengers to and from I lie trains, Iml so far as can he gathered they are the only objectors. The niatter wi'fl come up for consideration at a meeting < f the Borouigli Gounod to-morrow ''veiling.