HINTS FOR THE MAYOR.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9301, 31 December 1895, Page 3

HINTS FOR THE MAYOR.

TO THS KDITOR OF THE PRESS. , Sir,—l should like, through the medium of your valuable paper, to call the attention 'of our new Mayor to one or two things that ueed remedyiug, and I am sure Mt Beswick will only be too glad to receive any information ou subjects connected with the well-being and improvement of our Cathedral City. | First, there is a question that haa puzzled 'mc for the last two years, and that is, why were some owners of property compelled to either asphalt or pavo cart crossings from their properties, while other owners are allowed to go unmolested ? I, with many others, received uotico to have my oiossing (which waa used possibly once a month) either paved or asphalted at once, or the Council would do it and charge mc. I, of course, expecting the order was genuine, and that all were being treated alike, had the crossiug asphalted. I can point out scores of crossings in a most disgraceful stato, and they have been so since I gob my notice, two and a-half years ago. If the Council did not intend carrying out the order why was it issued at all ? Secondly, why does the Council water Manchester street up and down continually and yet leave Hereford streot, from the Bank of Now Zealand corner to Manchester street, with ono sprinkling m the early morning to do for the whole day ? And if heaps of dust that are swept up cannot be takcu away in decent lime, why not let the WAter carts settle them, instead of allowing them to blow about all day long, to be swept up again the next morning ? Thirdly, doos the Council consider that our Public Cemetery is a credit to a city like Christchurch ? Sir, ib is something dis* graceful the way tho weeds aro allowed to grow and the place ruu to Becd like a wilderness. I wonder some complaint has not been made long ago. How can the Council expect one muu to keep such a large cemetery in order and attend to his othei duties? Surely, when there are so many idle hands willing to work for even food, the Council could afford to put on an extra man or two for a month during the year and keep things a bib decent. Apologising for trespassing so muoh on your valuable space and thanking you in anticipation—Yours, &c, Disgusted.