EDEN TERRACE ROADS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1912, Page 5

EDEN TERRACE ROADS.

A LQAS PROPOSAL POLL.

I A poll is 1 ob? taken by the Eden [ Terrace Road Board to-morrow oonoern-1 ! ing a proposal '.o raise a loan of £17,000j i for the permanent improvement of the I roads within the district. Hitherto there I have been no loans for road works of a I permanent nature, and the Board has j decided that tiir time has arrived when I a substantial loan jiiould be raised for ! cx-penditure over a term of four years. jlt is contended that to continue as at | ! present would br j "penny wise and I ! pound foolish' , policy. I I Thr clerk I Mi. A. <•• Brrtti this morn-1 ing supplied io d. "itar"' rrporte.r the! I following: flpirp* as showing how the I capita! valuation* have increased dur- j ing recent year=: — 100.VOS, £163.000: ■ lfto6-07, £171.000: 1007-08. £177,000: I i ir>os-on, eiaa.noo: ir>on-io. f-2-2.5.000 ; ] I 1910-11. £244.000; 1911-12, £2;.2,000. ) I Since thp. beginning of the present j ; month, Mr. Brett stated. t n n pp.rmits ■ have been frnLntid by 'be Board's in- i 1 ftpector for thr erection of nr-v buildings. J Some opposition tn the loan pro- j i posals have been displayed by a fee- i I tion of ratepayers, who have gone to ; the extent of issuing an -unsigned eirj cular. setting forth a. series of objections,! mainly on the score that an increase l 'in rates would result. Prominent mem- ' bers of the Board rontend That, the I statements contained therein are totally I incorrect, an.3 calrolate-d *o wronsrfully i mislead ratepayer? who raa- be unacj quainted with the true facts. - — I