The Daily News. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1900. THE RAILWAY DEVIATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 300, 18 December 1900, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1900. THE RAILWAY DEVIATION.

The rapid progress that is now being: | r/iade with the reclamation in front of j the Kail way ' Station is exceedingly isatisfactory, and it skonld prove of! very great advantage to both the Bailway There are one two. mattks in spnnecfcion wiith this work which seem to demand attention jnst n'ow'as ifavbnr-' able time for dealing with. them.-. One is the possibility of straightening Brougham-street so that it will run straight to the Railway Station without the ugly bend, at the Union S.S. Company's office, which now disfigures it. This is a matter on which, the .Borough and the Railway Department should hive no difficulty in coming to terras, It would greatly enhance' 'the' app»arance pf the town, besides making it mbre-converifo'hVfor building purpose.'. Therdther is a matter of even greater importance, that is the route by whiob the railway line leaves the station for Sentry Hill. fS We .;:U.adej!*fcand .the propojsl is to take it along the beacb a short distance, then rise the cliff near the small oreek in. and proceed along tlfe fellow between Bullet-and MoleslVking into considerakrgo quantity of plant tructcs, cranes, eto. that eonstruetad by the depart? 'ment for this wdrk, pf extending the sea wall a few chains should not be*#ary great. The Borough Council anjd others interested in protecting the clir|s bitween the Huatoki stream and the Henui should endeavour to induce thefiwlway Department fff caNjj line, tight along the bottom of the. cliff* to the Henui. If this were done it would prove a permanent protection to the cliffs, whioh are being badly undermined and destroyed by the action of the waves. We doubt very much, now -that such a large plant is available, if this route would prove any more eostly than the one at present contemplated, and it would certainly be a betWr line. As Mr; Ward is likely to visit New Plymouth on his return from Auckland it woald be a favourable opportunity for bringing these matters uiider his notice, and it would certainly pay the Borough to contribute towards the oost on account of the great benefit to the town.