GREY VALLEY ROAD BOARD.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1816, 1 June 1874, Page 2

GREY VALLEY ROAD BOARD.

.[TOTHBEbIXOR.] ' ; ( Sir— For -the list ' three years I have been only the. roadman who has resided permanently on' Totara Flat j'sin'd as I see in your la^t'issue^ ;^f Argus ailetterrsigriedr "James 'Cunriinghaaiji''. pointing directly and:, personally to me as the author of the letter, signed . " pbserverjl" I shall feel .gr^ieful^if ..you 'jwili-'allow nic space for.a fpw .'remarks.,* I,am' sorry to disapppih't' M.xf 'Ounnin^hamVb'ut Ijbeg distinctly to disclaim'ali proprietorshipWhateve^! to ♦^Observer's" 'Jexcellerit letter,^ -for.it is one ; which l beUe.veiiSjwell calculated to attain the end .fpr r which, I pre-, sume,. it was written, -i.e., ithelcprrection' oferror iri J i'ts'first stage, iand;^tthough strong and . pointed 5 its "remarks with repaid to rr the cdnducfi of I faUto perceive, ?■& r and- 1-. believe^He district re-echo's the sentiinerit,'' 1 ;ttte scurrillity, abuse, and personality -Mr Cunningham attaches ?) to|t,..and J ,^hp,- r in thfe act of condemning w so ing ; the .same pn,,mer-ra manHheTknows nothipg;About,;Tiever.:spoke : to, a private individual, 'some:months ago retired.'froni , 'the' hbnorable..p.pst of Gdyerhment stroke,' as he calls it^'^ ;.■•.''■, T'lf!) .irraT.i.!. | .Mr Cunningham states in, his letter,tha|t the 1 work f on the HaHf-Ounce*^ tifact has been well and faithfully executed „to thb satisfaction^^ r pf ttie^'Board o^ ~'-'6i 'thosb whom it wak : intended- to :! benefit. The latter part of the sentence, I o dpubt very much, but we done to the Batisf action 'off the; : ; Boardj ; but that is not the point rat rissuei-; A.mji,aud the public to understand vthatlby- the" work having been passedto the .satisfaction of the Board, it was done according tcf specifications well and r faithfully,, that 'is the question ? I : say- no 7 fit;' ha[s !: h6t been done according to specification;' ;l know that it is has not ; been, ; fascined according to specification. '^Ik^np'^--^^ > re.','iS;''-iiotl6 cubic yards or 8 feet of /clean/grayeHo the chain, covering what! ought to 1 be a layer of j .weU-tied, fasdnes^jlft. in diameter. I know that, the." sidie'd^ibies. are top close 1 for safe traffic, 1 and rknpw : tfikt the piece of ground upon which, the work 1 ij^te is so damaged ai'tb pre'Veiit;it ever; beitig, made into a good road, except.at^great. expense and now, as Mr .-(junriingham, appear! anxious to know, 1 will. tell 4uni: that I could do that work .for ]25s per chain anc without the ;aiduofrred tape onthe cumbrous routine he speaka of, and I challenge him rto -pro ve :that -this- sta.temon<pis" in correct. If,,the .speoificatipns are noli rigidly carried ' out; " leitijig by tende j becomes a ; farce. . ,What ; inducement is there offered "to h&na fide' fenderera|t<J take ; -.the trouble; and lose the, time via gathering data iupon.which.to base a cal| : culatipn according to : the specifications' issued, when they see others 'make their calculations upon specifications s ; of theit own :constniction, itake the r contract, ard allowed to finish in their own way, receive the : !payahd : praise, due. to having don^ the work to no one's satisfaction but their own and that of the Board. I say when* that^ is. the case any jnan is justified in writing to you, aiid I cannot see how the Board, can complain. 1 make no , imputa] tion's against them' beyond theunmistake-; able fact that a great lack of sound prac-' tlcal knowledge -in roadw orks so con-j temptuously'apoken o£ by MrC.isbut too apparent in their transactions. -^ Yourj correspondent is quite right in stating that I ja,m an. interested party. r I am so j quite as much as any other b&ntifide con-; tractor can be in- the matter, and 1 1 have no doubt by this time he has become collected enough to see : that I could not : have been the writer of " Observeii" As for the playful remarks with/ which he winds up his letter, I beg to tender" them ! back to him ; for his oyrn especial benefit,' by applying them to himself in his present wounded condition. ■ I ;have no doiibt'he will find that consolation he so kindly! intended for me.' J He T is evidently badlyj hit, and I do feel |a little bit of pity forj him, although he does not rauohdeserve 1 it. -■■■ ■.■ t -- : - ! -, ..-.,'••■•■ "•-.. - ' I I.amj (&c.,: ! Government 1 Stroke. ! Totara Flat, May 30, 1874. j