NORTHERN TRUNK RAILWAY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 9966, 31 March 1894, Page 2

NOR THERN TRUNK RAILWAY.

FAILURE OF THE NEW SURVEYS NOTHING TO EQUAL THE CENTRAL ROUTE. Auckland, March 30. — A deputation from the Northern Railway League asked the Premier what information he had as to what had been done latoly with regard to collecting evidence as to the best route. The Premier explained that the surveyors had got into several difficulties in the new trial routes by way of Taranaki, and he had given instructions that if these difficulties were insurmountable it was useless to waste more money. He feared they would have to fall back on the original Central line. Three exploring parties, he said, had been out on tho Stratford route, which had been considered already. The Government officers had pretty well put the lines where they would stop, notwithstanding further explorations which had been done. Road making in this connection was going on expeditious>ly. The Premier thought it was immaterial to Auckland which way the railway went. What Auckland wanted at present was not railway expenditure but road making and settlement. The latter was in the region of practical politics, while the former would require a big borrowing policy. He had impartially carried out the report of the Committee, but he thought the money would have been better spent in roadmaking.