THE TRY-AGAIN ROAD.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXI, Issue 3188, 2 November 1878, Page 2

THE TRY-AGAIN ROAD.

("to the editor.] Sir, — There are now two roads to Hatter's Terrace — the old one and the new. The old one has been made long, long ago, and according to a French geologist is not finished yet. It is the Nelson Creek bed, and has been called and used as a road these last twelve years. There is only a little over a mile of the new road yet finished. The other day in going to Hatter's I happened to see a man coming down the new road, and I asked him could I go that road ? His answer was "Yes; as far as the two taverns," Turning my horse I found he was not willing, acting, I suppose, on the old wise saying — that the evil we do know is better than the evil we do not know. Looking about I could see a good piece of road, the "ending on either sido being about the strongest I had ever seen, and I have since heard it cost the contractor over L 4 per chain for its erection. Now as an ordinary and yet substantial fence which will last 10 or 12 years can be put up at not more than 303 per chain, it puzzles me to know the object of the Council in erecting so heavy and cumbrous a fence. It was evi-

dently Jnot economy. The drains are well made, being lon» and wide to answer New Zealand floods, and carry off the muddy water from Drenrian's land on to that of his neighbours. Oh, the unbounded liberality of some men when the money expended does not come out of their own pockets. It stands to reason that, if the muddy water does damage to Mr Drennan, it will also, in a like manner, at least damage his neighbors on whose land it is thrown. In proceeding up the road I came to the two taverns and the end of the road at the same time. Ah, old horse! you were right— the evil we know of is better than, the evil we do not know. So we scramble down over the brow of the terrace to the old road. Iri going, I followed the advice of. a neighbor to take the new road, but in returning I followed the old road in the creek. To speak plainly, Mr Editor, the people here seriously think the money expended has been as good as thrown away, the piece of road being of no earthly use, as it leads nowhere, and ends nowhere. lam, &c, Thos. Jones.