Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 10

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to have written me officially upon the subject, but I have not yet received any communication from him. I most decidedly think sixteen feet far less than the width should be.

Measurements of Road as left after railway formation:—
Between Kaiwarra and Boiling Down Establishment—

No. Ft. In.
1 ... ... 16 6
2 ... ... 18 0
3 ... ... 16 0

Extending to Koro Koro—

No. Ft. In.
4 ... ... 10 0
5 ... ... 18 6
6 ... ... 15 0
7 ... ... 17 6

I have, &c.,

J. D. BAIRD,
Provincial Engineer.

His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.

Wellington, 1st February, 1873.

Sir,—

We have the honor to forward herewith a plan showing the relative positions of the macadamized road, and the railway embankment, between the Kaiwarra and the Korokoro stream.

The centre of the railway embankment is indicated on the plan by a thick red line; the macadamized road is tinted brown; the thick blue line shows the distance back from the centre of the railway embankment required to give thirty feet of cart road inside the railway fencing; and the parts tinted red, exhibit the portions of hill cutting required to be done in order to widen the cart road to thirty feet.

We have, &c.,

HENRY JACKSON,
Chief Surveyor.

J. D. BAIRD,
Provincial Engineer.

His Honor the Superintendent.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1873,

Sir,—

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th instant, together with its enclosures, in reference to a modification of the works now in progress under the Wellington Contract of the Wellington and Masterton Railway; and, in reply, to forward to your Honor the following observations upon your Honor’s remarks, made upon them in the order in which they occur by the Hon. the Minister for Public Works:—

  1. This paragraph requires no special notice, except that the Government regret that the information supplied to the Provincial authorities was insufficient to enable your Honor to write earlier.

  2. Whilst there can be no doubt that it would be very advantageous to the Province to have a road of the uniform width of 30 feet, the Government do not see how they can be asked to make a road of this description, as the road never has been made of this proposed width, and has hitherto answered all purposes of traffic. Although, when the railway is opened, it may be supposed that the traffic on the road will be materially reduced, it has never been intended that the road should be left narrower than it was found to be when the railway was proposed to be constructed; the minimum width being taken at 16 feet.



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🏗️ Official Communication on Hutt Railway Works (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 February 1873
Railway Works, Hutt, Road Width, Measurements, Survey
  • J. D. Baird, Provincial Engineer

🏗️ Plan of Macadamized Road and Railway Embankment

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Road Plan, Railway Embankment, Survey, Cart Road
  • Henry Jackson, Chief Surveyor
  • J. D. Baird, Provincial Engineer

🏗️ Modification of Wellington and Masterton Railway Works

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
12 February 1873
Railway Contract, Road Width, Government Observations