? To obviate these evils/ 1' would suggest ! '' the following alterations :— Let the' siding of the goods and passenger, station be"con sidered apart of the main, line ;. do. away,, , f ; with the viaduct altogether, and continue the line along the Tidal Creek to Tainui street, thence along Hospital street. and through the Camp Reserve : on the river ?: bank, at or near the site of Strike .and Blackmore's late brewery. At this s point ' ! a suitable coal wharf can be constructed. This wharf will be on the -best part of the! river for shipping coal, for for some yearV ' past there has been a Uniform depth of 20ft of water alongside the' lower end ofc Richmond Quay, and, the wharf will form a further and most important protection to the river bank, and will help to keep. ; the fiver in a straight' line and 'thus , deepen the water on the bar.. • ; ;. The coal, in place of being Icnockebt into dust by being shot from an absurd height, can be run in the trucks over the hatohes : - of the vessels and dropped through doors in the bottom of the trucks at once into the ship's hold. I believe that this : plan can be carried;. ;. j out at a less cost than the viaduct. Half, a mile of the most expensive, paripl the r line ;will be saved, and the new lengths '" being on level ground and' almost entirely over Ipublic property, will be ; very inex-~ pensively constructed, it will also be in the best, position for being extended to Hokitika. A collateral advantage , will be that jthe tidal creek at Tainui street will be filled up, and thus a serious source of ill health.to the town will be removed. If i this proposition, ineete with, public ; apprbval, I would suggest that steps be \ taken by the Borough Council and the Coali Company to bring it under the nptiesr,; of the Government. There oan be no doubjt that the Government are desirous of haVingjbhe line made in the best place, bothj to suit the requirements of traffic and the convenience of the town, and any improvements which are suggested, by superior local knowledge will doubtless be well jrecived by them. | ■.■■•;■ .. " .' 1am,.(%c.,.-. 