✨ Railway Deviation Correspondence
of Parliament any reasons which you may consider desirable to urge on behalf of the Province, why Parliament should consent that the amount of award, if any, should be paid out of some other funds instead of the particular fund indicated.
I have this day written to Mr. Bell, requesting that he will undertake the arbitration.
I have, &c.,
G. M. WATERHOUSE,
For Hon. Colonial Secretary.
His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.
L.
COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE DEVIATION OF PRESENT LINE OF RAILWAY TO THE HUTT, AND PROTECTION OF TRAFFIC ALONGSIDE.
Superintendent’s Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1873.
Sir,—
I have the honor to enclose copy of a report I have received from Messrs. Jackson & Baird, relative to an estimate of cost for deviating the present line of railway to the Hutt; and I beg to inform you that, so soon as the traversed lines referred to therein are completed, I will communicate with you further.
I have, &c.,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Superintendent.
The Hon. the Minister of Public Works,
Wellington.
Wellington, 28rd January, 1873.
Sir,—
We have the honor to inform you that a plot of the Hutt Road, between Kaiwarra and the Korokoro has been prepared in the Survey Office, on a scale of three chains to the inch, expecting that the tracing of the Wellington and Hutt Railroad, which was supplied to us by the Public Works Department, and drawn to the same scale, could be transferred to our plan, so as to show with some degree of accuracy the relative positions of both these roads. We find, however, that the survey of the railroad above-mentioned exhibits so many discrepancies and inaccuracies that it is altogether unfit for the purpose we intended to apply it, viz., an approximate calculation to enable us to form an estimate of cost for deviating the present line of railroad in accordance with your Honor’s instructions, dated the 17th instant.
It will therefore be necessary, in order to carry out these instructions, that our traversed lines should be run over again with the chain, and off-sets taken, to determine the position of the centre line of railroad; this work will probably occupy a week.
We have &c.,
HENRY JACKSON,
Chief Surveyor.
J. D. BAIRD,
Provincial Engineer.
His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.
Superintendent’s Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1873.
Sir,—
Referring to an interview I had with you, prior to your leaving for Auckland, on the subject of the works in progress on the Hutt line of railway, I have now the honor to address you officially.
I have no comments to make on the section of the line which extends from the Korokoro to the termination of the first contract at the entrance of the Hutt Valley.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1873, No 10
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🏗️ Correspondence Regarding Railway Deviation to the Hutt
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works24 January 1873
Railway, Deviation, Hutt, Cost Estimate, Correspondence
- William Fitzherbert, Superintendent
🏗️ Survey Report on Hutt Road and Railroad
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works28 January 1873
Survey, Hutt Road, Railroad, Deviation, Cost Estimate
- Henry Jackson, Chief Surveyor
- J. D. Baird, Provincial Engineer
🏗️ Official Communication on Hutt Railway Works
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works5 February 1873
Railway Works, Hutt, Official Communication
- William Fitzherbert, Superintendent