THE HUTT RIVER PAST THE UPPER HUTT TOWNSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 547, 30 June 1909, Page 4

THE HUTT RIVER PAST THE UPPER HUTT TOWNSHIP.

;Sjr£-Sinob' Writing'.ion •. the above; the Town '•fioard .'Havei'.Had/biiilt about 200. feot ;'of a* groyjior-but' in building it they made it too inarroifsW ithp'bottom, and'i ttyo' consequence , is that two lengths in;ithe centre'have' ' Over,; .anil jttiii/''water js'.pouring over, itv To maka;'things "wirse; .'the end . is 'rounded off •upVstream; jthus making , a -curve. -. No doubt Hhexi'vh'avb;, done jit with tho best intention;' but:the fact remainingfor the taxpayers to .consider. is [whether.' their.efforts; are- suitable •forUhe 'Obieot.'in vieiv.' "Now;" if.:'the iiood • ■ibreaks' through, the.,centre ;it;'.will;maktihora: -than'cqfLVbe.isadguiod'; y'-lit-iiirlll -simply';' j .eat', its; way-through 'the : soft; joamy "soil that lis .iresting ;on-loose .shingle,l arid cut through tho ;_land-' and 'mako another 1 island;,'scattering : fertilo fields towards tho sea, and go 'through •' ' i , s;,iioiisen^.V; 1 ;It.'. wdl 'be. all -I'vUill prove different. - Sorno years; ago a settlor up .tho Hutt River -put-in' ; a small -groyne to save .his property. The consequonce' . wa<s. it threw ,th'o. river, on ; .to - the opposite side; - arid'vthiisiiaujsaliiallstho'idalnage, esti-i matedat thousands/of'..'pounds,', and ..is still its'.rdikastrousi: results.'. -At' one, :timo'£s*si»nt'<)n',a proper; grojoie. would have ■Bayed.-'all.-;this-,'by''sending--the; riverback towards l its but-a settler,' thinking he would save money, ..bnijt-one ofi'eliy and tea tree. Tho first flobd/after, it was built swept it all away; and mado a new,' deep bed, cutting through the land right away from ? whore;th'o river had been beforo.. Why. should; ;' all this. occur—this-meddliiig ;;with a river by. ;inexpcrienced'-amateurs—when tho,engineer- ■ in-chief at Wellington, and district engineers at-other, contfes'could easily spare the time onco a-nionth.nnd report upon the state of ithe rivers in this Ideality- to local- boards interested ?;. ; .They .could" - say -what :was. ■ the best: to; be damage. Sir, .the-Hutt. Riyer-isi'rfoc'.'the only 'one destroying. fertiloiiland.i No.doubt mnny of your readors know of numerous instances of similar disaster'?,.'-'where..'nothing":;has. been; done to ' prevent damage to 1 proportv. fieing n now nation,these things.have not been provided; ; 'for.Now is t the :titrie-^l"arti, etc., - „ ; - AN EYIC-WITiNESH Wellington, 1 . . ; _ __