CORRESPONDENCE.

Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2809, 3 May 1872, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

TREES' TMB CITY. - TO T^B ) EPTTO9»PF>IHE'.PBEBS. Sib,—l wish you would call '.the attention of the public, ere it be too late, to a Vandalio order which haat r Jaefn;'isjped, I understand, from the Town Clerk's office to destroy at once every tree.: wbidlf in, .eterl.fioT little a degree, overhangs thefootpathe in the town; even though the; breaches'may; T be jgJofcihfc at a height of fourteen or fifteen, feet from the ground.- •'■ • .■■..•■■ i .

When we consider how sorely our .street architecture needs the relief of foliage jto ecreen its ugliness, and bow eye during the ldflg summer 'dkye Is 'the greenery which lines our, foatoa&iji I jbhink the trifling' damage to the'surface of the gravel during out two .'at three wet winter mouths should hardly lead us to forget the comfbrt our tlj'eea afford daring the long droughts of eiimmjtf. Hoping that there majf bfj yef.time to induce our municipal tnagistratea to telax the severity of th£fr anifl cave from untimely destruction' beatttiear which, have taken years to produce, ~ ~, I am, yours',"&C , ., ' ■ f ' ; 1 , Bus in Urbe, ChristcHurctiy llfay £. " -'-' I ■ - • , ■ . •■■, r>i.i J7, :r t i.i jPILES FOB THE HABBOR W0BK& : ' 10 THBTEDITOB 08 , THE PBESS. JSlB,—JNbw that the esteoßioii of oar railway lines to the North is accomplished as far as Kaiapol.thei'eby tapping the agricultural districts in that vicinity, it becomes a matter of 1 the utmost importance to exporters of produce-and to the province generally, that the works' now ra progress at Officer's Poiut for the construction of a jetty alongside, .of'which large English- ttifpe and the intercolonial, steamers may lie and discharge and receive cargo, ehbuld he pressed forward, with the greatest possible dispatch. The advantages gained by the citeusiofl of the line to the ajricmltural die* tricts is to a great extent nullified by;ihe want of accommodation at the tenniQUg of tbo liuo ,&t? shipping, ,pprt», ipt L the' quick desfSatcbpf Vessels Toaaing and" discharging, & want wliica Ik work* spoken of -will amply -smpply coajpleted- Tlie aeloy, so far as I can. -xuKiCT«rt&rMli. aiises from the fact that the piles to be Qfiei fOTf $JQ i|i I i ''■[■■ 7'" WORKS nave been cent lor io Weehe-m Aaafcralia, and that the vessel by winch, they have been shipped is either lost or: ftp had to ran into some port for shelter, ac some months have elapsed since her departure. As a fact, it takes some six or seven nwnthsfor a vessel to leave here and return with her cargo, and what I want toi point out is, fhat piles of equally durable enperior, can be obtained from Sydnej in as many week Prom experiments made and careful comparative tests instituted, it has been found that ironbark, of which atiy quiutity can obtaiued from Sydney ie, fully equal in dnrability and power of resistance to the . action of sea and atmosphere, to the vaunted jarrah timber, and this being so I cannot ccc why so long a delay should be allowed to take place, and so important a work be obstructed . when equally good material can be obtained in one-sixth of the time, and at a Considerably less cost.;. Besides this, it is necessary to enter into special charters with the Tea-, selstogoto Western Australia, and pay ft much higher rate of freight while theme ard * regular traders to this port from Sydney, bjfc ' means of which the material would lie transported at the ordinary rate. I hope the Government will seriously consider this matter, and see whether it would not be better to procure the materia) from the nearest market, more particularly when the qualities of the two descriptions of timber are so equal, the advantage if any, being ia favor of the iron bark. You're, &c., N. S. W.

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