STREET-WIDENING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 3

STREET-WIDENING.

Sir.-Now&at the syndicate or oyndicate. wkoh recently acquired the Heath Estab tare mado what appears to be a reasonable 0 , **?, tlas mt y' I* wto be hoped ou caty iathere and citizens generally will en deavour to bring about what should prove tc be of great benefit to this citj of ours Others as well as myself have previously pointed out through your jonraa that the tm» was npo for this important nn dertafcing, otherwise the epkmdid opportunity Which now exists will bo lost, aeras the case with Cuba Street. • Tho carrying of Victoria Street into a HeWly-widcned Manners Street would be of enormous value to this oity, and woukL «o o long way to relieve tho present congestion \ at tho corner of Wdhs and Manners Streets. Had a former council when considering reclamation and streot, plans submitted to it by its engineer shown a little foresight thoro would have been no need for the latter work. / To my mind few of our citizens realise . the rapid growth this city continues to make nor have they * entertained the thought ae to what th« near future must bring forth. We are roughly increasing our population three thousand per annum, and as our late Premier pointed out this rate would increase faster as years went on, so if our present street works are left for a few jears hence, we will have to face the costly construction of a subway "" "■ Should the council come to tenni and continuo its street widening, then <an effort should be made to set back the Duko of Edinburgh Hotel, instead, of pulling a portion' of it down. If New York can widen Broadway by "setting back bnck and stone buildings, some considerable distaijoe, surely our engineers ,are capable of doahig « with the buildings mentioned. Of course, it is a matter for expert advioo as to oost, etc, Should the present council bring about what _ previous councils have failed to do, they will have reason to fool proud of their success.-»I am, otc ~ PROGEESS.