THE SYDENHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9736, 26 May 1897, Page 2

THE SYDENHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL.

TO THR EDITOR OP THE PRESS. Sin,—The remarks of Mr Beetham at the inquest of the late Mra Kelly and daughter," burned to death in Colombo street, Sydenham, will be read with interest. It is now time that the city authorities made a practical move iv the matter of extending the city boundaries, i£ "only, els ISXtr 3B__ __«_ttx poi_te_ o_.fc- for- ii__ prevention-. ;£»_lT_>o3_3----j ,WM y|l| BYSWn^ anil <?0" n 9illors made proper "arrangements, .to my mind, the poor woman and child would still be amongst us. The Sydenham Councillors think a great deal more of saving a few pounds than of the lives of the inhabitants of the ho rough, and ■ the ratepayers should im imecliately insist on. wit—.' Giiristclxa.r__[. - ' The bungling of this now famous body is more than human flesh and blood can stand, and the sooner they are swept away the better* The ratepayers are continually being plunged _ into debt more and more. We have had to pay dearly for the purchase of a new cemetery, tbe making of a new road, and the purchase of the Sydenham Park, whioh is evidently a white elephant; and then more recently we have had the sewage question, another " mad- brained sOßeme forced on the ratepayers, - until the Drainage Board happily came to the rescue Itif the residents hi the locality, audio saved ' much sickness and. discomfort. I for one will be heartily glad to see the present state of affairs quickly altered, for they .are! positively placing our lives and property in peril. — x ours, &c., .".*. :: l :: . v. ■'.'.. NON LlßEfc