ROAD TO MOUNT COOK.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12905, 17 February 1906, Page 6

ROAD TO MOUNT COOK.

ALTEENSrrVES DISCUSSED.

j A 'Herald'* sapiesentativa- had a chat ; yesterday with ». gentlenian just returned Irani Mount Coots altar sgendioe. some time | these. He statsd that the. Hermitage has !heea very full o£ Triaiiors lat&b„ and they ivere. all well pleased with what they sawlig- these. They were equally, unanimous ;in. complaining ot. the time expended in Mount- Cook, and' some of .them sgent spare half in discussing means 'M removing that- comijlainfc in fnture: , Sir W. extend the .railway from .S-airlie.-to Tekapo,:aa an instalment »£ W* discussed !and put aside as nngracticable oa account ;of the- east. That cost a hundred -thaasand at for-a faastwa of itha*- sun* the road ean.be made-fit for a. .motor-cas- ope-d;iy.'service, and; no one ;'asEs for anything; beister than thati. Alt-er-natirea. to the present: route round! the foot ,'of PukaM were <liscussed. One is to take ;the>zoad! to Bra^mas,.. turn down the Tas imam to the he; id of Lake Pulaski, and Sfenrjjr. oyer that jin a. launch; and coach jthe Test -of the. Trajri .This -would cut: jofF about 20 mil/es -and introduce a: variety." iinte>.the' jj»uraey| in &&: launch tripV This iwouldc iisaafly foe pleasing; the reverse if Titere Hawing;.''erttrer up or downi jthe'lake-- Another inariatioh woufil be to ;hbriage the. Tasjoaan at Braemaa: Thisi would require about a mile of; Bridge, 'wfiich need not Ibe o&fk&vy; character, and t&t material of the riverbed being; fine piles .could be easily driven. This,. nowever, ■would esst a lofc of money; and.'C&e main—'tenahce)/ef a launch on the lake would rum into mSney. ■-' |Aid' there 5 is : of these ssspendituress as for a* sum the road can be made good ifor a motor service-as far as the head *>£ and even farther, to Jack's Creek, ■and-Bt&h motors te-.fchat point;, .and coaoh;ii^ l -wi£h single teams beyond, it would be quite an easy one day's -journey- from ■Fair;lie. In any case there-must Be coaching ■ oyer the last stage,, as the torrential creeks : could hofc be cheaply bridged and made passable for motors.